My problem has been finding regular mouth quart jars. We bottle honey in them, and the quart size is the most popular size. Normally we bought Kerr and Ball jars, and we don’t use the lids and bands, rather we use a single piece white metal lid we buy from a lid supplier.

We were down to the last dozen and a half jars and I was starting to panic. But I was in the local Rural King before Christmas, and spotted boxes marked “glass” at the end of an isle. Took a look...they were boxes of regular mouth mayonnaise style jars ( no lids ), for $6.99 a dozen. I don’t really care about the lids ( we have 50 dozen saved from the Ball jars ) as we use a different lid anyways. I bought 30 dozen jars that evening.

I just picked up a hundred wide mouth and regular lids $22.10 and $18.80 . Guess I did OK

I have some wide mouth Kerr lids I would sell and some regular lid and ring combos. PM me. LLL

Where are the guys calling people names for trying to buy ammo right now? Or they'll tell you you should've stocked up when they were readily available.

Its a Need though

I would never hold anything against anyone who was wise enough to buy what they needed when it was available. Seems like envy to me. LLL

Sorry, I forgot about this thread and now I can’t find the ones I was looking at. I’ll post a link if I do.

Cant find any at wal-mart but we can buy Ball and Kerr lids at are small town grocery store.

This is an old thread, bumped by someone trying to spam their Amazon shop.

I have no idea as to how good the lids are , but an Amish store here in Ohio sells a sleeve of 100 regular lids for around $28.00 .
They had wide mouth in sleeves of 100 also , but didn't check the price .

I do know that lids made now are made a lot cheaper than they were before Ball changed to the newer lids .
I have lids from 20 years ago , and there's a huge difference in thickness of the metal and at least 4 times more rubber on the older lids .

Our Walmart had regular mouth Ball lids this week. I think they were $2.89 a dozen. Got 12 dozen.

Walmart here in Fla had both Ball and Golden Harvest regular mouth.

it is the mentality of the Big Stores that the lids and jars are a seasonal thing
so when canning ie pickling season is over
they pack them up and put them in storage
sometimes they put the " off sizes " on discount, like when I got whole jars and lids for 4$ a dozen in the 1 cup or 250 ml size

lids are running 2.50$ Canadian a dozen now

Amish store. We buy in bulk. Never had a problem with quality. So those of you that are concerned...How long do you want to keep canned goods anyway?
just

I'm still eating jelly from the early 2000's

Probably them Nauvoo grapes.
just

I'm eating green beans and tomatoes from 2011 , so they last longer than many think .
I don't like to keep tomato juice or sauce more than two or three years , as some times it turns a black color for some reason .
Whole tomatoes no problem .
Think it may have been the citric acid I put in the juice , just guessing .
But opened a can of store bought tomato soup , that was 4 years old , and it was black also .
So it could be to processing of the juice .