Comments on: King Arthur Flour lowers the price grocery retailers pay for our flours

By: Robert Byrne

Robert Byrne — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:57 +0000

I just returned from Ireland and would love to lay my hands on some KA whole meal flour. I live in Canada near The US border . IS KA flour available in any stores in Buffalo?

Need to have some more of that good Irish bread, eh? KA Flour is available in most national supermarket chains, but not the wholemeal flour; probably just the traditional whole wheat, perhaps the white wheat. Irish Wholemeal Flour is available from us online here, though - hope this helps. PJH

By: sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:20:37 +0000

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By: Haley

Haley — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:10:42 +0000

I absolutely love your products. Having used other flour brands in the past, I am so happy I came back to King Arthur. There is such a big difference! Thank you for looking out for all of us in this current economic crisis.

By: Carina

Carina — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:52:44 +0000

I really like KA Flour, but I just bought 2 5# bags and oh my the cost. I only use it for baking bread, when it gets so high. I found I can get by if I mix a cheaper flour with it. 1/2 c. cheap to 2 1/2 c. KA flour Here are some of the prices in our town. 9/13/08 $4.59, 12/17/08 $3.49, 1/29/09 $4.19, 4/8/09 $2.99, I should have filled the freezer at this time. 7/1/09 $4.29. I have a very good recipe which has the texture of boughten bread and it is very good. I kept experiment and finally came up with what I really like. It has an egg, instant potatoes and butter added to it and I cut out the milk. When you use the instant potatoes, you will need to cut back with the flour. I remember my mom would use potato water. After I started to use the instant potato I got the better quality bread. I am alone, so I slice it and put wax paper between the layers and place in a ziplock bag, this way I only need to take out a slice at a time. I never buy bread and love giving it away. My greatgrand get a loaf on their birthday, but they need to share. They can’t wait until it is their birthday.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:23:23 +0000

We’re not rich by any means, but when it comes to baking, there IS NO compromise on brands. King Arthur Flour has been in our family since the 1920s and THAT won’t change. KAF is THE best - bar none!!

Thanks so much, Bryan - as always. PJH

By: Cheyenne

Cheyenne — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:57:19 +0000

Hi my name is Cheyenne i am 11 years old looking for facts about why we should lower food prices in stores this is for a school project and i cant find any so please help me if so thanx.

LUV LUV,
Cheyenne

Hi Cheyenne: In my opinion, food prices in stores have to be fair to everyone. To the farmers who produce the food, the manufacturers who package it, the truckers and railroaders who carry it across the country, the stores that sell it, AND all of us who eat it. Sometimes that means food prices can be lowered, if someone along the line is making too much money. But sometimes it means prices have to go up, as when the farmer finds it’s much more expensive to grow wheat one year than it was the year before, and bread prices have to go up. Of course it would be nice if food prices could be lowered, all food prices in all stores; that way everyone could eat healthy food, and no one should go hungry. But it’s not realistic to expect that to happen, unfortunately. I hope this helps you with your project. Good luck! And luv luv luv back to you - PJH

By: Catrinka

Catrinka — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:33:33 +0000

Well, Thanks for lowering the price, but I have not seen the savings at my local retailer. The price for KAF, all-purpose 5lb., was 4.59 and shot up to 6.29. I only use KAF flour for my baking. I will be placing an order soon from your shopping service. Even with the shipping, I am saving. Thanks for a quality product.

By: Malinda

Malinda — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:48:18 +0000

Happy to report back we went to resturant depot last night and picked up our 50lb bag of KA and it is now $17.07 down from $19.99.

THANKS!!

By: Jami F.

Jami F. — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:44:09 +0000

So glad to hear this news and I applaud KAF for being so responsive and sensitive. However, so far, the raised prices on KAF at my grocery stores have not lowered since 8/1/08. Hum.

By: Heike Sellers

Heike Sellers — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:40:33 +0000

That is great to hear, but I doubt the stores are lowering their prices. Suddenly the prices in stores almost doubled up to $4.29 per bag of King Arthur flour. I love this flour. It is the best substitute for my German recipes. I use it for everything, plus, no other flour company has White Whole Wheat flour, with which I can fool any picky neighbor kid. My kids love the fuller, good breads, but the others all need everything as light as possible. Well, the stores have not reduced their prices in the least, nor have I seen any sales. They probably know I would be buying up all the flour that my house can hold…

Heike, many stores had raised prices well above $5/lb. before dropping back down to the upper $4 range, so maybe your local store kept it low for quite some time and then raised it. $4.29 is actually pretty moderate right now… Thanks so much for your loyalty! -PJH