The internet SHOULD be everyone's favorite place to shop, especially for celiacs, diabetics, low-carb dieters, and anyone else on a special diet. The posted prices are well below those in the retail stores, the variety is better, you are dealing with firms whose specialty is dealing with your specific need, and the products are described fully in type this is designed to be read (isn’t that a pleasant contrast to the packages you see in your local store?) The bad news, of course, is that a shipping charge is added to each order. Shortly after being diagnosed with celiac disease, I ordered a box of breakfast cereal ($4.00) on-line and paid a $7.00 shipping charge. I learned a lot while eating that $11.00 box of cereal. The good news is that the cost of shipping items drops dramatically with the size of the total order. For example, the Gluten Free Pantry charges $6.85 to ship a single item but will ship $499.00 worth of merchandise for less than twice that amount. At Bob’s Red Mill, the shipping charge depends on the weight of the shipment and where you live, but in my particular zip code, a single item ships for $7.39 but a 34 pound shipment coast $13.43. The strategy is to order as much as you can in a single shipment. Don’t throw money away, of course, but do everything you can to to increase the size of your order and thereby decrease the shipping cost for each individual item. Work with others on the gluten free diet. The only requirement is that the entire order be sent to the same address and paid for with the same credit card.