Bakery thrift stores

vfairbrass

I was reading one of my favourite frugal blogs today and the writer was praising the bakery thrift stores they have in America as a real way of saving money on all bread purchases. I know that they are mentioned frequently in the Tightwad Gazette as well. Do we have anything here like that or has the concept never hit our shores?
This is the article if you are interested

http://www.frugal-families.com/blog/25/bakery-thrift-stores-are-a-big-help-for-non-bread-bakers/

Valerie

Uniscots97

Can't think of anything like this here although you may get some items cheaper in the likes of Costco

bubblebathgirl

something similar in leeds market a bakery seconds shop.Its a high street bakers who's name escapes me.1/2 price compared to the normal shop

moggins

We used to have one unfortunately the chain it was part of closed down and I really miss it. You used to be able to get 3 huge loaves of yesterdays bread for 99p. All the cheap shops seem to fold around here. I miss the weigh and save we used to have. Now it all seems to be mobile phones and charity shops in our town. I can see our local outdoor market going the same way with the council mucking them around like they have been doing.

If it wasn't for Poundland and the 99p shop I would be completely stuffed

eryn_kathleen

I just bought the Tightwad Gazette, and I was a little surprised to find the author comparing HM bread in a breadmaker to the bread you get a bakery thrift shop. Maybe she has better ones than I had in my town growing up (in the US), but the most common ones are Hostess stores. Hostess make Twinkies (Victoria sponge with squirty cream in the middle, shelf life 10 years) and their bread is similarly processed and preservative-friendly. Definitely at the time the TG was written, most bakery thrift stores were of that variety.

Funnily enough I was just talking to my dad about this very topic. He thinks you'd be hard pressed to find a bakery thrift store in most places in the US now because they have a reputation for being unhealthful, and food is becoming commodified in much the same way it is here. So most people now prefer to spend $4.50 on a loaf of bread at Panera, a chain bakery.

I have no problem with people buying Hostess-type bread, BTW. I just think it's slightly disingenuous comparing the cost of mass-produced, low nutrition bread to something you've made yourself!

Discount_diva_5

Try your local market, Vfairbrass. We have a Gregg's "day old" bakery stall in ours. Cheap but not stale bread and bags of pasties- think there's 4 for a pound. Loads of all the usual Greggs fare but cheaper!

jmf

Good bread stall on Bolton Market. It sells bags of loaves for £1. You can choose from 5 small ones or 3 big ones, white or brown. Also rolls in bags for a £1. There are cakes, buns and fruit loaves. The fruit and veg stall opposite is very good.

Not a bad day out when I use my bus pass and get there and back for free.

IWannabedebtfree

There are two little bakeries here who sell yesterday's bread at next to nothing. One of them is next to the river and they sell it as 'duck bread!'

millie

There is a Greggs Bargain Bakery shop about 3 miles from where I live in Birmingham. They sell bread, cakes, pasties, pies and all the usual Greggs range yesterdays products all at bargain prices, The scones are lovely the last time I bought them there were 5 large ones in a bag for 50p. They open at 9.30 and there is always a queue outside well before they open.

sadiedoll

jmf wrote:

Good bread stall on Bolton Market. It sells bags of loaves for £1. You can choose from 5 small ones or 3 big ones, white or brown. Also rolls in bags for a £1. There are cakes, buns and fruit loaves. The fruit and veg stall opposite is very good.

Not a bad day out when I use my bus pass and get there and back for free.

God, I miss living near a good market. Bury market was the same, loads of good food stalls. Now I'm in Edinburgh, we only have the farmers market which is lovely but not the same......:(