Food storage..flour, sugar, coffee and tea....

This may sound kind of odd, but we always store stuff in the plastic Folger's coffee containers! Those containers are awesome! Then I just take a black permanent marker (sharpie) and I write what it is. That has kept my brown sugar moist. For my other stuff like flour, rice, and sugar I have a set of Tupperware containers that I keep them in!

Hi buggles. I just put a twist tie around the top of the bag and put the bag in a large plastic container with a tight fitting lid. I hardly ever have a problem with hardening brown sugar. I also use a lot of large glass jars as someone mentioned above. I keep all of my flour, sugar, rice, powdered milk, cornmeal, etc. in any type of large glass or plastic containers, as long as they have a tight fitting lid. No problems with bugs getting in either. Most of my flour, rice, cornmeal and such goes into the freezer for 2 or 3 days when I first get it. That helps to kill off any little bugs or larve that might already be in the food. That is where most of your bug problems come from... already in the product when you buy it. if you have a bug problem at home the tight fitting tops on your containers will keep them out.

We store the open bag of brown sugar in a zip-lock storage bag. Seems to work OK.

I have a plastic container that I store it in. We have a "brown sugar bear" that helps the brown sugar not become on huge clump. I think it is made out of clay.

Actually I gave up canisters and now use large pickle jars for storage including flour, sugar, brown sugar, corn starch etc. I live in the foothills of the rockies but am still on a prairie, therefore alot of mice. I do this to help avoid any even wanting to come in.

I keep my brown sugar in a sealed bag in my refrigerator. this seems to work the best for me. I rarely have hard browm sugar since doing this.

I don’t buy brown sugar any more. I have found it cheaper to make my own as I need it. This way I don’t have to worry about storage. It is 1 cup white granulated sugar and 1 tablespoon of molasses mixing very well. For darker brown sugar use 2 tablespoons of molasses. When I did buy brown sugar I would store it in empty quart canning jars. And as some one else mentioned I would freeze all other dry baking goods as well as rice brans and pastas because they can harbor the eggs of insects.

while i use vintage glass jars for all my other kitchen storage, I use a glass container with a rubber seal for my brown sugar. but yes, i would try it.

Our house must be awfully dry because I've never had a problem with my brown sugar getting hard. That said, I do store mine in one of the canisters that I've got which is more air tight than the other set that I've got. I only store it like that instead of leaving it in the bag because I think it looks a lot better. If you want to think of something that would help to absorb moisture, rice would also be something that you could try.