The Day Old Bread Store.

Talk about sticker shock. The price of gluten free bread is through the roof! I bought a package of four Against The Grain rolls yesterday, "on sale", for $8.49.
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The next time I go grocery shopping, I'm taking smelling salts with me!
 
We lived and I went to school near a bread factory. That bread smelled so good when the windows at school were left open during the warmer months. They sold discounted day old bread, which my father would buy and they also carried Hostess cupcakes which could be gotten at a discount price if they were day old or near day old.

@Fyrefox My husband and I also frequented a discount store in N.J. where Entenmann's and other brands were sold. I discovered Voortman's sugar free almonettes there and they became my favorite cookies. Since my husband is gone and I haven't been in a few years, I was wondering if the store is still there.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
We lived and I went to school near a bread factory. That bread smelled so good when the windows at school were left open during the warmer months. They sold discounted day old bread, which my father would buy and they also carried Hostess cupcakes which could be gotten at a discount price if they were day old or near day old.

@Fyrefox My husband and I also frequented a discount store in N.J. where Entenmann's and other brands were sold. I discovered Voortman's sugar free almonettes there and they became my favorite cookies. Since my husband is gone and I haven't been in a few years, I was wondering if the store is still there.
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More than likely not there. There were many outlets as a child. When I was an adult in my 20's they were there. Even into my 50's they were there. Now they are are gone in my area. I had one just around the corner from the house. There might be a couple 30 minutes away but I do not travel that far. If there was one close I would still be going. Another thing tossed by the way side that would be helpful to so many in this day with increasing cost.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
We lived and I went to school near a bread factory. That bread smelled so good when the windows at school were left open during the warmer months. They sold discounted day old bread, which my father would buy and they also carried Hostess cupcakes which could be gotten at a discount price if they were day old or near day old.

@Fyrefox My husband and I also frequented a discount store in N.J. where Entenmann's and other brands were sold. I discovered Voortman's sugar free almonettes there and they became my favorite cookies. Since my husband is gone and I haven't been in a few years, I was wondering if the store is still there.
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Ha! Memories...of when I was 7 yrs old in Chicago and would walk the railroad tracks to Diversey St. where the Wonder Bread bakers were. I'd put down my nickle and get a super fresh Banana Twinkies - with real banana flavored filling. That was about '41. By the late '50s or early '60s, Wonder has ruined all their products. They had turned them into terrible tasting grease filled garbage.
 
Covid closed our bread store and it never reopened. It was so convenient, right on my way home from work.
They were Sunbeam bread but sold others even Dave's Bread which is expensive.
Also, gravy mixes and things.
They had huge bags of old bread you could buy for pigs I'm guessing.
I miss it although I don't go by that way anymore so it doesn't matter.
 
Growing up, up we had bakeries in my hometown but never a day old bread store. There are sections of local supermarkets that do offer old old packaged baked stuff. I've never bought it.
 
chic said:
Growing up, up we had bakeries in my hometown but never a day old bread store. There are sections of local supermarkets that do offer old old packaged baked stuff. I've never bought it.
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Safeway grocery stores has a section for their bakery breads. They are 1/2 price and they really seem as fresh as the regular. I usually look for the focaccia bread.
 
We have a resale store that puts out free bread from Panera Bread on Thursday. I guess the local store donates it to them after it’s to old to sell. It always taste good to me – well it used to until I went gluten free.
 
Indiana Joe said:
Ha! Memories...of when I was 7 yrs old in Chicago and would walk the railroad tracks to Diversey St. where the Wonder Bread bakers were. I'd put down my nickle and get a super fresh Banana Twinkies - with real banana flavored filling. That was about '41. By the late '50s or early '60s, Wonder has ruined all their products. They had turned them into terrible tasting grease filled garbage.
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I don't remember banana Twinkies. But one of my former co-workers, our head clinic nurse, loved her some Twinkies...so whenever I hear about or see them, I think of her may she R.I.P. I was still buying Hostess products in the 60's and don't remember any differences but shortly after I stopped eating white bread and I'm sure I explored other sweet treats. I used to love their orange cupcakes even though they didn't hold a candle to my mother's homemade orange cakes. Speaking of ruining products, my son told me (and my honorary daughter agreed) that Nabisco Oreos just don't taste the same since another company took over production.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I don't remember banana Twinkies. But one of my former co-workers, our head clinic nurse, loved her some Twinkies...so whenever I hear about or see them, I think of her may she R.I.P. I was still buying Hostess products in the 60's and don't remember any differences but shortly after I stopped eating white bread and I'm sure I explored other sweet treats. I used to love their orange cupcakes even though they didn't hold a candle to my mother's homemade orange cakes. Speaking of ruining products, my son told me (and my honorary daughter agreed) that Nabisco Oreos just don't taste the same since another company took over production.
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If you started eating Hostess stuff in the sixties you were eating the junk I was referring to. The changes from the good stuff to the bad stuff was in the late '50s to very early '60s. That's why you didn't notice any change. You were alreay chawing down the newer ones.
 
Remy said:
Does anyone else remember these? My mother shopped there. I have few good memories but we were allowed one of those packaged baked treats every time we went. Like the twin cupcakes or those banana things.

My mother would buy a lot and then freeze. She said fresh bread isn't good for you. I disagree with that strange statement.

They don't have dedicated day old bread stores anymore. At least I haven't seen one in years.
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I really miss day old bread. I use it for making stuffing for turkey, it's better than what comes in a box. I also like to bake slices of old bread in the oven Melba toast.
 
Near our rental, there is a major bakery with a "country store". I may buy something.
Our local Fred Meyer, super Kroger, has a super premium brand that goes to discount bin.
That super premium multigrain day old bread, will still take us a month to finish off.

I always get near pull date meats and prefer overripe, discounted fruits. We used to have a farm and wife used to handmake bread.
 
Remy said:
Does anyone else remember these? My mother shopped there. I have few good memories but we were allowed one of those packaged baked treats every time we went. Like the twin cupcakes or those banana things.

My mother would buy a lot and then freeze. She said fresh bread isn't good for you. I disagree with that strange statement.

They don't have dedicated day old bread stores anymore. At least I haven't seen one in years.
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I loved these and shopped there for ALL our bread, cakes, etc. I had 3 teenage boys at the time. Every day, we went through at least a loaf of bread, a gallon of milk and a box of cereal, BEFORE I made dinner. We were a military family and there was never any EXTRA money. We made it every month and I was proud to know how to do it.
I was raised in a family that passed down stories of the Great Depression. I practiced scratch cooking, stretched a pound of ground meat to make two meals (for example) and we all made it. I have 3 wonderful boys, now men who thought their childhood experiences were idyllic.
I am still frugal and waste nothing, especially water and electricity. Today's peril is the demolition of the planet, needlessly filling the landfill, etc. I still say, make the dollar go as far as possible.
I wish we still had day old bread stores.
 

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