One way I found to save on bread and baked goods is to look for bakery outlet stores. There's a Heiner's Bakery store a couple blocks down from the grocery store where I live, and they bring the bread there every day that they pull off the grocery shelves. I get all my baked stuff there.
They sell bread for $1 a loaf, and sometimes if they're overloaded, two for a dollar. Honestly, I can't tell that it's not as fresh as what you get at the grocery. In the last year, I think there was only one time I got a loaf that went stale in a day or two.
The catch is that it's hit or miss what they'll have on any given day. Sometimes it's beaucoup everything, sometimes the shelves are empty. They've got crackers, hotdog buns, cookies, other stuff too at discount prices.
It's not anything like homemade bread, but if you're baking-challenged like, ahem, me, it's another alternative to save.
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