when did a freaking loaf of bread hit the $3.50 mark??

[SparkyJJO]

I just bought a loaf of Meijer's wheat bread for sandwiches. $1.99 for their better line. They still have the cheaper line at 97 cents for a loaf.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally Posted by dmcowen674
This is the new America many are so proud of in here:

I saw that 60 minutes special yesterday. Very sad.

I didn't know it was that bad anywhere in the U.S. with that kind of scale.

A lot of the hardship is hidden

There is only so long that it can be hidden.

Once the numbers (the scale) reaches a tipping point the people will be so desperate they will do desperate things.

Desperation leads to revolt.

 

[Zebo]

I go to a german bakery and it's $5 a loaf for a long time now. Course it masses about 5x Wonderbread so not a bad value.

 

[alkemyst]

They are trying to starve out the poor.

 

[Linflas]

I normally do with my bread machine, with the holidays i just did not have time so bread was on my shopping list today. i was not expecting $3.50 for a loaf damn thats a gallon of gas.

I remember when I was a kid and gas was .25 cents a gallon a loaf of bread was .35 cents a loaf so that really doesn't seem all that shocking.

 

[OutHouse]

I remember when I was a kid and gas was .25 cents a gallon a loaf of bread was .35 cents a loaf so that really doesn't seem all that shocking.

old geezer

 

[slag]

funny thing is, Rye bread is what the poorest of the poor people used to eat since medieval times till recent years. i guess perhaps its not as popular and perhaps why it costs so much?

but yeah, white bread is the gay. how can anyone eat that flavorless junk?

WTF.. White bread isn't flavorless, its bread flavored. If I wanted flavored bread, I'd put jelly or mayonnaise on it, or buy some of that hippie honey grain bullshit.

White bread is the second greatest invention known to man, sliced white bread being the greatest. I don't want chunks of whole grain in my teeth, screwing up the feeling of soft, moist bread.

 

[BudAshes]

City of Chicago, not Metro

You people do the same thing with gas.

It's 40 to 60 cents a gallon higher in the city that burbs.

milk is 7 dollars a gallon nowhere. You are a troll son.

 

[BoomerD]

We were at Winco last night. Wonder Bread brand hamburger buns...$3.10. Bayview house brand...$0.98.
Surprisingly, milk has come down in price a bit. A couple of weeks ago, a gallon of house brand 2% was about $3.10, last night, $2.75.

 

[CallMeJoe]

I bought two loaves of Arnold Dutch Country Whole Wheat today for $2.89 (bogo).

 

[KK]

who would have thunk that the forum moron would be right. 9 dollar gas coming

Congrats Dave on predicting that. Maybe they'll get that earthquake you are also predicting and that'll shoot the price up even higher. Those evil gas companies will do anything to jack the prices up.

 

[SunnyD]

You're doing it wrong. I'm usually buying bread for ~$0.99 - $1.89 depending on the sale. And we're usually buying the more expensive multigrain/whole grain breads made without HFCS.

 

[gotsmack]

For all of you people complaining, have you ever tried to make bread without machines? It's a workout and takes a long time for the entire process. You'll see that it is worth the $5 for a decent loaf.

Pro tip: making bread in your kitchen aid is a good way to kill it. If you do try it just do 1 loaf and stick with the low speeds. Or you can spend $500+ and buy an electrolux mixer.

Additional note: prices are going to go higher because we're in a period of high inflation, regardless of what the fed says and it doesn't look like its going to stop anytime in the near future.

 

[lxskllr]

For all of you people complaining, have you ever tried to make bread without machines? It's a workout and takes a long time for the entire process. You'll see that it is worth the $5 for a decent loaf.

I used to make bread all the time, and I've never even seen a bread machine operate. It isn't that hard. Probably the biggest drawback is mess, but it isn't that big a deal. I really should start making bread again...

 

[OutHouse]

You'll see that it is worth the $5 for a decent loaf.

no, sorry but no bread is worth 5 bucks a loaf.

i really dont get your point. the people who made that $5.00 loaf you are gloating that is so worth every penny used a machine to make it.

 

[highland145]

Bread? For what?

 

[bteeter]

holy shit. wondera, rainbow, Mrs Baird's, Roman meal are all $3.49 a loaf! im talking major grocery stores like kroger and safeway not a convenience store.

its freaking white bread for samiches for christ sake, not the fancy oat & 7 grain hippie shit.

i got the cheap kroger bread that was 10/10. and taste just as good just as dense as wondera and rainbow.

It is $4.99 a loaf for the cheapest white bread here. We buy decent whole grain bread 2 loafs for like $11 at Costco and thats a good deal. Here being Maui.

 

[wirednuts]

i have chron's, i cant do the rye bread thing even though i do like it. especially toased. white bread is already processed, so its easy for my guts to absorb the little nutrients in them. it doesnt bother me much.. i just buy the italian style white bread. its good too.

i always thought the plastic wrap on a loaf a bread costs more then the bread itself...