> 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!

When my local grocery store spent months-upon-months to revamp their store
(Martin's - owned by Giant), I never saw King Arthur "Bread Flour" again. I
hunted down the manager and told him that every good baker used King Arthur.
Within a couple of weeks, it was back in the store. I know the feeling of
requesting something in a store, thinking I should buy some each time,
feeling responsibility for its being on the shelf. I can only HOPE that it
will be there tomorrow, and hopefully I will take no responsibility for its
not being there if it isn't.

Crossed fingers,
Dee






"The Old Bear" > wrote in message
news
> "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
>
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