On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:20 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>The Cook wrote:
>> my holiday baking will be cheaper this year. Four pound bag of sugar
>> is $1.88 reduced from $2.37. Land-O-Lakes butter is $1.88 per pound
>> reduced from $3.27. All of the L-O-L butter was the same price,
>> including the small sticks. Wesson Oil was also on sale for $2.18,
>> reduced from $3.78. King Arthur flour was on sale a couple of weeks
>> ago so I stocked up.
>>
>> My fruitcakes are all baked. My children will be here for
>> Thanksgiving so they can take those home with them.
>
>You deals are better than ours. I picked up butter on sale for $3.27/lb.
>I was just thinking this afternoon that it is time to make my light
>fruitcake.
>
>Do you watch for sales on flour or do you buy in bulk? I find that the
>larger the bag, the cheaper the flour is. While small bags may go on
>sale, it is generally cheaper to buy it in 20 lb bags.


I just watch for sales and buy 5 or 6 bags at a time. I don't have a
source for King Arthur in large quantities and if I did then I have to
find containers to keep it in. Now I just toss the bags in the
basement refrigerator and bring one up when I need it.

I haven't checked the prices on flour at my country store recently.
The last time I looked was when the prices were going up so fast the
wholesalers were not quoting prices. The store owner found out when
it arrived how much it cost.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)