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Thread #105918   Message #2183222
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
31-Oct-07 - 12:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: Price of flour
Subject: RE: BS: Price of flour
Gargoyle, I like the King Arthur white whole wheat. I've been using that lately in my bread with a blend of white and whole wheat flours.

My "all purpose" flour prices have gone up. I bake bread about three times a week. For a long time the 5 pound bag at my modest little no-advertising store was 79 cents. But now it's up to about $1.19. A fifty percent increase.

Sugar has also gone way up, and they've gone back to selling four pound bags instead of five pound bags. For quite a while 5 pounds were $1.49. Now four pounds is about $1.79. This again is at my modest little grocery chain. The name brand stores are a lot more expensive.

Dairy has gone up also. An 8 oz cup of yogurt that used to cost .39 cents is now .50 cents. Cheese is through the roof (though it is more of a "value added" product than a lot of other dairy items).

SRS