Bread outlets in greater Boston

By anon on Sat, 02/04/2017 - 5:54pm

With the abrupt and unexpected closing last week of the Bimbo bread outlet at Wellington Circle, not to mention the closing of all Wonder Bread outlets several years ago, there is NOT ONE bread outlet in Greater Boston. Important questions arise. Why are all discount bread outlets closing? Where can consumers purchase discount bread. And most importantly, where are bakeries sending all their day-old bread? Hopefully not dumped in a landfill.

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Reparations

By Turkey Liberation Front on Sat, 02/04/2017 - 8:01pm.

And most importantly, where are bakeries sending all their day-old bread?

You ask too many questions.

where do you get day old

By john smith on Sun, 02/05/2017 - 9:40am.

where do you get day old bread? From the calypso bakery.

Supply chain management has

By anon on Sat, 02/04/2017 - 8:13pm.

Supply chain management has gotten to a point where companies try to keep track of how much they need rather than just guessing.

It explains why when you visit a small store and suddenly decide that you like a certain product and buy it daily you will notice it runs out and is not replaced for a while in many cases. The stores are not prepped to deal with out of the ordinary spending patterns.

It also means in the event of natural disasters and other things that will shut down roads our stores will run out of food faster than they did even 10 years ago. Just look at how quickly Market Baskets cleared out when their drivers went on strike.

Efficiency/resilience tradeoff

By Tim McCormack on Sun, 02/05/2017 - 9:49am.

Exactly, this is a classic efficiency vs. resilience tradeoff. Competing goods: On the one hand less waste, on the other hand disasters get worse (as do minor interruptions).

RIP Quinzani's

By anon on Sat, 02/04/2017 - 8:30pm.

Sigh.

Wonder Bakery Outlet

By David Belson on Sat, 02/04/2017 - 8:59pm.

There is a Wonder Bakery Outlet in North Reading: https://goo.gl/maps/8mYjCGUZsY32

I Don't Know About The Bread, But You Can Buy Bimbo Heads Online

By Elmer on Sat, 02/04/2017 - 10:15pm.

             
^{( I don't know quite what they are — some sort of Stepford wife component? )}

Piantedosi's?

By Swander on Sat, 02/04/2017 - 10:13pm.

You might check out Piantedosi's outlet on Commercial St. in Malden. I've not been in there but hopefully it fits the bill.

Stop in at Dom's too!

By anon on Sun, 02/05/2017 - 12:26pm.

Stop in at Dom's too!

Dom's Sausage Co Inc. http://domsausage.com/Deli.aspx

In Somerville: La Ronga Bakery and When Pigs Fly Bread

By Ron Newman on Sat, 02/04/2017 - 10:13pm.

These are just in my city; surely there are many others elsewhere.

Bummer

By Eighthman on Sat, 02/04/2017 - 11:09pm.

I didn't know the Entenmann's outlet at Wellington Circle closed.

Fair Foods

By MO2L on Sat, 02/04/2017 - 11:12pm.

Fair Foods, which has spots all over the city, but the one I go to is at First Parish on Meeting House Hill, has loaves of bread for sale. http://www.fairfoods.org/

This was a good one

By anon on Sun, 02/05/2017 - 2:45am.

This was a good one Pepperidge Farm outlet, RIP, 2015:
http://belmont.wickedlocal.com/article/20150528/NEWS/150526262

Most Shaw's Markets have day

By guest 111 on Sun, 02/05/2017 - 4:27am.

Most Shaw's Markets have day old bread in their reduced price sections, lots of stuff, bagels and all.

Commercial bakery

By XenaKat on Sun, 02/05/2017 - 9:19am.

I've seen day-old bread reduced in price at a number of chain supermarkets, both the in-store baked, and the house brand versions of brand-name sliced bread.

I asked once why the other brands don't get marked down and I was told pretty much the same as the anon who posted above...most bakeries only deliver "just enough" to cover expected sales until the next scheduled delivery in order to minimize waste.

Anything unsold that is near to the "best buy" date is taken back by the bakery/distributor, and in some cases donated directly to area food banks. I volunteered at one particular food bank's distribution center one summer and there would occasionally be name-brand bread available for us to give out, though I can't remember now what brand it was.