<p>I have not bought a loaf of bread in the grocery store for a couple of months. Today I paid $3.50 for a standard wheat loaf. I cannot recall paying over $2.50. We are in the rocky mountain area. Any thoughts on why?</p>
<p>well, in our dollar store in CA they are selling it for…$1, they are pretty good.</p>
<p>The cost of wheat is going up. Drought, tornado, grains now used for ethanol, gasoline is higher, etc.</p>
<p>Bread is usually listed as $3.49 -$3.79, but I always get the one that’s on sale and pay $2.49.</p>
<p>Depends on whether you buy store brand bread for about $1.99 or brand name for close to $3. We live in the southeast.</p>
<p>A loaf of Orowheat is selling for $4.39 at Vons/Pavilions in south Orange County, CA.</p>
<p>Here in Ohio, a loaf of wheat bread is: Store brand is $.79, Great Value (WalMart) brand is $.99 and name brand is between $1.69-$1.99. You can buy a fresh homemade loaf at a bakery for around $4.00.</p>
<p>We just returned from a trip to our place in Hilton Head. I brought back a loaf of Pepperidge Farm wheat bread that I bought there for $4.29. Today I bought a comparable Canadian brand, Dempster’s, for $2.29. I haven’t found a store brand bread that I like as much as the name brands.</p>
<p>Here on the westcoast of Canada (okay weird reference point for you all but in case you are curious), in expensive neighborhood and grocery chain, Oroweat is $4.99! But I usually buy for freezer when on sale for $3.49.</p>
<p>starbright, that may not be of interest to most but it is to me! I’ve seen Oroweat in the U.S. but I don’t recall ever seeing it here in Toronto. I like the different Dempster multi-grain/whole grain breads. If they’re good enough for Sid the Kid, they’re good enough for me! :)</p>
<p>My wife bought a 1.5 pound loaf of Barowsky’s Whole Wheat Bread for $2.50 which is the sale price. I usually buy Trader Joes Whole Wheat Fiber bread and it sells for $2.79 for 1.5 pounds. Last spring, we could often find Barowsky’s for $2 but no more.</p>
<p>I have no idea what I pay for bread - I buy lots of different kinds, depending on the store. I’d guess $2.50 -$4.00.</p>
<p>However, I ran out while I had four bags of the cheapo bread from which to make stuffing, wanted a sandwich, and used some of this ultra cheap bread, that was probably $1/bag. </p>
<p>Made me think about what I will buy in the future.</p>
<p>Buy my bread at Big Lots. Orrowheat, Pepperidge Farms, Sara Lee, Entenmann’s, whatever the bread guy brings. Bread was marked $4.29 paid $1.20-$1.40. Bagels, muffins, danish, cakes…$1.00-$1.20. Bread guy delivers twice a week. Not old yet, but we use it up pretty quick.</p>
<p>I bought some Orowheat Rye bread and San Luis Sourdough bread for turkey sandwiches. The rye bread was over 4 dollars a loaf. Not sure about the sourdough but it was probably a similar price.
I rarely buy bread since we use very little and it usually gets moldy before we finish the loaf. Sometimes I buy bread at Costco and freeze one of the loaves. When I do buy bread I search the shelf for the latest expiration date.
When my kids were young I would sometimes go to the Orrwheat, Entemanns outlet.That is a dangerous place.</p>
<p>I noticed about a year and a half ago that the price of bread went up significantly and hardly ever is discounted. These days, finding sub $3.00 name brand bread is my mission. The major brands at the large supermarket chains, like Arnold’s and Pepperidge Farm are well over 3 bucks. Fresh baked loaves typically max out at about 4 bucks, unless you shop at Whole Paycheck Foods or another faux luxury store. I’ll often reach for regional brands like Frierhoff and Maier because they are cheaper; often available for $2.50 or less.</p>
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<p>I’ve frozen Italian bread, but never “regular” sandwich type white bread – do you freeze the whole loaf then defrost the whole loaf? Or pry apart a few slices and put them in the microwave? Does the texture change?</p>
<p>Store grainy decent store bread is around $3.50 and has anybody noticed the size of the loaf has gone way down? We recently started buying our bread at the bakery. It’s yummy and fresh, no chemicals, and only about 50 cents more a loaf in our town…but a far larger loaf than the store bread so I figure it’s cost neutral.</p>
<p>I buy during the “two for one” sales & stock in freezer. </p>
<p>Usually Arnold’s Healthnut or 10 grain or the equivalent of Pepperidge Farms. It’s @$4.39 for one loaf, but it’s “two for one” fairly often. I’m in New England. I defrost a 1/2 loaf at a time.</p>
<p>We also get bakery breads @once a month or so…nothing like a fresh rye or sourdough bread!</p>
<p>We keep Wegman’s brand wheat for $1.99 in the pantry, while Pepperidge Farms is $3.50. About once a week we bring in fresh bread from the bakery at Wegman’s which varies depending on variety.</p>
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<p>Now that is interesting! They sell it in our neck of the woods at IGA. Multi-grain, oatnut, etc. Do you have IGA in Toronto? </p>
<p>And what I really want to know is why is your food always so much cheaper there than here, even though Ontario’s average weekly wages are higher than BC? </p>
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<p>I do the whole loaf and then just leave at room temp to defrost and it comes back as though its not been frozen (though I’ve never left it more than week in the freezer. And I think I’ve only done it with various multi-grains, but I imagine it works the same for white.</p>
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When I was a kid we had a really large freezer in the basement. My mother would buy 20+ loaves at a time at the day-old store (white bread only) and freeze them. They were fine for weeks if not months.</p>
<p>She thawed the whole loaf at once, but I’ve opened up frozen loaves and just taken out a few pieces (we don’t eat much bread, a whole loaf would get moldy before we finished it). A few slices will thaw out in a few minutes, or you could toast them. Not sure how well putting frozen bread in a microwave would work.</p>