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How much do you pay for a loaf of bread?

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flyingdream · 29/01/2022 10:34

From the supermarket? Do any of you buy the ones that are 36p or 49p...the own brand loaf...is it any good? We pay around 99p for kingsmill 50/50. Sometimes buy the own brand or even the 36p one (once to try it out)...

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Appledrop · 29/01/2022 12:28

We like Brace's Gwynny White Bloomer with Added Sourdough but its usually £1.80 for 800g and about £1.20 for 400g. Can't seem to get it in Tesco so end up at our local Co-op. We also like freshly baked bread but tend to get that when we know we are more likely to use it all as the shelf life is usually same day/day after for that one.

DinosApple · 29/01/2022 12:29

Always Tesco own 50/50 and I think it's around 60p.

Tulips21 · 29/01/2022 12:31

Aldi farmhouse about 55p or their bloomer 99p

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AmbushedByCake1 · 29/01/2022 12:37

Sourdough from bakers about £3 a loaf.

Whatsyourfavouritescarymovie · 29/01/2022 12:45

Absolutely nothing usually, get it free from work. If we do have to purchase bread, we get the co op one for about 40p

MountainDweller · 29/01/2022 12:51

€2.25 for sliced organic cereal for DH (cheaper ones, around 99c, taste a bit crap)
€3.50 for gluten free Schär cereal for me (or €4.50 for Genius if I'm splashing out). Bread is a luxury food for me! Rice cakes or even imported oat cakes are cheaper per portion.

DataColour · 29/01/2022 12:55

Usually£3.65 a loaf from an organic shop, sourdough or similar. Only buy once a week though for the weekend for having with soups or a bacon sandwich. We hardly ever eat any bread during the week even the kids.
Sometimes I do buy a morissons Coburg cob for 50p if I'm in there

Joystir59 · 29/01/2022 12:56

Between £2 and £3 for a small artisan loaf, and only occasionally as o don't regularly eat bread. Utterly delicious and eaten with organic salted butter.

womaninatightspot · 29/01/2022 13:01

@multivac

We get almost all our bread, including gluten free, for nothing, via Olio.
We do as well, saves a fortune, saves wastage. We have two pet pigs so when there is too much for the community they get it.
ClariceQuiff · 29/01/2022 13:01

DH buys the 59p white sliced loaf from Tesco. I try to avoid bread but when I've cracked and had some, it's been fine as sliced bread goes. I daren't buy unsliced or artisan bread as I'd binge on it.

hamsterchump · 29/01/2022 13:03

Morrisons bakery is really good so I usually get Farmhouse loaves for £1.10 each from there. You can have them sliced so I usually do and then freeze and take out a third/half each time to defrost at room temperature as I hate stale bread. We also get tiger rolls (£1 for 6) from there and hot cross buns, etc which are great.

Sometimes I might buy sliced, bagged bread and find it's all a much of a muchness. The Lidl Toastie one (49p) is very nice, good thick slices and soft and just as good as any of the big brands for example. I don't know why people pay extra for branded Chorleywood Process bread but loads do. I've tried Warburton's and Hovis etc but never found it any better than supermarket own.

KitKat1985 · 29/01/2022 13:03

About £1 for a branded sliced white loaf like Kingsmill or Hovis. I've tried cheaper loaves but they just don't taste as nice.

Every now and then I'll treat us to a fresh loaf from the bakers for about £2.50 which is absolutely lovely but too much to pay out for all of the time.

Wannabegreenfingers · 29/01/2022 13:03

You do realise that the own brand bread is made by the big branded companies. Just a different receipe. It's cheaper because they choose to use less superior ingredients. It's all baked in the same ovens.

Croissantly · 29/01/2022 13:04

@Wannabegreenfingers

You do realise that the own brand bread is made by the big branded companies. Just a different receipe. It's cheaper because they choose to use less superior ingredients. It's all baked in the same ovens.
Some do taste horrible and have a rank texture though.
ParkheadParadise · 29/01/2022 13:08

I don't know I don't usually buy bread on its own.
I think it's about £1/£1.50. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

MrsKDB · 29/01/2022 13:10

£5.70 for a large sourdough at our local bakery. U.K.

Raffiamat · 29/01/2022 13:14

Equivalent of £3 for sourdough loaf (in Vietnam). Take me back to 50p bread in the UK!

BigHuff · 29/01/2022 13:14

@MrsKDB

£5.70 for a large sourdough at our local bakery. U.K.
wow. That is a lot. London?
BigHuff · 29/01/2022 13:16

We are lucky enough to live in a town with 3 excellent bakeries (well, one is in the next town over). Around £3 for a large organic sourdough and we buy 2-3 loaves a week. Which is a lot to spend on bread, but it's so delicious.

Cigfree · 29/01/2022 13:20

£1.60 - £1.70 for Hovis Seed Sensations. Makes lovely sandwiches and toast. Occasionally buy Warburtons Seeded but the crusts are really thick (too thick to toast properly).

SingleHandSue · 29/01/2022 13:22

Eldest DS prefers cheap white sliced, youngest DS likes the more expensive Village Bakery batch loaf. I refuse to buy both as there would be waste so I alternate.

I think cheap Tesco sliced is 40p ish and the Village Bakery is £1.60

I do really Village Bakery stuff.

cushioncovers · 29/01/2022 13:24

Tescos own sliced wholemeal 59p.

Desert76 · 29/01/2022 13:26

I like the Tesco multi seed batch for 95p, and their finest sliced sourdough for £1.50.

If I'm not going to Tesco, I like Hovis farmhouse for £1.25, or a fresh baguette for £1.

Sometimes as a treat I buy a brioche loaf from the baker's for £4.

MrsLargeEmbodied · 29/01/2022 13:26

nice brown, no more than £1
hovis white

Yesyesyesno · 29/01/2022 13:27

My absolute favourite bread is the Tesco Multiseed Batch for 95p. However, Sainsburys is our local so I think we usually grab one £2. Not as good though. I’ve never found a cheap seeded loaf that’s as good as tescos with the bread cut as thick. I’m always disappointed when I try a new bread.