Do You Believe This!!

Decorating By jackie64 Updated 10 Jun 2006 , 1:03am by jessireb

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jackie64 Posted 9 Jun 2006 , 7:22pm
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I went to a local grocery store yesterday and get this their DH cake mix was $2.09 a box icon_eek.gif ,yes $2.09 a box icon_surprised.gif my jaw dropped to the floor when I saw the price. Over double what I have been paying I hope this is not an indicator of whats to come . icon_confused.gif

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Fishercakes Posted 9 Jun 2006 , 7:26pm
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That is the same price that our local Kroger's has, but most of the time they have it on sale for $1 a box. When they don't, they will have Pillsbury or Betty Crocker on sale for $1 a box.
I never really thought much of it, I just get whichever one is on sale, but I do have my preferences, so I stock up when it is on sale.

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ChrisJ Posted 9 Jun 2006 , 7:28pm
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I have found that cake mix prices differ from store to store, week to week. Wal-Mart seems to be the cheapest for me at .89 cents a box but they are limited to white, chocolate and yellow. I always stock up when they are on sale.

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greenhorn Posted 9 Jun 2006 , 7:48pm
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I am fortunate to have so many grocery stores within a short distance of each other. There are times when Wal-Mart and Kroger are buy one get one free, and you can get both for less than $2.

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MomLittr Posted 9 Jun 2006 , 7:51pm
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By me, the "normal" price of the cake mixes goes from $1.59 to $1.89 - that is still too high as far as I am concerned. Maybe because the price of sugar has gone up so much in the past year. I only buy on sale anyway and stock up on mixes.

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Sherry0565 Posted 9 Jun 2006 , 7:51pm
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I guess I'm lucky too. We have a grocery chain in the Cincinnati area called "Biggs Hypermarket" and they have pillsbury cake mixes on sale pretty often 2 for a dollar. I really stock up when they do that!

Sherry

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4Gifts4Lisa Posted 9 Jun 2006 , 8:06pm
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$2.47 is the norm here. I buy onsale...usually $1 a box.

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calla74 Posted 9 Jun 2006 , 8:55pm
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I just went to our local supermarket and stocked up today. DH mixes usually go for $2.29 per box but they were on sale for $ .90 each. Luckily they have a large variety too. Now I can start to practice/learn my decorating without feeling quite so guilty!

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mrsfish94 Posted 9 Jun 2006 , 9:10pm
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I usually buy from a grocery chain called Winco. They have either BettyC or Pillsbury for 78 to 99 cents each. I stock up when I am there. They also sometimes have C&H powdered sugar for 99 cents a 2lb bag. I stock up on that too!!!

But the BettyC at the major grocery store here is usually $2.59 per box!

I just can't bring myself to pay that.

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oneprimalscream Posted 9 Jun 2006 , 9:16pm
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Yikes...at all the grocery stores here the average price is $2.30 for a cake mix. I usually head to 99 Cents Only, or to Target, where they have them for $0.99.

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karent Posted 9 Jun 2006 , 9:20pm
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How long can you keep a cake mix before using?? I like the stocking up idea, but never sure if the cake mix can go bad or little critters start to live in there.

Thanks

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SugarFrosted Posted 9 Jun 2006 , 9:25pm
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In my experience, the cake mix companies put a "best if used by" date on the box somewhere. I know for certain that Betty Crocker does. I stock up when they go on sale and put the farthest date in the back of the shelf and the ones expiring soonest at the front. thumbs_up.gif

PS: They never stay around that long, no matter the date.

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jmt1714 Posted 9 Jun 2006 , 9:32pm
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sugar prices in the US are artificial . . .the US (and many other nations) sets price floors for sugar

I had to laugh though when I read the comment about cake mix prices being too high

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sweetsuccess Posted 10 Jun 2006 , 12:40am
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Originally Posted by Sherry0565

I guess I'm lucky too. We have a grocery chain in the Cincinnati area called "Biggs Hypermarket" and they have pillsbury cake mixes on sale pretty often 2 for a dollar. I really stock up when they do that!

Sherry




Wish we had prices like that here, but in NYC everything costs more!! birthday.gifbirthday.gif

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jessireb Posted 10 Jun 2006 , 1:03am
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I just bought DH french vanilla and DH marble at walmart .79 a box. My Walmart has a nice variety of mixes. These were the ones that were on sale this week.

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