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Submitted by Windischgirl on April 27, 2008 - 5:52am.

flour distributors in Philadelphia

Hi: Given the 3-5 loaves per week that get inhaled around here, I need to find a bulk flour source.  KA has officially hit $1/lb at my local supermarket.

I'm open to ordering online and having it shipped, (and have searched the archives for all your suggestions--Thanks!)

but would prefer to buy locally.  The best KA could offer me was a distributor in Lancaster PA...about 2 hr drive away.  But I live near a city of over 2 million people...with a healthy bunch of local bakeries.  Tell me there isn't a distributor for high quality flour closer!

I have googled "bakery supply" and "flour mills" for this area and have been frustrated.  I can easily get a conveyor oven to fill my living room, but flour in bulk...no good hits.

 Any sugestions?

 Gotta go check on Aunt Carmine's light rye currently in the oven!

 

thanks


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Submitted by kmp on April 27, 2008 - 8:39am.

Local Harvest

Try www.localharvest.org and search for "flour;" that's how I found my local farm/mill source for organic flour & grains.  


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Submitted by sphealey on April 27, 2008 - 8:56am.

Finding distributors

Note that King Arthur is probably giving you the name of their regional wholesaler/rep agency. That entity in turn most likely supplies local distributors in your city. It would be worth calling the number that KA gave you and asking if they have a local distributor or rep.  They would also know if any of their bakery customers are willing to sell bags of flour out the back door.

sPh


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Submitted by Windischgirl on April 27, 2008 - 9:24am.

flour sources

kmp, sphealey:

thanks so much: Great ideas!  Will have to follow up and let you know.

We were looking into joining a local csa this year...something else to consider.

Just got a request to make some Burli (little Swiss rolls).  The rye bread is half-gone already! 

 

 

Paula F

Philadelphia PA


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Submitted by kmp on April 28, 2008 - 7:43am.

CSA

This will be our 3rd season with our CSA and I can't recommend it more. Even my fiance', who, when I met him subsisted primarily on buffalo chicken pizza and hamburgers, now longs for the start of fresh veggie season every bit as much as I do.

The reconnection with the seasons, giving our food dollar to a local farmer, the amazing freshness & taste of the veggies, the fact that we are so much healthier in Summer/Fall because we are eating mainly vegetables - it's all a plus. Besides that, I got a whole bunch of free organic fruit last year, from a fellow CSAer who had more than her family of three could eat, so I made preserves, jam, sauces, salsas, marinades and canned them all. And now I spread them on fresh homemade bread!


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