To spend £2 on a loaf of bread.

[Whathappenedtothelego]

BIL face-timed while we were making tea (cheese on toast).

Apparently our bread looks posh, he asked how much it costs, madness according to him. It costs 4 times as much as it should, he says.

Well, fair enough, but we all like this one, and don't mind paying for something we enjoy. And it keeps the local bakery in business.

Now he keeps sending DH incessant supermarket links to cheaper loaves of bread. (He's nearly 50 by the way, not a teenager).

AIBU to think buying the cheapest product available isn't actually morally superior? It's not like I'm asking him to buy expensive bread.

[Mrskeats]

Quality food is never a waste of money,
My dh refuses to buy cheap bread for all the reasons already given.

[stardance]

Our standard bread is just hovis, £1 I think. But I really love proper fresh bakery bread and we treat ourselves sometimes- more often during lockdown actually because I've realised how much I appreciate little treats like that and because I've tried to support local businesses.

None of anybody else's business how much anyone spends on bread.

Should say I wouldn't buy sourdough again though- tried it for the first time recently, £3.50 for a tiny loaf and it wasn't even very nice!

[DotBall]

Cut along to Lidl. Their bread is fantastic and so cheap. The low GI multiseed cob is particularly outstanding.

[namesnamesnamesnames]

@WaterOffADucksCrack A lot of what appears to be snobbery here. I know people appreciate a nice loaf and that's fine of course. Some comments though are quite obnoxious.

[womaninatightspot]

I always think the 50p bread is a bit rubbish for sandwiches. Someone told me it gets frozen and then the supermarket defrosts and put a use by label on it. Only really good for toast at that point. 2 quidfor naice bread is bargain.

[fantasmasgoria1]

I spend £1 on a small hovis loaf for toast etc but I will preferably buy cobs/rolls that are certain seeds and grains etc which cost more. My mum used to buy good bread because my dad would never have eaten cheaper bread. Mil however is happy with cheaper bread but I can't eat it!

[TornadoOfSouls]

who has the time or will to care what other people spend on bread?! all of us on the thread! But yes, you make a good point!

[Rayna37]

Laiste completely missing the point that if you suddenly spent £4 a week on two loaves instead of £1, what about everything else? You could buy luxury jam, fancier coffee, branded cereal, more expensive yogurt, and suddenly your weekly shop is two, three or four times the price it was. There are cheaper and more expensive versions of almost everything, some people get to choose which they think are worth the extra and buy them, some don't have the choice but to buy the cheapest of everything. You don't have to be in serious financial hardship to not consider routinely buying a £2 loaf; not buying the expensive option of everything may be one of the things that keeps a family from serious financial hardship.

[bigbluebus]

I buy slow rise sliced white bread made in a bakery not far from here but stocked in Tesco. It is £1.76 per loaf but there is a world of difference between that and the 50p chorleywood loaf. If you csn afford to buy more expensive bread then why wouldn't you - assuming you haven't lost your sense of taste due to Covid 19!

[LastRoloIsMine]

Somedays I can pay £2 somedays 65p depends on the time of the month as in payday.

I wont be bread shamed by a bunch of snobs 🤣
MN has hit a new low on this thread.

[Lynda07]

Never be in sight when your husband face times in future.

[Lynda07]

I've also never before heard of anyone ask how much they pay for their bread. Weird.

[sohypnotic]

He'd love us, we currently buy 2 x 50p bread loaves just to feed the ducks, and then a nicer more expensive loaf for us...which we don't usually finish and all give to the ducks

[Florrieboo]

I would love a good sourdough toastie now. Where I live a good sourdough is about $7, I am going to treat myself to one this morning.

[ilovecardigans]

M&S cheddar & red Leicester cob is £2 for a small loaf and it is without doubt the finest thing on earth. Utterly addictive and lasts approx half a day in our house (2 adults).

Sadly wasn't as impressed by their sourdough. Morrison's does the best sourdough (boule) at £1.65 - lovely crispy crust.

I bloody love bread. Am currently doing low carb and miserable as sin. 🤬

[SchadenfreudePersonified]

I agree names - some of us can only eat "good" bread as a treat.

Cheap bread might not be as delicious or as good for you, but if you've got to fill a few tunnies on a very tight budget, you don't have the option.

Even if you're a keen baker you can't get bread flour or yeast at the moment - and if you're on a budget, you may not be able to afford the electric to bake a loaf.

[TornadoOfSouls]

It is true that if you are a big family getting through a lot of bread then the more expensive options are less feasible, and yes, bread ingredients are hard to come by right now. But all the same, cheap mass-produced bread is a pale imitation of the real thing. There are other things I’d rather economise on (like not eating meat), including non-food items. However I do understand not everyone has this luxury. I bet this doesn’t apply to OP’s BIL though!

[Wither]

I buy cheap wholemeal bread as I’m doing SW, but also because the DC literally eat the middle and leave the crusts if not more. I’m not wasting nice bread!

[onlyherefortheguineapigs]

I do it sometimes Not often. Cohen's Challah from Waitrose. I love the stuff.

[PickAChew]

I bought one of the M&S cheap loaves near the start of lockdown when they had nowt else and I couldn't spare the flour. Ds2 had a few slices of toast that he ate about half of. No one else bothered. It got put in the freezer for a while, then pulled out again when I got sick of it taking up valuable space.

[okiedokieme]

Yes you can buy cheap bread but it's not as nice! I have compromised with Aldi's seeded multigrain at 89p

[thegcatsmother]

I buy Tesco's version of Cif for cleaning, to get my expensive sourdough. I buy things that are going out of date and reduced and freeze them. I batch cook cheaper cuts of meat low and slow, which reduce costs.

Bread is one of the things that if I can't have a decent loaf, I'll go without; but as I said upthread, I have been spoiled by living abroad where even the supermarket bread comes in a variety of white, brown, rye, spelt etc; is not sliced (unless you use the slicing machine), and is fresh every day. The sliced bread sold in plastic bags is called British breakfast bread.

[MissConductUS]

Bread has gotten much better in the US in the last 20 years. The standard has really come up and the super cheap air bread is not easily found anymore.

We have an artisan baker in my town who opened up right before lockdown. He had been delivering to people's homes then opened his own shop, just in time to shut it. He's now doing curbside pickup twice a week for preorder only.

His bread is really posh, crusty, old world to die for bread. His sourdough loaf is about 5, so roughly 3.75 GBP. Two quid is not unreasonable at all.

He also sells pizza dough for $3 a portion, which we then use to make homemade pizza.

[Sceptre86]

We buy the 55p loaf routinely from the supermarket. If it is out of stock I go for warburtons at 95p. Like everything you can buy the cheaper or more expensive version. I wouldn't buy the more expensive version of bread as dh and I don't eat much and it is mainly for the kids who couldn't care less. I am not too fussed about bread but would buy more expensive meat, fish etc. If you want and can afford to buy bread from the bakery go for it. If I want a treat in terms of bread I would make it myself.

Your bil needs to back off, unless you are coming at him for a loan how you manage your budget is your own business.

[Whathappenedtothelego]

DH sent back crying laughing emoji and an emoji with dollars for eyes, but think BIL considered it as agreeing with him!

He does have form for being a bit of a twat about being more frugal than DH - he once sent DH a picture of his electricity bill . I usually don't get involved, just was fed up tonight because he interrupted our meal and then DH phone was pinging all the time.

And by the way (unlike BIL) I neither know nor care what other people spend on bread. Or electricity.