Bulk buying wholewheat pasta

W.Ford

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

PasturesNew

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

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.

trying-very-trying

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.

suep

Yes Id like to know too, this has often bugged me as I prefer wholewheat pasta.
sue

janb5

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

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

have u tried makro ?they sell big bags of pasta but im not sure if its wholemeal

Magentasue

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

Depends how much you want but these guys sell it by the case http://www.mamma-roma.com/prodlist/pasta.htm#three

crnflke

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: