Internet Supplies for Canning
Kristina
knew any good (i.e. cheap and reliable) stores on the internet from
which they have purchased. I know cooking.com has some jars and free
shipping over $49.00. Any help appreciated!
I have also been looking at "bricks and mortar" stores like Sam's and
Costco. Sam's said that they will carry them, but not until it is
closer to Christmas (why, I don't understand...). Any good prices on
nationwide chains would be helpful as well.
-K
Melba's Jammin'
kmk...@hotmail.com (Kristina) wrote:
Cheap and internet stores are mutually exclusive terms in this instance,
I think, Kristina. Shipping costs are killers for glass. Packaging.
I've gotten good buys at Walmart, Target, and Fleet Farm. And my local
grocery store. I don't think Costco and Sam's are the places to look.
Don't forget about 'Mom & Pop' hardware stores, either.
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starting up now. I also scrounge at community garage sales. A lot of
people take up home brewing and preserving but don't stick with it and
eventualy have to get rid of the paraphenalia taking up space in their
basements and garages.
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Melba's Jammin' <barbsc...@earthlink.net> took a deep breath, sighed and spoke thusly:
> In article <f80dd091.03090...@posting.google.com>,
> kmk...@hotmail.com (Kristina) wrote:
>
>> I'm looking to buy new jars for canning and was wondering if anyone
>> knew any good (i.e. cheap and reliable) stores on the internet from
>> which they have purchased. I know cooking.com has some jars and free
>> shipping over $49.00. Any help appreciated!
>>
>> I have also been looking at "bricks and mortar" stores like Sam's and
>> Costco. Sam's said that they will carry them, but not until it is
>> closer to Christmas (why, I don't understand...). Any good prices on
>> nationwide chains would be helpful as well.
>>
>> -K
>
> Cheap and internet stores are mutually exclusive terms in this
> instance, I think, Kristina. Shipping costs are killers for glass.
> Packaging. I've gotten good buys at Walmart, Target, and Fleet Farm.
> And my local grocery store. I don't think Costco and Sam's are the
> places to look. Don't forget about 'Mom & Pop' hardware stores,
> either.
I've never seen canning jars at Costco or any kind of canning supplies, period. Real
hardware stores are good (not those big box stores like Lowe's or Home Depot). George
says he gets jars at Big Lots but I've not gotten a chance to look at our local one since
it's about 9 miles to the nearest one and I rarely go anywhere near it. Wal-Mart is okay,
but they only carry Kerr jars and lids. Can't get the half-gallon jars or the itty-bitty
4-oz jars there either. I like the Ball brand better, which is weird since they're the
same company. But this might be a good time to start checking Wal-Mart to see if they've
got stuff marked down. Last year I got a ton of pectin at 50 cents a box.
When I seriously started canning about 10 years ago (I've canned off and on for more than
20 years) I scoured the thrift stores for jars. They were selling them from 10 cents to
25 cents. Take them home, scrub them good, sanitize with bleach or wash in the dishwasher
and you're good to go. Just make sure there's no nicks or cracks in the glass before you
buy it.
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Guppy21014
pile. I also went on the local AM radio buy sell and trade show and aid I was
looking for canning jars and 2 different people called and gave me dozens of
jars for free if I would carry them up out of the basement. I probably got 200
jars for free!
George Shirley
Canning and putting by is a big thing in our area. The Big Lots store,
about 15 miles away, always, as in ALWAYS, has pallet loads of quarts,
pints, and jelly jars, whatever size those are. Plus boxes of lids and
rings and sometimes a pallet load of boxes of a dozen lids. All Golden
Harvest brand, never had a problem with them myself. Pints generally run
less than $5.00 a case, quarts less than $6.00 a case. Bought lots of
lids at 79 cents a dozen last fall so still have some. Occasionally they
have the wide mouth jars and lids but not always. I snagged two cases of
wide mouth pints last year but haven't opened them yet.
When I started back canning, about 1991, one of the big Penecostal
churches here had a massive garage sale. Bought loads of pints, quarts,
etc. for 5 cents each. Checked them one and all for nicks, cracks etc.
and the good ladies at the church boxed them for me. IIRC there were
about 8 dozen assorted jars in the truck when I got home and had to
figure out where to store them. Square ones, round ones, pint and a half
ones, they all found a home. Ball, Kerr, Atlas, and some I never heard
of before. Local goodwill type store now calls me if they get some jars
in and I go check them out. Thrifty is as thrifty does you know.
George
Melba's Jammin'
<gsh...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> in and I go check them out. Thrifty is as thrifty does you know.
>
> George
>
Well, I can hook somebody up with a boatload of jars, if they're in the
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Minnesota-Western Wisconsin area. My sister's home
is being cleared out and she's got at least 100-200 empty jars. (They
THREW AWAY the full jars -- another 100 or so.)
Dianna Visek
Ball jars, but a dozen half-pints is $6.39. A couple of years ago, I
could buy a dozen Golden Harvest jellies for $3. Now they're $5. but
the trick is finding them. Big Lots used to carry them, then Dollar
General. Now it's Family Dollar.
I tried calling the Golden Harvest distributor and also tried the net.
No response.
Regards, Dianna
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Minteeleaf
Walmart always carries canning supplies.
I've found them there at all times of the year.
They are on the 'net. A quick search should pop them right up.
I don't have the url or would post it.
Minteeleaf