Sourcing pecans and glass-bottle Coke in GSP/WNC

[danna]

For my life's work, the anniversary party, I need a ton of small glass-bottle Cokes. I had been planning to acquire them at Sam's, but now they are out of stock. Can someone give me an idea where to find them (and at a reasonable price?) I need 75-100 bottles.

I also need scads of pecans. I agreed to make Mexican wedding cookies for a friend's wedding, so while I"m at it, I'll freeze a bunch for the parent's party. Plus I need to make scented pecans for nibbles. Where do you recommend I look for a large quantity of cracked, non-stale, pecans, at non-Whole-Foods prices? Any of the famer's markets?

Thanks!

[randyjl]

Texas Pecan has great pecans and all kinds of nuts! They are very fresh and they do ship. (Google em for their site)

[VaNC]

Costco in Raleigh had the glass coke bottles last week....I was gazing lustfully at them thinking...how long would it take me to drink them and where would I put them! I think they had pecans too.

[mark]

hi danna,

to my chagrin, i'm at the sam's here fairly often for my wife's business, so i can check locally for the cokes, if you like. you're up here enough that i'm sure we could arrange a swap as long as you have a week or two to play with.

as to pecans, sam's is also where my wife buys those. she used to mail-order them, but found sam's prices to be better for the whole ones (mail-order was only cheaper for halves/pieces).

hope that helps, & let me know if you want me to check for the cokes.

mark

[danna]

Mark, that would be great! If you see them, I'll just call and ask if they will hold a bunch for me. I expect to be up that way again Saturday.

[mark]

danna,

sam's (asheville) has the glass bottle cokes. $11.58/24 bottles. they had at elast half a pallet as of this pm. hope you are able to score some.

mark

[danna]

MARK!! YOU DA MAN!!

Thanks SOOO much...I don't know why I didn't think to check other Sam's locations. And that's not so terrible a price, at least not compared to what the rest of this shindig is costing me.

Thanks!