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Bulk buying wholewheat pasta

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Firstly im unsure if this is the right room to be posting in so apologies if its not, it does seem quite grocery orientated though.

Heres my problem, I like pasta alot, I usually eat it 3 times a week on average, a former girlfriend convinced me that wholewheat pasta was the best type from a health viewpoint so i started buying that instead but unfortunately it doesnt seem to be available in the large quantities that regular pasta is sold in at my local supermarket. Im having to buy a small bag each week and wondered whether anywhere sold it in a large quantity which would hopefully work out much cheaper.

Thanks
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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    I've no idea, but if you define "large quantity" and say which town you're in, people might be able to be more specific than a general reply.

    If it were me I'd be looking for any wholesale hippy outlets and I'd look at orderiing online.
  • Magentasue
    Magentasue Posts: 4,229 Forumite
    How about home made? You need a pasta maker - often in charity shops/car boot sales. 650g of white flour and half a dozen egggs makes enough for us (four adults and two teens). For wholewheat, you'd probably need less flour. I think it would easily keep in the fridge for a few days or longer if you dry it.
  • If you do find it somewhere cheap, please come back and let us know where. I'm still using up the H-U-G-E stock I got from Asda last year, but it's nearly finished now.

    Edit; forgot to say, I bought it when asda were doing four 500g packs for a £1. The cheapest I've seen it recently is about £1.50 a kg.
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  • suep
    suep Posts: 782 Forumite
    Yes Id like to know too, this has often bugged me as I prefer wholewheat pasta.
    sue
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  • janb5
    janb5 Posts: 2,673 Forumite
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    Sainsbury`s do quite a good range of wholewheat pasta - cant remember the cost but it one of the few places that reliably stock it. HTH
  • W.Ford
    W.Ford Posts: 62 Forumite
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    Thanks for the replies, I guess im looking at 5kg bags approx rather than the 500g ones im forced to buy at the moment :-) Im located close to Stafford. I dont think im adventurous enough to try making my own though.
  • tessie_bear
    tessie_bear Posts: 4,898 Forumite
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    have u tried makro ?they sell big bags of pasta but im not sure if its wholemeal
    onwards and upwards
  • Magentasue
    Magentasue Posts: 4,229 Forumite
    W.Ford wrote: »
    I dont think im adventurous enough to try making my own though.

    Easier than bread or pastry ;) but a lot of work without a pasta machine.
  • floyd
    floyd Posts: 2,722 Forumite
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    Depends how much you want but these guys sell it by the case http://www.mamma-roma.com/prodlist/pasta.htm#three
  • crnflke
    crnflke Posts: 79 Forumite
    I have sent an e-mail to Sainsburys requesting that they start stocking 3kg bags of the wholewheat pasta, which they already do for the ordinary pasta. The more people that e-mail and request this, the more likely that it will happen! :cool:
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