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.

[PeasInAPot]

How have people not noticed cheap bread?

In my opinion theres 2 types of bread

1. proper bread - crusty bakers style loaf
   
2. plastic bread - found in tescos bread aisle not the bakery
   
   If you are going for option 2 theres not masses of difference between a 50p loaf and a 1.50 loaf, especially if its white and a 50p loaf has its merits and does the job. The cheaper the bread the better the toastie goes the saying
   
   Proper bread is worth spending money on. If you can tell its expensive bread over zoom, its worth the £2

[Durgasarrow]

We have spent 8 dollars on a good loaf of bread. They'd hate us.

[AugmentedToast]

Your BIL needs to get a life.

[Alittleshortforaspacepooper]

I left the UK a few years ago but I seem to remember that the average/standard bread in the supermarket was about £2 for a loaf, But would usually be on offer so you could 2 for £3 or similar.

So I suppose £3.50 for 1 loaf is slightly more expensive than average. I don't think it's expensive enough to be "posh" though. In my book posh bread is bought from an artisan bakery in a hipster area and would cost a lot more than £3.50.

[Alittleshortforaspacepooper]

Oh, and I make my own bread. I don't even use a bread maker or a stand mixer. I do it all by hand and score fancy patterns in the top sprinkle seeds on top and all that jazz.

Your brother would think my bread was positively wanky.

[eyesbiggerthanstomach]

Strange reaction from him but to those who have never seen a cheap loaf of bread M&S do a bog standard loaf for 65p.

[safariboot]

This thread has really exposed how out of touch much of middle England is.

Yes, you can get a supermarket loaf for 50p or thereabouts.

Yes, it will taste crap compared to a £2 or more locally sourced independent bakery blah blah blah. And probably be unhealthy too.

The 50p loaf is all a lot of us can afford. And the poorest struggle to even afford that.

[Thurmanmurman]

If you can afford the bread and want the bread then YANBU

[ToBBQorNotToBBQ]

Omg my 59p thick cut soft loaf was out of stock so they brought me an alternative was 40p....... 40p!!! I didnt really like it but 40p! Cheap as chips. This is Tescos

[ToBBQorNotToBBQ]

And I can afford to pay alot more but actually like the 59p one

[KilljoysDutch]

I honestly thought the price of bread would have risen much more since the mid 2000's when I had to buy it (and smart price everything else). I can't imagine the taste has improved much as I remember the bread we brought had hard bits in the bread randomly and was always stale as soon as you brought it.

[Bilzo]

I honestly could not tell you how much a loaf of bread is. Or milk.

[Mummyshark2019]

He's a twit. Ignore.

[daisychain01]

Waitrose Grand Mange is lush! Must be at least £3.50 and worth every penny, nice with President Brie. I could eat a whole one it's so more-ish.

We were insensed the other day, Tesco bloody well substituted our order for a Finest floury white batch with a 50p white sliced, it was like blotting paper urgh.

[bluevioletcrimsonsky]

Never realised you were talking about bread for cheese on toast for tea. That's a really cheap option as a meal. How odd. Kind of embarrassing things to be so worked up about it. Too telling what he eats at home regularly.

[Maduixa]

If he keeps it up, I would start sending him links to the most expensive loaves of bread you can find - here's a start: moneyinc.com/the-five-most-expensive-types-of-bread-money-can-buy/

[Fishfingersandwichplease]

Our local bakers charge £2 and it goes stale after 2 days but you know it has no nasty additives and is worth every single penny

[Andwoooshtheyweregone]

It’s £2 for goodness ale not a £10!! I think you’re allowed a £2 “splurge” on something you enjoy. Is he one of those who thinks his banter is soooo hilarious when in reality it’s just annoying and not witty?

[BarbaraofSeville]

He's mad. Of course you can get bread for 50 p, but it's not the same as 'proper' bread. It's like the difference between instant and fresh coffee.

We get a mix of plastic white sliced and fresh crusty bread depending what we want it for. Some very cheap ones aren't too bad, eg aldi fake Warburtons or M&S but the Asda one is horrible.

But as long as you're not on a really tight budget and £2+ bread is leaving you short overall, who gives a fuck what you buy. It's not like you're getting it shipped from Harrods.

Eating nice food at home is a really good value way to have a treat, because no matter how much your bread costs, it's still probably cheaper than eating out at really cheap places like McDonald's or Wetherspoons.

[BarbaraofSeville]

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

That’s nothing, I once ate one of those in the car when I got stuck in traffic after I'd bought it. I just kept having a nibble while I was sat there and suddenly there was hardly any left and I thought 'might as well finish it off now'.

[BarbaraofSeville]

The Co-op used to do a range of flavoured ciabatta type breads that were amazing and about £2 a loaf.

Sadly they've disappeared, fallen victim to lockdown range simplification perhaps, but they were often reduced to pennies at the end of the day, so an absolute bargain if they had them in.

[AuntieMarys]

Dh buys a granary loaf for his sandwiches at work. No idea what it costs. I never eat sandwiches but do like an olive ciabatta or sourdough.

[Shinyletsbebadguys]

Ergh things like that irritate me no end my duncle used to try this with the whole family....frankly he got several polite but very direct messages telling him he was massively overstepping , not to justify it and not to do it again (I suspect my lovely daunt had a word as well) , some months we buy the 55p bread and some months we have the £3 bread. I can't possibly imagine whose business it is either than ours.

[Letseatgrandma]

Your BIL sounds bizarre! Is it a joke between him and your DH? What is your DH replying to the texts?!

We buy granary bread which is about £1.80, so £2 doesn’t sound that expensive.

[ivykaty44]

www.haddieandtrilby.com/

Send him this link to real bread

Explain with social distancing the queue was getting very long and his standard issue bread was £2 and the cheapest in his shop