Well, Trader Joe’s and Target are the two closest stores to my house, so that is where I to the vast majority of my shopping (Target is where more expensive no grinder peppercorns are). I don’t really want to go to a more distant store just for pepper. And I admit I didn’t didn’t think of checking Amazon, but I feel like buying such a large quantity at once wouldn’t be a good idea, since it would lose their freshness long before I could get through that much pepper.