Bakery Outlet Stores: a Great Way to Save on Breads

Today’s Thrifty Tip: Save money on brand name breads by shopping at Bakery Outlet Stores.

Have you ever been shopping at a Bakery Outlet store?   It’s a great way to save money on bread items, especially those “fancy” brand name types.

As a thrifty shopper ok..just plain old cheapie,  I had been buying the generic .99 brands at grocery stores, but always secretly wanting the “fancy brands.”  Potato White’s, Whole Wheat, 7-grains…*sigh*, I wanted all those but didn’t want to pay the $3-$4 per loaf prices.

That was until I found the Bakery Outlets. Oh happy day. All those fancy brands I can get for $1.29 or less per loaf now (at least at my outlet.)  Most of the items at these store’s are just as fresh as you would find in the store, just not perfect enough to make it to the grocery store, or just brought in from the grocery stores when they restock the shelves.With careful planning, once- or twice-a-month visits to stock up to fill the freezer can cut up to 75% off a household bread budget for those who don’t need their bakery products to be same-day fresh.

I have found brands like Oroweat, San Francisco, Thomas, Entenmann’s, etc.  For a small store, there is a huge selection of breads:  wheat, white, sourdough, rye, raisin, english muffins, rolls, hot dog and hamburger buns, bagels, pita, etc. Even those cool diet type breads like oroweat’s thin bread.

In my local area (Tri-Cities, WA) the stores are located:

Entenmann’s Oroweat
1107 W Columbia Dr
Kennewick, WA 99336

Franz Bakery Outlet
419 W Columbia Dr
Kennewick, WA 99336

Do you shop at Bakery Outlet’s in your local city? What do you think?

About Karrie

Food is my love language. But so is saving money. So I like to combine the two a lot and make thrifty make ahead and freeze meals to save time. Because life is busy, and freezer meals can come to the rescue for all of us. And yes, they actually CAN taste good. Read more...