Where oh where did all the Baggies go?

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Okay, I admit that I may be in the 1% of US cooks who still use Baggies (the ones you seal with a twist tie) rather than exclusively using the plastic bags with zipper locks or the "press 'em together" plastic seal closures.

But I love my Baggies and use them in a bazillion ways. They have become impossible to find in my area (Minneapolis St. Paul) and even Amazon doesn't offer them. (At least I could not find them on Amazon.) Anyone else noticed this? Have Baggies become extinct? Can anyone recc a similar product?

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Acme in the Phila area has a house brand that fits the bill.

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In Chicago, if you keep your eye peeled on the bottom shelf of major supermarkets, you can usually find store brand 1 gallon "food storage" bags that close with a twistie, as well as sandwich bags (1 qt size?) with a foldover flap (but no sandwich size bags with twisties). It's what we use almost exclusively. I suspect that the same is true in the major supermarkets in the Twin Cities -- you will not necessarily find the "Baggie" brand but should be able to find the housebrand equivalent.

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I use them too and couldn't find them last time I looked. 
You can still buy them here. https://reynoldsconsumerproducts.alice.com/products?order=alphabetical&per_page=12&order=best

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Have you tried a dollar store? I have some that I think I got from there.

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Hmm, we have twist tie baggies in all the stores here in upstate NY. I have in my kitchen both the large and smaller size. Odd that it's not offered everywhere - I wonder why?

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Hey everyone, 

Thanks for the great responses. 

dcrb--I get those little wax paper bags at Whole Paycheck. They are a little pricey, so I use them mainly for cheese storage.

Masha and Firecooked and sal_acid---I have been having trouble finding even the store brands! But I will redouble my efforts to find store brand "baggies" and when I do find them I intend to buy 2 dozen boxes.

Wekick-Thanks for the link to Renolds products. I will order from them if I get desperate enough, although they charge more than I usually am willing to pay.

JulieJ--I did buy some from a dollar store but the quality was dreadful. They stuck together and sometimes tore when I attempted to separate them. But I may try another box from another dollar store.

Breadchick--Wish I had a trip planned soon to upstate NY :0)

YOU GUYS RULE! Thanks so much for your help. And it's good to know I'm not the only person in the US who uses these bags :0)

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Santa Google: 

http://www.amazon.com/Glad-Storage-Original-Twist-Tie-Gallon/dp/B0009P67XU

http://www.amazon.com/Glad-Storage-Original-Twist-Tie-Gallon/dp/B0009P67XU

There were others. I figured I would point you in the right direction.

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My local Shop Rite had them the last time I looked. The think I like most about Baggies over the other store brands is that they're on a roll - much easier to use (and store) than the ones stuffed into a box!

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Plenty of little Baggies here in southeast Wisconsin. When I lived in Missouri, the stores there didn't carry them and I used to ship myself a box full everytime I visited home.

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You are not alone!!! I can't find them either! I live in Stillwater MN, and just looked today AGAIN, even at Cub where the used to be sold, also the dollar store out here and nothing without the zip lock top! Can't find them anywhere. They won't recycle zip lock tops, you have to cut them off!!! So why are they removing the good old Baggies from all the shelves? UNLINE carries a similar type but I believe you need an account there to place an order. Not sure what that involves. And you have to order a huge number. Help!

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More baggies in West Brom than you can shake a stick at...

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If you get down as far as the Chicago area where our major chain market is Jewel, Jewel is still carrying the twist-and-tie bags in its house brand Essential Everyday, $2.99 for 75 gallon bags 10 x 14. I couldn't do without them. The shape is compressible so they take less room in the freezer than the zipper bags. See what you can find online. Also, the sandwich size is available at Jewel and also at local dollar stores.

