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People want less preservatives in their food. That means a shorter shelf life for baked goods.
I have to make my own bread and it only stays fresh about three days. I keep a couple of loaves in the freezer in case I don't have time to make a loaf. You could do the same with your store-bought loaf, take half out and put it in the freezer, then get it out when the other half of the loaf is gone.
I'm single, so buy only one loaf at a time. I freeze it not long after I get it home.
I have to freeze it, so I haven't noticed if it doesn't last as long as it used to.
I think the selections of bread are now awesome. It's easy to find reasonably priced whole wheat or whole grain or high fiber breads.
My preference is Nature's Own Double Fiber Wheat. 5 grams of fiber per slice...60 calories. It's delicious, too. Not like an artisan bread or something really fattening. But far superior to the lower calorie breads that first came out years ago.
I dont buy that factorymade bread that comes in the local supermarket but instead i go to one of half a dozen local bakeries, one such at the Atwater Market,= http://www.xplorocity.ca/partners/up...d_montreal.jpg
Yes, there are so many places putting out "artisan" breads now--silly name but better quality--and local bread baked fresh. You can get good bread--but you have to pay a little more for it.
Most of the major bread companies like sunbeam, sara lee etc ...are putting out such poor bread products . I like to keep at least one loaf of bread in the house but when you go to get a slice it is really dryed out almost to the point of being stale after only a week or so in the pantry ....sad really . I can remember my grandmother getting a loaf of bread at the store and she would still have it two weeks later and not dry at all . Why is that ? have things gotten that bad ?
Pre-sliced bread (or the normal loaves you generally find in the bread aisle at the grocery store) always seem stale to me, or something. They just don't taste like real bread, the kind that's home-made. I only get the frozen kind which to me tastes a lot more like home-made bread. My husband still likes the regular bread, he gets the whole-grain or 15-grain kind from either walmart or aldi that is relatively not overly expensive (I think it's about $2.50 to $3 per loaf); I want to say the brand is arnold (at least the one at walmart), but not sure, we currently don't have one on hand right now. He keeps it in the refrigerator though and says it's still good after a couple weeks. Maybe you can try moving it to the refrigerator and see if it helps.
Yes, there are so many places putting out "artisan" breads now--silly name but better quality--and local bread baked fresh. You can get good bread--but you have to pay a little more for it.
Very true. Delicious bread is abundant now, even in the grocery stores. I hate paying 4 or 5 bucks for a loaf though, so we rarely do that - only as a special treat. And even then, I usually have to freeze the remainder as I just don't eat it that often. Not sure why the OP or anyone else would expect a loaf of bread to stay fresh after 2 weeks.
As for the bread on the shelves, my favorite is Arnold's Oatnut. It makes great toast!
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You must be buying the wrong bread.
