"gloria.p" > wrote in message
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> Mimi wrote:
>> I scored two Kerr half-pints at a charity shop this morning on my way
>> to work.
>>
>> (I was only a few minutes late to work)
>>
>> : - )
>>
>> They weren't a nickel--25¢ each. Hmmm...let's see 25¢ x 12 = $3
>> That's not too bad.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Darn right. I just found a case of a dozen 12 oz. jars (Ball, I think)
> at a local Kroger (King Soopers the in Denver area) for (hold onto your
> hat) $10.97, IIRC. I thought twice (or maybe four times) before I picked
> them up, but 12 oz is a size I rarely see and they are so convenient when
> I'm making multiple batches of jam. The price was
> obscene, but what are the alternatives?
>
> gloria p

Yikes. When I was starting out, I bought lots and lots of my canning jars
at thrift stores where I paid 10 to 25 cents a piece. I think the last jars
I bought were Golden Harvest. I have a few 12-ounce ones, but not many. I
think I've seen them at Ace Hardware before.

On the same note, I just got email from my church group that they got a hold
of cases of jar lids (didn't say how much they actually got) but they're
selling them to us for 65 cents a box for regular, 97 cents a box for
wide-mouth. And yes, these are Ball lids still in their boxes in cases from
the factory, not the ones that are packaged in sleeves. I'm going to buy 10
boxes of each. I still have a little stockpile as I buy them here and there
throughout the year, but I couldn't pass this up.