Who actually buys grocery store bread and why?

[Anonymous]

The BEST bread for pbj is the 99¢ safeway brand white loaf.
I sat this as someone who regularly makes homemade sourdough, ciabatta, pizza dough, whole wheat sandwich bread, focaccia. For real, I love making doughy stuff but that 99¢ loaf is something I just cant duplicate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God I hate this forum so much sometimes. Hate it.

The bread I buy costs $2.50. I can’t afford a $6-$8 loaf. Even if I could, the nearest bakery is 20 miles away.

The Food Forum is the nice forum. Maybe OP got lost and wound up here by accident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s bread. It’s just a serving platter for my peanut butter. And if I’m making grilled cheese, it has to be Sunbeam White Bread. We get fresh Italian bread once a week from a local Italian restaurant. $3.00 a loaf. It’s delicious. But I don’t use it for sandwiches.

My 15 year old came over yesterday with three buddies from swim team after practice. I think I made 12-16 grilled cheese sandwiches for them with canned tomato soup. The $3 loafs of white bread and cheddar cheese from Costco was great.

My first thought was that OP must not be feeding teenage boys. “Just thaw a slice as you want to eat it, kids.” 😂

[Anonymous]

This qualifies for “tell me you are a SAHM without telling me you are a SAHM” status. Working moms don’t have time to drive to 6 different specialty stores for products, even if they would prefer them and can afford them.

[Anonymous]

Our market has a bakery. It’s baked daily and the selection is great. Actually the bakeries in my community are lackluster. I needed a cake, and although I make killer cakes, I lack decorating skills and this occasion called for some pizzazz. My sister told me to try our local market’s bakery, which I’d never used for cakes. Best.cake.ever! Eric the baker is turned out to be a superstar. It was beautifully done and he also gave me those cake flairs which were a big hit.

[Anonymous]

I mean it’s so easy to bake your own bread. Why are you buying bread op?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our market has a bakery. It’s baked daily and the selection is great. Actually the bakeries in my community are lackluster. I needed a cake, and although I make killer cakes, I lack decorating skills and this occasion called for some pizzazz. My sister told me to try our local market’s bakery, which I’d never used for cakes. Best.cake.ever! Eric the baker is turned out to be a superstar. It was beautifully done and he also gave me those cake flairs which were a big hit.

Congratulations?

[Anonymous]

I live in a food desert. There's no local bakery let alone a grocery store. I buy whatever the corner store sells.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We buy a loaf of two of fresh sliced bread from our neighborhood bakery and freeze it immediately. Then just toast the slices we want to use throughout the week. But every time I'm in a grocery store the bread section is MASSIVE. It sort of grosses me out. Why buy that crap for $3 to 6 when a good bakery loaf is maybe $5 to 8?

Why don't you bake your own, you lazy pretentious cow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We buy a loaf of two of fresh sliced bread from our neighborhood bakery and freeze it immediately. Then just toast the slices we want to use throughout the week. But every time I'm in a grocery store the bread section is MASSIVE. It sort of grosses me out. Why buy that crap for $3 to 6 when a good bakery loaf is maybe $5 to 8?

Why don't you bake your own, you lazy pretentious cow?

This made me laugh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:American bread SUCKS. It sucks sucks sucks!!!

No, I'm not talking about your local bakery bread, but the typical mass produced bread in the bread aisle you get a your typical grocery store chain.

American bread just has a weird texture and god awful taste because it is absolutely loaded with high fructose corn syrup. It's also insane how much sodium is in bread made in the US. Just two slices of bread might have almost 20% of your DV for sodium intake. A pita bread from a package would have nearly the same level of sodium. It's absurd.

If you go to big bread making countries like France, Italy, Etc. they never eat garbage bread on a regular basis like Americans do.

I guess now I need to start saving up to go to big bread making countries in Europe in addition to saving up to buy bakery bread here in the US!

[Anonymous]

Because it lasts a long time and doesnt mold and holds up well for sandwiches. Many people shop once a week or once every other week so they may need things to last. Many also eat bread with every meal so it does get eaten. Or you have a family of 4 and everyone takes a sandwich for lunch so thats 8 slices for one lunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if I don't want toast? Just plain bread?

If you want fresh/soft bread, eat it before putting the loaf in the freeze, obvi. We don't really bread like that very much though. Prefer the sturdiness and crunchier texture with sandwiches or warm and crusty for morning toast.

[Anonymous]

For some, time is more valuable (not going to yet another store) and their pallettes less fussy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fresh bread is better than frozen bread. That's easy.

OP, your way is better for you but it's not better for me.

"Fresh" bread in a grocery store is really not all that "fresh" and it's full of chemicals. Even eaten same day you buy it, it is not better than toasted slices of frozen bakery bread. Freezing and toasting bakery bread really does not diminish the quality, it actually locks in the same day quality. Just have the bakery double bag it.