How much do you pay for Strong White Flour?

mummysaver

I tend to make it up as I go along, if it all goes wrong I just call it foccacia (sp?) and serve it up with soup lol! My ds makes fab soft bread rolls by hand, like proper shop ones, will ask him for his recipe and post it for you later.

Uniscots97

Thanks Mummysaver, much appreciated.

Tashja

Just back from Asda

It is now 75p a bag - thank god I realised I was running low yesterday and went yesterday and got 10 bags !!! Now have 13 bags in stock cupboard.

Their plain flour has also gone up to 75p. I actually nearly cried in the aisle !!!

I didn't buy any more flour but have bought a few bags of rice and pasta - not that I am a panicker at all

T xx

Angelraesunshine

wow yep my asda says 75p a bag i better get over to tescos tomorrow and hope for the best then before theres goes up too.

dannahaz

It may be one of Asda's roll-back price cons.

Some time ago, Asda was selling 600ml double cream at 2 for £1.50. I bought some, made butter, and a week later went back for some more. It had gone up to over £1 per pot, I forget the exact price but it was horrendous.

A few weeks later, it was back to 2 for £1.50, and they had a big "roll back" price ticket on it.

Then it went up again. Then it went down again, with a "roll back" price ticket.

That's how they can justify their claims that they roll back so many thousands of prices. It's just a con.

Maybe they are doing the same with the bread flour so they can advertise that, despite the hike in grain, they have " reduced" the price of their flour.

lil_me

Tesco online here still says 48p and Lidl was still the same yesterday

Yes, I use plain or half and half for white bread, I haven't found it any different to be honest.

mummysaver a recipe for really soft rolls would be great, I've tried many and failed (even with strong flour)

elona

Our Lid was 48 pence today but says it was reduced from 58 so looks as if that will be going up there too!:eek:

faye1978

Does flour store? I heard it goes off? If it does store i'll grab some more. Tesco had it at 48p yesterday - the pink strong white bag that was. Forgot to look in Lidl tonight

oldMcDonald

faye1978 wrote: »

Does flour store? I heard it goes off? If it does store i'll grab some more. Tesco had it at 48p yesterday - the pink strong white bag that was. Forgot to look in Lidl tonight

White flour does for quite a while if kept in an airtight container to keep the bugs out (note when the use by date is before storing).

Wholemeal doesn't keep so long as it has the oils in it which makes the flour go rancid faster.

I open all my bags of flour up and chuck them into a (clean and dry!) brewing bucket that I keep in the corner of the kitchen - I have made a little pink padded cushion to go on the top of it so that it doubles up as a kitchen stool!!

Angelraesunshine

well i have just got back from my 3rd supermarket shop of the day and wiped out my little tescos of all the bread flour as theres is still 48p so i got the last 9 bags lol now just gt to find a place to store them oops. now it is bugging me i can not find the receipt to charge it up on the grocery challenge grr