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I alway go to where they make the bread and pay about 99 cents and get about 19 loafs of bread so I never run out that last me about 1 half month because we eat allot of bread. if I have to buy I well pay $1.49 if I have to. cd

$2.00 if we absolutely have to buy it there. I hope it was really good bread. If we buy something from the corner store, it is usually just one item because of the mark up. For 4 dollars, could have bought Artisen bread at Price Chopper, maybe some cranberry walnut.

Thats some special bread, you better enjoy and savor every expensive bite of it. That is beyond ridiculous to charge that much for a loaf of bread. Bread here in the states is getting high too, but like you I usually will buy the less expensive bread at Walmart. Bread at the carry outs do tend to be more expensive. That was good that he tried but its too bad that he didn't just buy one loaf of bread.

I pay for multigrain bread and about $3,40, but it is good for at least one week for me. I think that whole wheat organic is an about the same. I would never pay $4 for white bread. I don't shop at the convenience store, prices are always double.

In my country we pay R9.00 for a white bread and between R8.50 and R9.50 for brown bread, depending if it is albany, sasko or whoever else makes bread. At corner stores, you will pay up to R13.00 no matter if it is white or brown. Here we had a problem with the companies as they fixed prices the government did not know of. So i guess no matter where you buy, someone is always getting his piece of the pie.

This is totally ridiculous. I shop at walmart my self and pay that same price. I think that he must have felt really bad for you if he spent that much money on bread. I have never honestly shopped at a corner store so i cant give you my answer to that part. I think that maybe they over charged you. Hope this helps.

WOW that is outrages. I think we pay around 2$ a loaf but we get saralee it stays freasher longer. DOn tthink I would do much shopping at the local store at those prices they have really up the price!

I only ever shop at the corner stores in extreme cases of emergency. I would have to pay approximately €2.50 for a loaf of bread at the local shop and I can get similar bread in the larger supermarkets for one 55 cents. It's the same story for milk, bread, tea etc. I have two freezers so I only go shopping about once every month. According as my supplies run low, I write whatever I will neen on a whiteboard in the kitchen and when next I am near the supermarket, I can run in and stock up again. It would cost a fortune if we were to do all our shopping in the corner store and even then there is no gaurantee that what we are buying is fresh because they wouldn't have the same turnover as the larger shops.

hi Grandmaof2, Ya, that sounds believable. I work in a convenience store and the bread is about 4.00 a loaf for the decent stuff. The generic bread is 1.89. Even in the bigger grocery stores it is high but they often have sales on it where a convenience store rarely does. Anything you buy at the convenience store is going to be priced way higher because they are a small retail and don't get the deals that a larger store that can buy in greater quantity will get. Walmart tends to be about the cheapest place you can buy anything. An expensive lesson your brother in law learned, heh?

It depends. If it's a chain, I don't shop there unless forced to, such as "buying band-aids" forced to. But sometimes, if it's a mom & pop store, then the prices aren't so outrageous, & the variety & quality of goods are better, too. Plus, you know that some faceless corporation isn't running it, but real people, who make their family's living doing it, so they're more service oriented. Unfortunately, corner groceries are nearly all gone except in some small towns or rural areas. Too bad, really. I grew up with 3 in my tiny village, Noble, Louisiana. All 3 were owned by women: Mrs. Youngblood, one of the wealthiest in the village, Mrs. (better known as "Sister") Knott, & Mable, who sold gas & groceries on the highway, just out of sight of the main part of the town. These weren't just anonymous stop-&-rob type places--no, no, no! Not even Mable's place!--but centers of congress among the townsfolk! It was darned near as fast as the internet for getting any news out! I recall Mrs. Knott allowing me to sell some of my art at her store (the best in town), & later on, her generously donating an entire roll of satiny-smooth white butcher paper to let draw on. I had no idea how much that cost her! This was in the early 60s, & I later learned it had cost her $50! I can't imagine what they cost in 2010! Considering inflation, it must be nearly astronomical! But I was so grateful. Up to then all I'd had to use was either our fireplace hearth (using our own charcoal from the cold ashes), or cut open brown paper sacks, & a number 2 pencil! Try getting that kind of treatment from today's chains! Maggiepie "THAT NATION GOVERNS BEST WHICH GOVERNS LEAST."

