Like come on, people are otraged about the most minor stuff, but somehoe can’t be bothered to boycot or change the situation with convenience pricig, where same stuff you buy at a store is 10-20x the price per unit.
“Youre taking advantage of my tiredness, making me pay more of my hard-earned money for the privilege of being too tired to prepare my own food/drinks myself, essentially making me work more hours for having worked too many hours and being tired as a resilt of it. So: making me more tired for being tired already”
Define “convenience pricing”.
Convenience has always come at a price. Your local corner shop will likely stock bread and milk, and it will be a lot more expensive than it is at the massive supermarket a mile or two away.
So… The bread in supermarket is high in preservative chemicals, which is why it can stay ‘fresh’ for days. The one from a local bakery (boulangerie or pattisere or whatever) will have a shorter shelf life since they don’t have a long supply chain to manage
There’s not much evidence that the preservatives are bad or the supermarket bread is inferior, but I do miss the fresh smell and crack of the bread when I end up eating the (imo inferior) supermarket bread
I’m not talking about a bakery. They’re even more expensive, and even less convenient since most of them close just after lunch. I’m taking about a corner shop. Think Kwik-e-mart on The Simpsons. Apu sure as shit wasn’t baking his own bread.
Oh, I guess I’m lucky to have a corner shop with fresh bread, not just the same supermarket one
This seems like an America thing.
Not the case here in Finland, for example.
Most white bread sold in supermarkets is preservative full, even in Europe and Japan. It’s required because the supply chain (from baking to on shelf) itself costs at least half a day or a full day depending on the setup.
A similar bread baked at home has a shelf life of 2-3 days before it is not fluffy soft anymore. This puts a big constraint as the feedback for the next batch is literally time critical. A longer shelf life enables bulk distribution per store which reduces logistics cost and improves per unit cost
I almost exclusively eat rye bread, just like the rest of this country.