Before "late stage" capitalism:
Today, they'd be figuring out how little fabric they could use to hold the flour and have the sacks sewn by 10 year olds in Bangladesh.
Today, they sell flour in smaller paper sacks, forcing people to buy a lot more containers. Large sacks are hard to come by.
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@tyghebright I know. But in general we use far less of it, since we buy our bread and baked goods pre made most of the time, and at least the paper is recyclable and biodegradable.
I’m guessing you need a commercial supplier to get sacks (like small bakeries or franchise ones would need).