On 3/26/2013 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?
>
>

You don't say how much you paid.
I can get a three pound bag of almonds at Costco for $12.99. About a
year ago or so, the same bag was $9.99. I don't remember how much the
walnuts or pecans cost - but I do believe the price is better than the
regular supermarket, which can be around $7 per pound.

Tracy