Who buys the day old and 50% off items at the bakery?

[Anonymous]

We did growing up because we didn’t have a lot of money.

OP, try to step out of your bubble occasionally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up going to the hostess store that was full of the older bread products - I loved it because we would be able to get bread and also one pack of two hostess cupcakes. It was a great weekly treat. Never occurred to me until now that people would judge my parents for it.

The one on 355 where duck donuts is now? Yes I also went to that one! My family would stock up and freeze breads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up going to the hostess store that was full of the older bread products - I loved it because we would be able to get bread and also one pack of two hostess cupcakes. It was a great weekly treat. Never occurred to me until now that people would judge my parents for it.

That sounds super fun. Miserable people will judge others no matter what. Who gives F.

[Anonymous]

Tip: The "baked goods" setting on the microwave is great for perfectly warming up baked goods and softening up bread, muffins, danish, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some people do not have a lot of money and even a dollar or two is too much.

And they are less obsessed with counting calories than OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bought bags of day old bagels on college.

I do now! I thin slice them drizzle with olive oil and make bagel chips. Kids love

[Anonymous]

I'm certainly not above it but they just don't taste good.

[Anonymous]

If you're going to a bakery with day-old items, you're going to the wrong bakery. They should be good enough to sell out daily.
If I'm in the grocery store and there's a day-old bread of something I would normally buy and be willing to eat on the second day at home, yes, I would buy it and freeze it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're going to a bakery with day-old items, you're going to the wrong bakery. They should be good enough to sell out daily.
If I'm in the grocery store and there's a day-old bread of something I would normally buy and be willing to eat on the second day at home, yes, I would buy it and freeze it.

That's not true. No big bakery sells out of 100% everything each day. If you never see day old offerings, it's either repurposed in other menu items, given to employees, or donated to food banks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up going to the hostess store that was full of the older bread products - I loved it because we would be able to get bread and also one pack of two hostess cupcakes. It was a great weekly treat. Never occurred to me until now that people would judge my parents for it.

I grew up going to an Entenmann's store. Brownie edges and mismatched or broken cookies. Was a treat to go!

[Anonymous]

I grew up on stale bread and occasional doughnuts and vowed I would never eat them or feed them to my kids. I now have plenty of money and still buy day old bakery products.

[Anonymous]

Day old bagels are still pretty edible....

[Anonymous]

People that use the app TooGoodToGo.

[Anonymous]

I buy day old loaves of sourdough when I'm lucky enough to find them at my overpriced local bakery. It always takes me a week to eat a loaf of bread anyway, so one day doesn't make a difference. I usually toast it after the first day or two anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:There is an easy way to reconstitute stale bread items to make them taste fresh. For instance, I buy English muffins at half off because all I have to do is run it under the water faucet for a few seconds. Then pop it in the toaster oven to bake at 350 for like 5-7 minutes. Outside becomes crisp, and inside is pillow soft. Same thing works for baguettes or any type of crusty bread, although the time in the oven might be a few more minutes based on the size.

I learned that trick in East Germany, though at the time of course there were no microwaves. And the bread purchased was stone hard - more like weeks old than days old.