"Janet Bostwick" > writes:
>
> From: "Janet Bostwick" >
> Newsgroups: rec.food.baking
> Subject: Fisher Flour
> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:35:07 -0700
>
> "barry" > wrote:
> >
> > From: "barry" >
> > Newsgroups: rec.food.baking
> > Subject: Fisher Flour
> > Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 04:39:20 GMT
> >
> > Yeah, it really frosts me to read about all you people buying those
> > good flours at Costco and all I can get in the local Costcos (I've
> > tried three) is some Conagra or ADM 10% "bread flour." And the price
> > isn't all that great to boot!
>
> I've asked the managers what's going on and all I got was a hum-a-da
> hum-a-da answer. I guess it's the same old story -- it's what the
> customers ask for or what they'll buy.
>
> You know, maybe we are working this the wrong way around. There was one
> time when I was successful getting a food product back into Costco and it
> has been there ever since. I called and emailed the home office of the
> producer, told them how much I loved their product, there wasn't another
> around that was as good, there wasn't anywhere else I could get it, I'd been
> a faithful customer for years, da-da,da-da, da-da, you get the idea. Would
> they please work on Costco to carry it again? I actually feel guilty now
> every time I walk past the sausages and don't buy a package. Oh, I
> specified the particular Costco store to the sausage-maker home office.
>
>Janet

Quoting from the King Arthur Flour web site:

Remember, if you want King Arthur® Flour, ask for it where you
shop. You may very well get what you're looking for!

Can't find a store near you? Would you and other bakers in your
community like to purchase King Arthur® Flour from your local
grocer? Call us at 800.827.6836.

. . .

Cannot find a store near you offering King Arthur® Flour? Well,
that's an opportunity for you to do yourself and your fellow
bakers a favor. Go to your favorite store and ask to speak to
either the store manager or the grocery manager. Tell him you
would like to buy King Arthur® Flour and ask him to call
1-802-649-3881 for information on how to get King Arthur® Flour
to his store. Remember, if you want King Arthur® Flour, ask for
it where you shop. You may very well get what you are looking for!


KA has been quite aggressive in getting wide distribution of their product.
You most likely will be able to nudge their sales department to make an
effort to get your local store to carry King Arthur products.

Cheers,
The Old Bear