Took this out of the flour thread for obvious reasons. You have to remember that “typical” is being redefined every month these days. I figure paying about 10 to 15 cents per pound over block price for shredding is what I’m seeing. Cheese is running close to or over $3 a pound for good product, so figure from there.
you can run a search in the recent past for threads on pricing of cheese. there is a thread every week or two about then-current pricing trends. That will give you an idea where cheese pricing has been.
Thanks for moving the question. I did a search and did not find an existing post about this topic but I figured it was probably talked about constantly anyway, being a major expensive and it sounds like it fluctuates a lot.
I just bought a 5 lb. bag for my personal use. Going to be making pies for friends this evening. The brand is Sorrento, and I really have no clue where that stands in terms of quality compared to other brands. It was $2.80 per lb. and I was curious to see how this compared to commercial operations.
Sorrento is a good brand, but, like all other companies, have different blends/grades…I used 2 get it from Costco yrs ago…their 3% whole milk was Sysco’s house blend 4 yrs (in fla), until they had a falling out…
At a grocery store chain called ShopRite, I don’t think it is a national chain but it’s in New Jersey for sure. It was $14.00. They describe it as whole milk.
good price for decent cheese…
I was using Sorrento WM mozzarella, was OK, Grande is better to my liking, eventhough 50-75 cents a pound more…
one small advantage of being smaller, those higher prices are not multiplied as much,
Otis