[Closed] Anyone spotted any bread flour or plain flour for sale?

I’m only finding it in zero waste type shops, presumably as they buy in bulk and not the small bags that are sold out.

That does require some specific infection control. Not just in the shop, one in one out in this case on top of all the surface contact points, but when you get the stuff home.

So the flour I have now is for two weeks time. That and it’s getting baked.

I read somewhere that it’s actually a shortage of packaging as it comes from China and companies are struggling to get hold of it.

Got some from our local bakers yesterday.
Nothing in supermarkets.

We ordered bread mixes directly from Wrights. Took a while to arrive .

Ring your local bakers. Mine sold me 10kg of strong white.

Amazon have in larger quantities, I've got a 10kg arriving later today. It is not cheap though.

Thanks all

I read somewhere that it’s actually a shortage of packaging as it comes from China

Nope.

Dusty

our local baker (JG ross) is bagging up their bulk supplies in plastic bags and distributing to their stockists( typically local spar type shops) so worth ringing round locally perhaps

Yes. Aldi, co-op, Sainsburys, M&S and Morrison’s but they disappear quick. Already a thread on this.

No plain flour, but Shipton mill selling bread flour. We did a combined order with 3 neighbours and bought 16kg bags.

You need to register to get a slot to user their online shop though.

Morrisons this morning had a decent stock of their own brand 1kg plain and BeRo plain. Last week they had plenty of the 500kg bags. They seem to be getting stock where our local Aldi and Sainsbury's don't.

Stock levels this morning in general were good, with a reduced stock of things that no one ever normally buys (ie low production capacity) but dickheads stockpile. UHT milk, tinned spam etc

I bought some bulk bags from here, but there is a 3 week delivery lead 🙁 https://www.ingredientsforcooks.co.uk/flour/

As above, Shipton mill have delivery slots becoming available.
Enter your email address at the front screen (if there are any slots available) and then wait to get a mail message saying you have a slot - you can then order what they have available, plus spend £30 and it's free delivery.

Look in the curry / rice bit in your supermarket. 10kg bags of Atta / Chapatti flour which is brown duram wheat and fine for making bread. Plenty in stock in my local supermarket - several aisles away from the rest of the flour so easily overlooked when they sell out.

None in Morrisons here this am.

Look in the curry / rice bit in your supermarket. 10kg bags of Atta / Chapatti flour which is brown duram wheat and fine for making bread

That’s a fancy supermarket luck just to get gram flour here.

Last week they had plenty of the 500kg bags

What wheelie bin or wheelbarrow for Morrisons flour?....

Last week they had plenty of the 500kg bags. They seem to be getting stock where our local Aldi and Sainsbury’s don’t.

500kg is a bit much, how long are you expecting to be stuck indoors for?

Thanks for the options. Looking online now.

Cheers

No flour of any kind in our local Sainsbury's this morning.

That’s a fancy supermarket

Kilmarnock - dead posh.

There is a surplus of UK wheat but as stated above not enough packaging or packing facilities to pack it in retail packs.

Buying a 16kg bag would be my suggestion.

@tomd - that's one of the best typos I've seen in ages 😂 I had fits of giggles and had to move away from the computer! I'd got mental images of little old dears with forklift attachments on their mobility scooters all patiently queueing outside Morrisons.

I tried to persuade the missus that we could turn the backyard into a corn field. She said the absence of soil was an issue. I think that's just negativity thinking, but am looking into flooding it and growing rice or pasta instead 🙂

Kilmarnock – dead posh.

That is something  I’ve noticed when shopping in supermarkets in Scotland they do have a great stock of food in the ‘around the world’ areas. Fort William Morrison’s especially so.

I bought 10kg of chapati flour, I usually get it in 5kg, made some suet pastry with it, was fine. I'm sure it would make decent bread too if needed.

BadlyWiredDog

I tried to persuade the missus that we could turn the backyard into a corn field. She said the absence of soil was an issue. I think that’s just negativity thinking, but am looking into flooding it and growing rice or pasta instead 🙂

Those Pasta fields are lucrative business i reckon! Haha, good one BWD

That is something  I’ve noticed when shopping in supermarkets in Scotland they do have a great stock of food in the ‘around the world’ areas. Fort William Morrison’s especially so.

Its not so much the 'round the world bit' - you'll maybe get small bags of chapatti or gram flour there. But most supermarkets will have a bit of space dedicated to whatever minority population there might be locally - and end of an aisle with polish home comforts or whatever -  and usually a bit of shelf space with sizeable packs of flour, rice, daals and so on.

Those Pasta fields are lucrative business i reckon!

Difficult to cover your costs though as pasta will only grown in boiling water.

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I bought 10kg of chapati flour, I usually get it in 5kg, made some suet pastry with it, was fine. I’m sure it would make decent bread too if needed.

We used to make Chapati flour here and its really just a standard bread flour with no added gluten, so makes very good loafs of bread.

You will be glad to know I'm at work and flour production is full tilt 🙂

Our local Coop has started selling massive units of common goods like flour, rice, beans etc. from a wholesale supplier who presumably can't shift it elsewhere because catering facilities aren't open.

So if you need a 3.5kg bag of bread mix or 10kg of rice, Cinderford Coop is the place to go.

But most supermarkets will have a bit of space dedicated to whatever minority population there might be locally – and end of an aisle with polish home comforts or whatever –  and usually a bit of shelf space with sizeable packs of flour, rice, daals and so on.

Yeah I used that name as wasn’t sure how to word it, regardless as I say it’s something I’ve noticed Scotland is better at doing. We have a have a sizeable polish population here but not really much of stock on polish goods. Berwick which is a further up the road has a better stock and there’s a shop selling polish produce too.

@tomd – that’s one of the best typos I’ve seen in ages 😂 I had fits of giggles and had to move away from the computer! I’d got mental images of little old dears with forklift attachments on their mobility scooters all patiently queueing outside Morrisons.

This lockdown is getting to us all.

Lots of flour on ebay. Some of it up awaiting your bids... others, like 16kg for £20, is that expensive?

I'll admit it when I came home and told the wife I'd spent £250 on half a metric shit-tonne of flour she was less than pleased. That displeasure has only increased as all of our meals are now flour based. Bread pudding, bread, white sauce over toast, fried bread in homemade breadcrumbs etc. The kids have made an entire model village from salt dough as well.

I know that for those of you that knead flour and can't get it this might seem like a first world problem.

Found some bread flour here: https://www.squires-shop.com/

looks like it'll take about 2 weeks to get here tho

Managed to get lucky and get on Wessexmill whilst they opened their page. Sorted

Just got 3kg at Sainsbury’s. They had a few bags even at 4pm.
Sister in law also got some with her online delivery.

The Saxon house can now boast a 16 kg bag of flour!

But no yeast. 🙁

I can update to confirm chapati flour makes good pancakes also!!

Our local supermarkets are devoid of flour & yeast but our little local bakery currently has flour and live yeast which seems to work fine in our breadmaker; 60 pence worth goes a surprisingly long way!

The local shop have had 500kg delivered today.

Check out your local wholesalers. We have a bakery and fresh food wholesalers who have opened up to the public, as their usual commercial clients ( hotels, restaurants etc ) are closed. Lots of products, most not in huge quantities as well, and you're supporting a local business.

I brought some of Lakeland the other day.
https://www.lakeland.co.uk/in-the-kitchen/preserving-and-make-your-own/bread-making/