Hi, Cuties, I have a really odd question for you. Of course you know I have Jamie, my Sheltie, and I get dog food in very large bags. When we got Jamie we got a thing at PetSmart called a SoftStore bag for food. It's made of like tough parachute nylon, lined separately with very heavy plastic, and has a big screw-on lid about 12" in diameter. The lid and plastic keep the food fresh, the heavy duty material keeps it in one piece, and it collapses down as the dog food gets used up. Oh, and the whole thing is washable by hand, so it can always be fresh & germ free. What an excellent idea! Which is why we paid so much for it 11 years ago. However, over the years of pouring and scooping dry dog food, the plastic liner has developed a few cuts and holes it it. Well, that lets the air in, and defeats the whole purpose of "fresh". I need to make a new liner. But of what? I've been using the plastic cat food bags, because they fit, but really don't allow all the room in the soft store bag to be used. Any plastic bag I look at that's big enough, like white garbage can liners (figured I'd just use a new one every time) says not recommended for food use. Even some of the plastic storage cans with snap lids don't recommend to be used for food. And I sure can't afford a new Soft Store just because the liner has a few holes, the rest of it is fine. They're really really expensive, and I'm on a fixed income. I'd have something to put dog food into, and no money to buy the dog food. I figured Cuties are among the smartest people around, and can come up with anything, and know the strangest most obscure facts--surely there must be a Cutie who knows where I can get heavy food-safe plastic for this fool thing. It has to be very heavy, because even though the dog food is kind of "balls", it's really rough. Well, it's supposed to "sandpaper" the plaque off Jamie's teeth, so I guess it would have to be rough. But it would put tears in garbage bag type plastic right away. It would have to be like the heaviness of the clear plastic used for tote bags, etc. and pliable, because this bag is actually round, or slightly pear shaped. If my camera hadn't decided to quit, I'd show you. If anyone has any food safe ideas, please let me know. I'm getting a bit tired of struggling with empty cat food bags, and leaving half the room in the storage bag go to waste, and half the dog food in the original bag. Darn!! This item was such a perfect thing, until it wasn't any more. I suppose everything wears out, sigh. At least I'm not as bad as my Dad was, when he called the company and chewed them out for not having the part needed to fix his toaster. The poor clerk on the other end said, very meekly and apologetically, "I'm sorry sir, but we haven't made that toaster in 40 years, we just don't have any of the parts left!" It was one of the few times I saw my Dad speechless, and without a snappy comeback, hee hee hee. I guess the toaster was one of their wedding gifts, snicker. So, maybe I'm just turning into my Dad, but I sure would appreciate any ideas you have. Hugs, Marji