That's the rule.

According to my grocer.
And the inner net.

I never knew that,

Are you talking bakery fresh bread or a delivery of white wonder bread? Prepackaged bread is hardly what I would call fresh

Yeah the stuff in bags at the grocery is made days before...the color of the twist tie tells what day they made it.....depending on brand....ie M-wht T-red W-grn. Etc....

Maybe you should confer with the outer net to find a more suitable response.

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
Yeah the stuff in bags at the grocery is made days before...the color of the twist tie tells what day they made it.....depending on brand....ie M-wht T-red W-grn. Etc....

Really? I never noticed that. I'll have to check next time I'm at the market.

But I don't really care. I assume the bread has been sitting for days. I freeze the loafs anyway.

Except for market bread made in the store - that's made daily.

My curiosity got the better of me.




https://delishably.com/food-in...-Twist-Ties-on-Bread

My wife (of 35+ years) never looks at the date stamped on the bread bag. She just takes the first one off the rack.
That's one of the main reasons that I usually do most of the grocery shopping (but not the only reason).

The factory made stuff.

Um....we in the dewhorse household have fresh bread everyday....my MIL ( god I love her) bakes daily.

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Originally posted by konata88:

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
Yeah the stuff in bags at the grocery is made days before...the color of the twist tie tells what day they made it.....depending on brand....ie M-wht T-red W-grn. Etc....

Really? I never noticed that. I'll have to check next time I'm at the market.

But I don't really care. I assume the bread has been sitting for days. I freeze the loafs anyway.

Except for market bread made in the store - that's made daily.

national brand bread guys are off Wed and Sun, cause no bread is usually baked on Tues or Sun (it's usually delivered the next day, )

smaller bakeries do what they want, a high school friend is off Fri/Sat, he is a baker for a small local bakery, (commercial, retail, and restaurant not retail sales)

When our son was in high school, he had the relief bread stocking job at 2 local grocery stores. The main Eddy's driver had 2 days a week off so our son drug the racks of backed goods from storage to stock the shelves. I think it was Friday and Saturday. On those 2 days nothing was delivered to the store but taken out of the back room. He made pretty good money for a HS kid.

My spousal unit makes fresh bread on Wednesday.

Fresh is subjective.

Wednesday being hump day makes the day the highest during the week which effects the yeast rising abilities. That’s my explanation and I’m sticking to it.

If I had to guess, I would say the baker/night crew work the previous night to have fresh bread ready by morning.
I'm thinking they have Tues. night off as they most likely work Sunday night for Mon. Maybe a schedule of S,M, W,Th,F.

I've noticed recently that the "freshness date" has moved out drastically recently. It used to be store bread was only good for a week or less now I see loaves that are good for 3 weeks.

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Originally posted by 08 Cayenne:
I've noticed recently that the "freshness date" has moved out drastically recently. It used to be store bread was only good for a week or less now I see loaves that are good for 3 weeks.

I think we are discussing two different breads in this thread.
1)My local grocery has a bakery that makes bread and buns and such. I would expect those to last a week.
2)The same grocery also has a bread aisle w/ the mass produced brands that most likely have preservatives. I'm not sure how long those last as it's been years since I purchased those.

chances are your local grocery is buying the bread frozen,
it is either par baked, meaning the take it out the box frozen, let it slack out in a fridge overnight, and pop it in the oven for a few minutes before bagging,

or
take n bake, as in mostly cooked, but needs a finish bake at home in your oven,


or
frozen, thawed out overnight in the cooler, proofed the next morning and baked,


BTW, in a grocery store, many breads are made from the same frozen loaf

Yes we are. I'm talking about your #2, they must be using a new preservative because the use by date is so much later. The store bakery doesn't have a use by date they mark the bread with the baked date. I try to avoid all bread, its one of my weaknesses. Unfortunately I work some odd hours and don't have the luxury of time to go to the store weekly so the mass produced stuff it is.

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Originally posted by dsiets:

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Originally posted by 08 Cayenne:
I've noticed recently that the "freshness date" has moved out drastically recently. It used to be store bread was only good for a week or less now I see loaves that are good for 3 weeks.

I think we are discussing two different breads in this thread.
1)My local grocery has a bakery that makes bread and buns and such. I would expect those to last a week.
2)The same grocery also has a bread aisle w/ the mass produced brands that most likely have preservatives. I'm not sure how long those last as it's been years since I purchased those.