Jar Lids

[mike692]

It seems that lately jar lids have been increasing in price like everything else. I can remember getting them for a quarter a box! Now a lot of places sell them for close to 2 bucks! Best price I've found lately is 99cents a box at Big Lots. IF you can get there at the right time. And that's for the Golden Harvest brand. I found a decent price online. But you have to buy a case. They end up being around a buck fifty a box; www.canningpantry.com/baredolicaof.html

That's a lot of lids, but having a case on hand may not be such a bad idea.

[Mamma D]

I bought about a case worth of them at Family Dollar this past summer for .99cents a box ...yup, I found the price of these babies going sky high - even at WalMart they were just shy of 2 bucks. Sorry Wally, but that's just way too much!

I think it's a conspiracy against us homesteader types who put up our own food ...they gotta get us one way or another ...

[freerange]

how about those reusable types, are they any good?

[hoosiergcrwtrapper]

There's more of us homesteader types every day.

We import less oil than we have in years. But gas prices are still up. How? Supply and demand. They have kept supply below demand by closing several gasification plants.

That can say that the lid prices are supply and demand but it doesn't add up when you look at the full shelves at Wally World. They use to run them on sale at the end of the season. Not any more. Not here anyway. They box them up and store them.

Don't even get me started on seed prices. This year I began buying heirloom and saving seeds.

[Deleted]

Thanks for the info Mike. I've been paying $1.67 recently. Too much, yes, but it's the cheapest I've found so far. Need to check out the site you offered. ;D

Big Lots was sold out last week when I stopped

[ninedeer]

I think you are right in saying there are getting to be more homesteaders.seems like canning suppies go alot faster then years passed.I pay roughly $1.40-$1.75 fro lids

[onebadboy2]

I bought a case of the tattler lids about a year ago and they work great. Reusable lid with a rubber seal. Just have to get to them before the kids lose them after use. Great buy and you can periodically find them on sale in bulk.

I can't recall where I found mine, but got them half price. Here's a site to see them anyway: www.reusablecanninglids.com/store/index.php/shop.html

[mike692]

The tattler lids are the way to go. I have a case of them on my wish list. A friend of mine tested them out, and he used the same lid and rubber ring 8 times!