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Spring  2009
Summers Sprouted Flour Co.      P.O.Box 337   Torreon, NM   87061      877-384-0337      foodproducts@creatingheaven.net

  • Working on Article
  • Elimination of 2# Bags
  • Price Increases
  • Mill Tour
  • New store locations on hold
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    Sprouted News Archive

    Since we are eliminating 2# bags from our product line, we have temporarily blocked the 'flour location system' until we have contacted all store owners to see if they are going to switch to repacking flour for their customers or open a bulk bin.

    We will re-institute this section as we hear from our store accounts.

     

     

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    Elimination of 2# Bags

    Several economic situations (gas prices, paper-cost increases and grain costs) are forcing us to eliminate our sales of 2# bags of all our sprouted flour products. Right now, we make only a few cents on each 2# bag and without making a major price increase to cover these costs (and pricing ourselves right out of the market) we would literally be selling the bags at a loss.

    We have run out of 2# bags and would hope that for those of you only selling 2# bags (especially for our store accounts and coop buyers), you would shift your orders to bulk buying, to repack for your customers, place the flour in a bulk bin or to special order 10#, 12# or 25# bags for your customers.

    We realize that this change may mean some of our stores may no longer carry our products. We want those customers to know that they may be able to special order from these sources or direct-buy larger amounts from us.

    Price Increases

    As the world around us continues to go a little crazy (we think with major changes that have to happen), we have been hit with staggering cost increases. We hope that the price increases we have made will carry us through for awhile... but every grain order since the beginning of the year have had increases. We hope this levels off soon.

     

    Grinder Stone Repairs

    Before Photo.
    Big Bertha (the stone grinder) before being dismantled.
    Dismantling.
    Getting ready to open.
    The Stones Exposed.
    The first time I saw these beautiful rose pink granite stones, my heart leaped. The stones add one more link into making this flour so special!
     
    Scoring the Stone.
    Eight hours of hard work, roughing and scoring the two 24-inch stones.
    Checking the Dressing.
    The stones are painted with an edible paint and the grinder is put back together. The stones are then ground together to take off any high points. Then the whole scoring process is repeated.
    Back Together.
    Once the stones are perfectly ground, we run plain grain through the machine to remove any traces of paint. Hank also did a number of modifications to make cleaning the inside of the grinder possible.

     

    Mill Tour

    The Grain Washers - the first step in getting the grain clean is to wash 100 lbs with water, then hydrogen peroxide, and rinse again. The grain goes into the kitchen were it is washed again and sorted through to remove the odd wild seed, hull or rock! Then it goes into the sprouting buckets with water. The sprouting grain goes in the Sprouting Room where the temperature is held around 70.
    The sprouted grain is run through the kitchen again, where it is spread on the drying trays and rinsed with hot water before it goes into the dehydrator. Dehydrator - The racks of sprouted grain go into the dehydrator for 48 hours at 110 degrees. Big Bertha (our stone-grinder) will grind 300 lbs of flour in an hour. The flour for the 10#, 25# & 50# bags is ground right into the bags.
    Little Max (the grist mill) does our cereal grinding. Packing Area - The 2# bags are filled, weighed and glued at the packing table, and the larger bags are brought from the Grinding Room to be glued here. Shipping Area - Packaged flour is placed here, along with the box storage. Your order is packed up here.
    Inside the Mill The Office The Workroom

     

     

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