I paid $18 for this sourdough. Did I get ripped off?
It was an olive oil rosemary sourdough. New local bakery opened up and I really want to support them. It tastes great— but I feel like I could have made this loaf of bread myself.
by itsanarjun
28 Comments
No_Contribution_5697
Well, I don’t know the price of the ingredients for the place you live at, but I make simple sourdough bread for less than 1 usd dolar, 3 dolars for the expensive ones, so for me It’s way too expensive.
EstablishmentOk2116
$18 for bread!?! That is truly wild. Bread should be one of the cheapest things to buy.
PongoLover420
Yes! You got ripped off
Anti_colonialist
You could have made it yourself for less than $2
modern-disciple
3x what I pay in Arizona…. Locally milled as well.
MayoManCity
You can get 2 loaves from boudin’s, a bakery regarded as the best sourdough in the world by many including myself, for the same price. Yeah you kinda got ripped off. That said, it’s all dependent on where you actually live. Many places don’t have the kind of sourdough culture that San Francisco based bakeries have. In those places, you’d be lucky to find sourdough at all, and what you will find is going to be high prices.
ossifiedbird
Before I saw that it was rosemary I thought there was a dead spider in the top air bubble.
LegitimateAlex
You got ripped off for sure.
1. This loaf looks tiny
2. Three Olives?
3. $18 is an insane price for a non decorated nonenriched bread.
Good on you for supporting a local business but $18 for a sourdough boule is nuts.
thatmarblerye
Sounds about the right price if you live in Nunavut
esanders09
That doesn’t look great to me. There’s no way I’d pay 18 for that.
SimGemini
I have only seen prices that high at a gluten free bakery. Yes, you got ripped off.
Facebook_Algorithm
How does it taste?
piscesmama03
That looks so dry
breakplans
So if I were to make this from home, with organic flour and good olive oil, fresh rosemary, and olives…I’d want to charge $18 too. I’d probably get away with $15 in my area. Thats like a top tier farmer’s market price imo. So from a bakery yeah that’s really expensive. I’d expect $10 or less at a bakery that’s selling tons of loaves per day.
The real question is, was it delicious? Then it was worth it. And now you can try making your own!
Fit-Delay3654
Yes
theoptimusdime
I wouldn’t pay $18 for the whole loaf. And honestly, it looks a bit dense compared to olive breads I’ve seen.
1. You’re already asking 2. It’s just bread 3. You got ripped off
lakesidekisses
So I know people that regularly pay that and more for bread. I nearly fell over when someone told me she was paying $40 a loaf. They all live near NYC…Everyone seems to get it from the same guy who claims his flour and bread are special. No pesticides, grinds the flour himself, top quality you can’t get elsewhere ect. I have no idea where he gets any of his supplies, but he created a decent business in the area he caters to, and has been selling his bread for years. That said I actually live near a small mill that grinds flour from local grown wheat. Basically everyone around me uses that mill. Around $15 seems to be the average local rate. So its all about marketing, quality and where you sell.
Galln
18 $ for bread? The US is fkn crazy. I could go to a bakery in about an hour and get a professional made bread made with sourdough for about 3 – 4 €. 18 $ is mad.
LocalJim
My god yes. Do you live on some remote island in the middle of the pacific? If so then maybe you could learn to make it yourself.
Traditional-Leopard7
Holy cow if I could charge that much for a flat loaf I would open a bakery tomorrow.
Elitsila
Um… yeah.
ceruleanwren
$18 for great bread is insane, and that is not great bread (it looks like mine).
Moose_country_plants
Yes but not because the Bread is bad. You got ripped off because it was $18 for a loaf of bread
28 Comments
Well, I don’t know the price of the ingredients for the place you live at, but I make simple sourdough bread for less than 1 usd dolar, 3 dolars for the expensive ones, so for me It’s way too expensive.
$18 for bread!?! That is truly wild. Bread should be one of the cheapest things to buy.
Yes! You got ripped off
You could have made it yourself for less than $2
3x what I pay in Arizona…. Locally milled as well.
You can get 2 loaves from boudin’s, a bakery regarded as the best sourdough in the world by many including myself, for the same price. Yeah you kinda got ripped off. That said, it’s all dependent on where you actually live. Many places don’t have the kind of sourdough culture that San Francisco based bakeries have. In those places, you’d be lucky to find sourdough at all, and what you will find is going to be high prices.
Before I saw that it was rosemary I thought there was a dead spider in the top air bubble.
You got ripped off for sure.
1. This loaf looks tiny
2. Three Olives?
3. $18 is an insane price for a non decorated nonenriched bread.
Good on you for supporting a local business but $18 for a sourdough boule is nuts.
Sounds about the right price if you live in Nunavut
That doesn’t look great to me. There’s no way I’d pay 18 for that.
I have only seen prices that high at a gluten free bakery. Yes, you got ripped off.
How does it taste?
That looks so dry
So if I were to make this from home, with organic flour and good olive oil, fresh rosemary, and olives…I’d want to charge $18 too. I’d probably get away with $15 in my area. Thats like a top tier farmer’s market price imo. So from a bakery yeah that’s really expensive. I’d expect $10 or less at a bakery that’s selling tons of loaves per day.
The real question is, was it delicious? Then it was worth it. And now you can try making your own!
Yes
I wouldn’t pay $18 for the whole loaf. And honestly, it looks a bit dense compared to olive breads I’ve seen.
Eat every crumb!
You absolutely got ripped off
I’ll sell you this for $8
https://preview.redd.it/m64wxzpi7vpd1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d78bc16fde68539a79561d19481afc9928dd4aee
I would expect it to be more airy with holes.
$18??? Definitely
I mean
1. You’re already asking
2. It’s just bread
3. You got ripped off
So I know people that regularly pay that and more for bread. I nearly fell over when someone told me she was paying $40 a loaf. They all live near NYC…Everyone seems to get it from the same guy who claims his flour and bread are special. No pesticides, grinds the flour himself, top quality you can’t get elsewhere ect. I have no idea where he gets any of his supplies, but he created a decent business in the area he caters to, and has been selling his bread for years.
That said I actually live near a small mill that grinds flour from local grown wheat. Basically everyone around me uses that mill. Around $15 seems to be the average local rate.
So its all about marketing, quality and where you sell.
18 $ for bread? The US is fkn crazy. I could go to a bakery in about an hour and get a professional made bread made with sourdough for about 3 – 4 €. 18 $ is mad.
My god yes. Do you live on some remote island in the middle of the pacific? If so then maybe you could learn to make it yourself.
Holy cow if I could charge that much for a flat loaf I would open a bakery tomorrow.
Um… yeah.
$18 for great bread is insane, and that is not great bread (it looks like mine).
Yes but not because the Bread is bad. You got ripped off because it was $18 for a loaf of bread