Is homemade bread REALLY cheaper?

Penny-Pincher!!

I freecycled my BM ages ago as it wasnt cost effective and didnt like the heaviness of the bread.

OH goes to the supermarket in the evening and buys reduced bread for 10p+ and sticks them in the freezer. Last night he got 3 Warburton large loves for 19p each. I only like the Warburton WM mini loaf as it isnt heavy for me, so if we see this reduced, we stock up.

HTH

PP
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OrkneyStar

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Well with bread on average at £1 a loaf I would say that making your own works out a lot cheaper
See this thread there are many of us who think it is cheaper

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=448840&highlight=is+using+breadmaker+cheaper

I rarely pay more than £1 for bread- more often less, so average is less too!
I tend to get whoopsied or the 3 for £3 offers etc.
I find HM rolls lovely, a real treat but have always struggled with making bread in the BM as it seems so heavy (actual hand made stuff is ok, but with my sore back I have to avoid too much kneading!).

Allegra

taplady wrote: »

I was reading the tightwad gazette last night and she says that as long as you have no physical limitation its not timesaving or moneysaving to make your own bread.
She seems to think its better to buy bread when its reduced in price and freeze it and people seem to eat far more HM bread than shop bought.
However if like us you like HM bread then carry on making your own!:)(I do a mixture of the 2)

sorry if thats no help for you to win your argument x

I think you misunderstood what Amy D said there, taplady She says that as long as you have no physical limitation it's not timesaving and moneysaving to use a breadmaker - she is all for making your own by hand, though. Shop bought cheaply and then frozen is an option, of course, if you can find it cheap enough - I very rarely find bread priced sufficiently low to compete with HM, and even then it's bound to be cotton wooly value stuff - not a patch on HM !

If you're happy with value stuff, though, and can find it for 10p a loaf, then fair enough, as making your own would be more expensive than that.

Kool_Kool

I agree HM bread tastes lovely, you know what goes in it, no funny additives, and good quality is worth more than a few pence savings just for the heck of it.

lizzyshep

It's interesting to see people saying that breadmaker bread is heavy. I've just got a Panasonic and it's the lightest, fluffiest, freshest bread I've ever eaten! I think it will save money in the long run, especially with the 'speciality' breads, but the initial outlay may not be worth it if you're trying to cut back.

Fire_Fox

See post 723: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=29859197

mrssnowy_2

Afer many years of not liking my HM bread DH has been converted-reasons being that we live in rural area and local shops expensive for bread,£1 for carp sliced and over £1.20 for fresh bread:eek:
When it was pointed out that a bag of flour could cost as little as 65p and made 3 BIG loaves at least, he soon saw sense and his taste buds changed.
Would like him to try Wmeal sometime.

Little steps etc

mrss

Pitlanepiglet

mrssnowy wrote: »

we live in rural area and local shops expensive for bread,£1 for carp sliced and over £1.20 for fresh bread:eek:

Yes and us, our local farm shop bread is lovely....but the price :eek:

Hubby is the baker in our house so I don't have anyone to convince. It's a lot easier to be able to bung the ingredients in the breadmaker of an evening rather than having to get in the car and drive 5 miles each way to Tesco. Hubby also likes to hand make bread when he has time as he enjoys the process.

We do buy ready made bread, usually for the freezer and we use that for CBA moments and emergencies but even with three freezers we don't have enough space to keep lots of bread.

Whoopsie surfing is OK if you live somewhere with supermarkets close to hand and can get to them in the evening. For many of us it's just not an option.

To go back to the question, yes I think it's cheaper to make your own especially if you want nice, non "value" bread. If you're oven cooking it's better to batch cook and freeze if you've got space.

We'd still make our own even if it wasn't cheaper as it's more convenient and much nicer with no manky additives.

....and I agree why bother arguing about it? Life is not a battlefield....

zippychick

Hi Jasper

Hope you finally won your OH over! I can't believe how much cheaper HM bread is And tastier !

I have added your thread to the existing one on homemade bread, to keep all the discussion together for others in future.

Thanks

Zippychick

MrsE_2

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

Is homemade bread REALLY cheaper?

Much;)

I never go in for a loaf & come out without spending £10-£20:eek: