I guess I'd be willing to pay a higher price if I could FIND some of the items in my Super Wal-Mart!! But every week all of my brand of bacon (we like the extra thick cut bacon -- I think it's Hormel) and the macadamia nuts are GONE by the time I get there on Saturday morning!!

But I've noticed that the same people who hog all of the bacon and nuts are buying those crappy low-carb bars and those ice creams loaded with sugar alcohols too so they'll give up soon and my items will be available again.

Jeannie

A Quart of Heavy Cream is about $2.76 around here. But, that's Great Value [Wal-Mart] Brand, which is only one of 2 brands they carry here. The other, I don't remember the name off-hand, but its not that much more. The milk is not a big issue. I don't understand why some folks think Atkins prohibits ALL milk. He clearly allows Half-and-Half which is half milk. I would guess, they use Milk to standardize the Fat content to 35% [which is what Heavy Cream is.] I'd be more worried about all those chemicals most folks can't pronounce that appear on the ingredients list than the small amount of milk.

BTW, Cream is made from Milk as is Cheese. Cream is the High Fat layer that seperates under certain conditions, leaving behind Skim [Nonfat Milk.] Cheese is made from the Curd which is also primarily Fat and Protein, which seperates from the Milk under certain conditions. For example, adding Vinegar while heating Milk will seperate the Hi-Fat/Hi-Protein/Low-Carb Curds from the Nonfat/Low-Protein/Hi-Carb Whey.

The Gwaltney Bacon is 2-Something per Pound around here if I remember correctly. The only sizes they have here are 12 ounces and 16 ounces. Cheese, Milk, and Cream don't seem to have gone up. But, strangely Butter has gone up $1/pound. That's the odd one since Butter is derived from Cream which is derived from Milk. Since neither of those two went up, why did Butter increase so much ???

I absolutely refuse to shop at Wal Mart for various reasons. The best place I have found to buy dairy products is from a local dairy chain here in Oregon called Dairy Mart. They are sort of like a 7-11 type store, but they are run by a local dairy and carry only fresh, local dairy products. Most everything is WAY cheaper there, fresher, and better quality. Even if price crept up, I would keep paying it because the cream is so much fresher and better tasting. Check around for a local dairy marketer in your area.