Bulk buying bread flour?

mi_jardin

I have just done my sums, using the Dove site, and it still works out cheaper for me to use my local farm shop for my wholemeal (£5 for 5kg) and Mr T for my white flour by £3.55, plus I will get clubcard points from Mr T.

My farm shop flour is just beautiful, its called Tasty Cob and well worth paying the extra...supermarket wholemeal doesn't come close. Its a shame the mill doesn't sell it directly, I did email them once.

Mumof2_2

Many thanks everyone for your help.

andygb

wssla00 wrote: »

Tesco are doing 3kg of Allinson bread flour for £1.79 which looked a good deal

:T
That is what I am using at the moment, and together with the sachets of instant yeast, my bread seems to have improved.
Economic bread making, with the added advantage that it tastes better than any shop bought (well this side of the channel anyway;)).
I personally prefer working with 3kg bags, because I like the thought of using them quickly, and not leaving bags unsealed for any time.

Caterina

Dove's farm website link:

http://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/

danandjens_worldtravels

Did anyone notice the price of brown flour at Tesco has risen 40p :eek: in the past few weeks (its been a fortnight since I last bought it at 89p) and now its 1.29p for 1.5kg.

I've looked on the links above but none seem to be cheaper than Tesco even with their price rise, is it because most of them are organic or am I missing the options for basic flour?

Did anyone find out if Costco or Macro do bulk sacks of flour and how much. If I go to an asian supermarket, what flour am I looking for as I doubt it will be labelled 'bread flour''

thanks

kinkyjinks

danandjens_worldtravels wrote: »

Did anyone notice the price of brown flour at Tesco has risen 40p :eek: in the past few weeks (its been a fortnight since I last bought it at 89p) and now its 1.29p for 1.5kg.

I've looked on the links above but none seem to be cheaper than Tesco even with their price rise, is it because most of them are organic or am I missing the options for basic flour?

Did anyone find out if Costco or Macro do bulk sacks of flour and how much. If I go to an asian supermarket, what flour am I looking for as I doubt it will be labelled 'bread flour''

thanks

Morrisons and Asda do bread flour cheaper than Tescos just now. Last week it was 60p (M) and 50p (A). Wrights are also cheaper than Tesco just now and if you buy enough it's free delivery. If you're really lucky, you might get the pop up offering a 25% off code for filling in a survey.

hermum

Anyone who doesn't mind out of date food, big brands for less, has some brilliant baking offers on at the moment.
I've just done the survey on Wrights, and won't be ordering. It doesn't say that it can't be transferred & I didn't have to enter my details so hopefully it can be used by someone else, if anyone would like to try the 25% off code please pm me

JayJay14

I use chapati flour from costco, £3.79 I think last Saturday for a 10kg bag.

I love the bead this flour makes and the price is good too.

I'm awaiting a delivery from th big brands website, I've ordered the granary bread mix.

cooking-mama

JayJay14 wrote: »

I use chapati flour from costco, £3.79 I think last Saturday for a 10kg bag.

I love the bead this flour makes and the price is good too.

I'm awaiting a delivery from th big brands website, I've ordered the granary bread mix.

So can we bake normal everday bread using chappati flour?...i would give it a try if thats the case.

Swan_2

goodgirl80 wrote: »

Hi Bakey People!~

Does anyone know what the cheapest Strong White Bread Flour is at the moment, I normally get Tesco's but they're doing that con offer at the moment. There's a Morrison's, Aldi and Lidl where I am, so might go and check those out later.

on the hunt for..
*Cheap flour

Lidl's is always reasonably priced, & I find it performs better than anything available in the supermarkets, even the branded bread flours

it's usually just over 60p, but you can often get it on offer for less, it was 50p last week

tbh, I'd happily pay more for it, but don't tell Mr Lidl