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I got mine off of amazon.......check again

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in Los Angeles, in most of the regular grocery stores, they are given scant shelf space.
called "food storage" bags

usually one size bag (just a little too small to hold a loaf of bread)
and usually one size in terms of how many bags in a box.

i've noticed the scarcity too, and have devoted some of my precious garage space to a plastic bin stuffed with ONLY those bags.

sometime the 99Cent stores/dollar stores have them

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Walmart has a brand . . . just found them myself.

Great Value Twist Tie Bags, Gallon Size, 100 count for $2.88.

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Same here. I can't find Baggies anywhere around the south Kansas City area either! I also have dozens of uses for them. Zip-lock, zipper tab, and fold-lock bags just can't do the trick, they are not long enough for many of my uses, not to mention most of them are on the a-little-too-expensive side for some of my purposes.

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I bought my sandwich baggies at Amazon, so they are available there.

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They have disappeared in NJ too. I bought a store brand but they're not as strong. I really miss them. I butcher my own chicken and pork cutlets and the bags were great for pounding them thin. I also liked to cover leftovers in them because I could slip a dish into them and not have to worry that the cellophane wrap would come undone. The sliders are too thick and expensive and the store brands don't hold up as well. Has anyone found them, at this point I'd buy a case.

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Well, I found this article after a search: "Where can I buy Baggies?" for my mom. She, like you, loves her Baggies! Before I clicked this, I did see that they're now on Amazon for you. I'm still wondering if I can find them locally, not just online, for her.

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Dare I admit...I take a bunch of extra bags in the veggie area as well as asking our local bakery for extra "freezer" bags when purchasing there.

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I thought I was the only person who doesn't prefer the zipper bags. The old kind take up less room in the freezer as you can fold them tight and tape them as well as use the twistem. They have gotten nearly impossible to find. I did find the sandwich size twistem type plastic bags last week at Dollar Tree in Chicago. Masha is right---keep your eyes open and when you find some, stockpile them as a rare treasure.

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Old post I know, but in case you haven't found the real Baggies in the meantime, you can get them at Mackenthun's in Waconia. Have to warn you, though...the twisties are white now...scandal!

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I too have just recently begun experiencing a problem finding Baggies . I live in Philadelphia, PA. I have been to Dollar General, ShopRite, Fresh Grocer, Family Dollar, Giant , Lion and cannot find them. Has the company making them gone out of business.

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I have been using Glad freezer bags with twist ties for years to freeze my homemade loaves of bread. The zipper bags are either too large or too small for the loaves. Have they stopped making them?

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Amazon IS now carrying them, $11.19/box of 75 count (highway robbery) OR 9 boxes for $42+, much better deal.

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I accidentally bought a bag where you fold it over the lip into the sandwich part sandwich bag with a fold-over I guess- here in Chicago last summer I don't actually buy that many baggies maybe a pack every 3 months.

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I just signed up for this site to give you all this info! Baggies Brand of twist tie baggies are available on eBay! (I never use Amazon--it's too expensive!) Right now somebody has a case of 12 boxes of the sandwich size ones, 150 in a box, for $36.52--comes out to $3 a box--free shipping! 

https://www.ebay.com/i/282736668691?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=282736668691&targetid=859829361278&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9028903&poi=&campaignid=6470742440&mkgroupid=88656158866&rlsatarget=pla-859829361278&abcId=1141156&merchantid=107417996&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIu7TZ6_ep5wIVx0XVCh0opgt2EAQYAiABEgKcVPD_BwE

Gallon size twist tie bags are available at Walmart, and, here in Denver, also at King Soopers, which is Kroger in other places. (I'd expect most major food chains to have some brand of the gallon size twist tie bags) And, if you search "Baggies Hefty" on eBay you'll come up with a list of both the big and small sizes, but a lot of them are way overpriced for individual boxes! This 12-lot batch of the small ones is the best price I've found--found them on WM for $5-something a box, but they were "out of stock!"

I LOVE Baggies--the brand! SO much cheaper than the zip-lock bags--and, as others have said, less waste! And the “fold top” sandwich bags are useless, IMO!

Skybird

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