If you don’t eat yogurt every day but see it sold in bulk at Sam’s Club, you might be tempted to buy it because the price tag looks affordable. Shoppers don’t always need to buy items that look like good deals, especially if they don’t plan on consuming the food or using the product. Here are a few questions Ramhold recommends considering when making a bulk purchase.

• Do you have the room to store the excess product?
• Is the item perishable?
• Do you have a plan for all of the items?
• Are you sure your kids will like (insert product name here) enough to eat all of it before it goes stale?

“These are all relevant things to consider before you make a bulk purchase, and if there’s any chance you might not be able to use an item in its entirety then you may want to skip buying in bulk,” said Ramhold. “If you have to throw any of the product out, then the value of the deal decreases significantly.”