• Dravin@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Indeed. I can grab a loaf of cheap white bread from my local grocery store for under $2 which is cut into 22 slices.

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        10 months ago

        You are getting 22 slices? What brand are you getting? I feel like 16 is the standard but about 50% of the time I’m fairly certain it’s only 15 or 17.

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          Meijer and Walmart store brands of cheap ass white bread are 22 slices, Kroger is 21, and for a name brand example Sunbeam is 22. Nicer bread like Pepperidge Farm or Brownberry/Oroweat tends to be in the range of 16 slices per loaf (baring the thin sliced stuff) though.

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      I would love to see your source. I don’t buy bread in bulk but I have a friend who owns a local restaurant in my town. I know how much he pays for the bread he serves for breakfast and it doesn’t get cheaper than that.

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          10 months ago

          Well even with that bread you are still spending about $0.25 per sandwich on bread. I still don’t see how that’s profitable after adding cheese and butter. You could do it by drastically reducing the amount of cheese and butter but is it really a grilled cheese when you put a single shred of cheese on it?

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            10 months ago

            Honestly the cheese and butter together will probably cost less that $0.25 bulk cheese is cheap as hell and you’re using almost no butter per sandwich

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              If you buy enough cheese, it’s essentially free on a per serving basis with the expense being the shipping.

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        10 months ago

        I don’t buy in bulk, and I pay under $2usd for a loaf of basic white bread from any supermarket. After taxes, to be clear.

        If I were to bulk buy / business discount, it would be less.