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!
Maureen

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?

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.

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!
Maureen

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

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 :)

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

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.

Anne, you will find it at your local quilt shop on Abbeydale Road!! Also Hobbycraft stock it!!

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.