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    Old 05-09-2012, 06:56 PM
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    Default Freezer Paper-hard to find in Canada?

    It's not that I'm going waaaaaay out of my way to look for freezer paper, but where I live, it is no where to be found! When I'm out & about, I check for it in stores where I think I might find it. Gee whiz, is it really that hard to find? I thought I might give it a whirl since, (obviously because I don't currently own any!), I've never tried it.
    I will be heading over to the USA next Thursday, so I will definitely scope out some stores for it, so if anyone has the "inside scoop" exactly where, do let me know!
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    It is sold in the grocery stores, right near the aluminum foil and the plastic wrap! Should be easy to find... and very cheap. Did you check your grocery store?
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    Old 05-09-2012, 06:59 PM
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    It's hard to find here in Australia too, $18 a box from my LQS ouch I was hoping Costco would carry it, but unfortunately not.
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    Old 05-09-2012, 07:08 PM
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    hopetoquilt.....yes, that is where I check. I'm sure I'll be more successful when we visit the US next week. There's one grocery store chain in my city that I don't shop at but next time I'm near it, I'll stop in. Hah, dollars to donuts, that's where I'll find it!
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    Go to your local butcher shop or some sort of meat shop that prepares meat for the freezer - they usually wrap the meat in white freezer paper. HTH
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    i was looking for it in Walmart and asked a clerk for help - it was on the very bottom shelf. guess it's not popular enough to be eye level
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    If it's any help, the brand I buy is Reynolds Freezer Paper and it comes in a couple of different sizes in a blue box.

    You can check with a butcher to see what they use to wrap meats; however, if one side of the paper is not waxy, it is not freezer paper. The waxy side is what adheres to fabric when you iron it.

    Edit: The following thread is 12 years old, but it might explain why you can't find Reynolds Freezer Paper in Canada:
    http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72688

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    Old 05-09-2012, 10:39 PM
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    It's almost impossible to find in the UK too - I did come across some recently, but it's the first time I've ever seen it here. It wasn't described as freezer paper - I think it said it was waxed food wrap, or something like that. You can also use the waxed paper that photocopy paper sometimes comes in. I have a huge roll of Reynolds freezer paper that a saintly friend carried over here from the US for me! You can also get it at the bigger quilt shows.
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    Anne, you will find it at your local quilt shop on Abbeydale Road!! Also Hobbycraft stock it!!
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    Old 05-10-2012, 12:39 AM
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    Once in a blue moon, I can find it at the Independent Grocery Store, but usually I get mine at Canadian Tire. I know that seems weird, but, I can't find it any where else. I don't remember ever finding it at WalMart here. When I do find it...I usually get 3-4 boxes, so it will last awhile.
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