Hey Grandmaof2! That is ridiculous! How dare they charge so much money for a loaf of bread! They are beyond ripping people off! I do know that those little grocery stores do charge more money, but $4.08 for a loaf of bread! I would have gone back and returned at least 3 of them! That is insane! I have the same problem here where I live with the "corner store"! They jack up the prices on all of those kinds of items because they don't carry many of them! I also try to make sure I have extra things like bread in quantity in my refrigerator just in case! I don't know if there will be a snow storm or what and I don't want to run out and have to pay some ridiculous price like that! I still think you should return the 3 unused breads and get your money back!

I don't as a rule shop for anything but my milk at the convenience store (milk is cheaper there then even Walmart) But I have on occasion purchased a loaf of bread from there and it was NEVER $4 - I would never buy that. At most maybe $2.50-$2.99 there.. How can they justify one loaf of bread (white bread especially) being $4. I never even paid that much for that expensive 12 grain bread. Wow. I guess this is a case where it is worth the gas money you spend to drive down to Walmart and shop.

I never shop little stores without looking closely at price tags. They have to compete with big stores, but that doesn't mean they keep their prices low; it means they offer convenience. You don't have to walk all over a large market to get that loaf of bread. The little corner store is just that at a convenient location, so you save gas and time getting one or two items. To survive, they have to make a lot of money of little inventory, so their prices are abnormally high. To get that $1.38, you have to crank up a car, where gas is now running between $2.50-$3.50 a gallon, put mileage on the car, take your valuable time, walk a long distance in the store using more of your time, and make the trek back home using more time and gas. Your brother seems like a nice guy, but he should have bought one loaf at the convenience store and save multiple buying for Walmart.

Well, I can't account for the US because I don't live there but here in the UK I would say there is not much variation between prices of bread. Whether they are "set" everywhere I don't know. In supermarkets you can buy own brand versions of bread but our local shop stocks brands such as Warburtons, mainly, which is a well-known breadmaker. Having said all that, there does seem to be a large difference from what your local store sells the bread at and Wal Mart. I take it that the loaves are the same size from both shops?

Here in Australia everyone would expect to pay outrageously high prices for bread or any items from a corner store. They are "convenience" stores and no one would expect them to be able to purchase at the same rates as major outlets who buy vast quantities. Personally I have never shopped at corner stores. Bread prices here, from supermarkets, range from $1 to $4.50 per loaf, depending on make. The "Home brand" or generic loaf is of course cheaper, but quality producers are dearer. The difference in the quality of the loaves is very evident on a taste test. I usually stick with Helga or Mollenberg or other quality loaves, but buy a quantity when they are on special at $2.50 - $3.00 a loaf and freeze them.

That's outrageous! I haven't shopped at a convenience store in I don't know how long. They may be "convenient" but not fiscally smart.

Wow...that is some really expensive bread!! Yikes!! I know the convenience stores around here charge between $2.50 and $3.00 a loaf so if I'm in a jam and have to buy any there, I only buy one loaf of bread and go to the grocery store the next day.....I don't think I would pay $4.08 for a loaf of bread! Do they take returns? I'd keep one and take the other three back!

First of all, grandma, I never buy white bread. Second, I never buy anything at a corner store. Usually unless I find bread marked down, then I buy it at one of the dollar stores. But it has to be whole grain or it is not coming home with me.

That is absolutely ridiculous for a loaf of bread but all small stores are outrageous on their prices anyway. I do not shop at them. buy gas at one close by but that's about it. I worked in convenience stores & know how high they are. Bless his heart, i know your bil feels bad about that. Hope u didn't fuss at him too much. I really don't know what i paid for the last loaf of bread but nothing like that, i hope.

oh men can be such goofy things but we need their strength yes the corner store really pulls in the money when someone runs short. our corner store would be walgrens and they ask 2.49 for their loaves. but frys grocer has them for a few weeks now for 88 cents a loaf. been stocking up in the freezer here