Overheard a cashier say day-old bread gets MARKED down 70% - she wasn't kidding

I asked at my local bakery in Austin if they had any day-old loaves and got a whole baguette for 80 cents instead of $2.69. Has anyone else tried asking specifically for the older stuff at the counter instead of waiting for it on the discount rack?

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brookethomas20d ago

I'm actually going to push back on this a little. Day-old bread isn't always the deal it seems because it goes stale so fast, and by the time you get it home it's often too hard for sandwiches or toast without a lot of work. Plus, some bakeries just use the older stuff for breadcrumbs or croutons instead of marking it down, so you're basically paying for something they might have thrown out anyway. The savings sound great on paper, but I'd rather pay full price for a fresh loaf that actually lasts a few days than save a dollar on something that's already past its prime.

xena_jackson20d ago

Oh wow, my friend Sarah did this exact thing last month. She asked at a French bakery in Portland for their day-old croissants and the guy just handed her a whole paper bag of them for like three bucks. She said they were still soft that afternoon but by the next morning they were basically hockey pucks. She tried to toast one and it just crumbled into a million pieces. She ended up using most of them for bread pudding, which was actually pretty good though.