On Mar 26, 4:05*am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> Maybe I've just been spoiled. *I loved my health food store. *Not only did
> they have the freshest popcorn and nuts but the best prices! *I'd been
> buying sprouted walnuts. *They do cost a bit more but I like them for eating
> as is. But the health food store as it was, is no more. *The owner has moved
> it to her house but I've yet to get out there. *I don't think she is selling
> much in the way of food and mostly has supplements. *I do take supplements
> but rarely bought those from her.
>
> Anyway... *I recently bought walnuts at two different stores and were
> shocked at the prices. *These were neither organic nor sprouted and one was
> a store brand. *And they cost a lot more than I'd been paying at my health
> food store.
>
> So... *Have nut prices gone way up recently? *Or was I just a lucky duck in
> getting cheap prices at the health food store?

I pay $7.98 per pound for shelled walnuts. I think that's pricey, but
I don't eat many. A few per day. I purchase them from a health food
store, but they're not labeled as being organic.