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Default Any advice on getting a food vacuum sealer?

D.Currie
>I'm
>starting to see the bags everywhere lately, including the grocery store, so
>there are probably bargains to be had.


The first time I saw bargains one of the local safeways was closing out
their stock and had them on sale for about $4 a roll; the regular price
is roughly $10. So I cleaned them out. This past week on eBay I got
ten rolls for about $5 a roll, which is about the best price you'll
find. It calculates out to about 60-70 cents per square foot, but in
terms of bagging a single-serving item is about 10 cents per bag. The
labor is worth more than that, but the way this thing keeps food
essentially forever, and the savings by buying freezable items on sale
and in quantity is huge.

--Blair