In article >, Dave Smith
> wrote:


> Around here, boxes of pasta are usually sold in boxes with each brand
using the same
> weight and same price regardless of the size of the pasta. Some brands
sell in 500
> gram boxes while others use 450 gram boxes.


Most of the less expensive pasta here comes in transparent bags of one or
two pounds. We generally buy the two pound bags when they are on sale.
My kids practically live on pasta, and we go through several pounds a
week.

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Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS