
I get my buckets from the bakery at the local Kroger affiliated store. We really recommend trying to get your bucket for free, but if the above stores don’t get you anywhere, you can simply order buckets over at Amazon for a reasonable price too.
#Cheap 5 gallon buckets with lids for free#
Hopefully some of you who managed to get their five gallon buckets for free can share your experiences in the comments below, so that we can add to it. SubWay – Don’t get their pickles in buckets.Golden Corral – Apparently don’t get any 5 gallon buckets.


To save you some work, we compiled a list of stores that hand out their buckets for free. Nobody wants plastic to get into our environment! You’re not just doing yourself a favor, these buckets you get for free would probably end up in a landfill somewhere, where they slowly decay.

We definitely recommend getting buckets for free. The general advice given there still applies, but it’s useful perhaps if we give you a list of stores where people have had success picking up five gallon buckets for free. We wrote an article back in 2012 with some suggestions for the type of places where you can pick up five gallon buckets for free.
