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Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by ce4 »

jacquesm wrote: post #22

In NL every supermarket, baker or other place where you can buy bread will be more than happy to sell you half loaves, to the point that plenty of them have them pre-sliced and packaged ready to go.

Yep, i also don't quite understand what needs to be solved here.

I just ask the cashier in the bakery for a half or quarter loaf. Or grab a pre-cut half/quarter one in the supermarket. There are plenty of options (types of bread, sourdough or not, based on different grains, etc) over here in germany.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by Markoff »

curiousfab wrote: post #4

Realizing that you can put bread in the freezer changed my life - well, at least my bread buying habits ;-)

Pff, wait til you discover you can freeze also sausages and butter without losing any quality, which sadly can't be said about bread, defrosted bread tastes pretty bad, which is why I don't freeze it. I mean if I would be that desperate or lazy that I wouldn't want to go to small convenience store right under my building to buy half loaf, I have always at home enough flour and it would make more sense to keep dry yeast in stock to prepare own bread.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by mushyhammer »

boplicity wrote: post #28

Fascinating just to see the prices of bread in another country. In the Mumbai area, it looks like a half loaf costs between 17 and 75 INR -- with most around 22 INR, or 30 cents US. Here in Toronto, we often pay $4 to $5 (USD) for a decent loaf of sandwich bread. The difference is pretty striking.

I’ve seen the bread in most Asian countries. You get what you pay for. Only premium bread may be worth it, and still not on pair with cheap basic European bread.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by stepbeek »

mbg721 wrote: post #26
cors-fls wrote: post #6

I thought it was an app to match people that want an half loaf so they can share a full loaf of bread. That would be innovative. But no, it only searches store inventories for half-loaves for sale. I love the laser focus on half-loaves anyway.

When a store has a buy-one-get-one-free deal, it would be nice to have an app that would match me up with somebody else in the store who also wants only one of that thing; then one of us could buy them and we could split the cost. I can't be the only one who doesn't have room in the freezer for a second bone-in pork roast.

The grocery store near me has a food bank donation that you can put items in before you exit.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by dessant »

ce4 wrote: post #31
jacquesm wrote: post #22

In NL every supermarket, baker or other place where you can buy bread will be more than happy to sell you half loaves, to the point that plenty of them have them pre-sliced and packaged ready to go.

Yep, i also don't quite understand what needs to be solved here. I just ask the cashier in the bakery for a half or quarter loaf. Or grab a pre-cut half/quarter one in the supermarket. There are plenty of options (types of bread, sourdough or not, based on different grains, etc) over here in germany.

The experiences of others could be vastly different than yours. A possible answer: the developer has been throwing away bread, and couldn't easily find their favourite bread in smaller quantities in a city in India.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by navbaker »

criddell wrote: post #24
netsharc wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Food sharing in general should be encouraged (as a fickle single man I end up throwing away a lot of food, after e.g. opening a jar of tomato sauce and consuming half of it and leaving the other half in the fridge to use "soon"), but that's odd if it only looks in stores.

I must be more fickle than you. There's no way I would trust a half jar of tomato sauce that I found on Craigslist.

I'm going to make billions providing an escrow service for food splitting where I guarantee the provenance of items like this. I'll make sure to find a use for blockchain so I can really up my profits.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by ceejayoz »

Markoff wrote: post #32
curiousfab wrote: post #4

Realizing that you can put bread in the freezer changed my life - well, at least my bread buying habits ;-)

Pff, wait til you discover you can freeze also sausages and butter without losing any quality, which sadly can't be said about bread, defrosted bread tastes pretty bad, which is why I don't freeze it. I mean if I would be that desperate or lazy that I wouldn't want to go to small convenience store right under my building to buy half loaf, I have always at home enough flour and it would make more sense to keep dry yea…

Crusty sourdough freezes just fine. I wouldn’t want to freeze Wonderbread style soft sandwich loaves, though.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by ce4 »

dessant wrote: post #35
ce4 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, i also don't quite understand what needs to be solved here. I just ask the cashier in the bakery for a half or quarter loaf. Or grab a pre-cut half/quarter one in the supermarket. There are plenty of options (types of bread, sourdough or not, based on different grains, etc) over here in germany.

The experiences of others could be vastly different than yours. A possible answer: the developer has been throwing away bread, and couldn't easily find their favourite bread in smaller quantities in a city in India.

Yes, I guess so. It looks very niche and more like an excuse to build something though :) Nothing wrong with that, however I'd just cut it at home and freeze the rest for later consumption.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread

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Post by notwhereyouare »

mbg721 wrote: post #26
cors-fls wrote: post #6

I thought it was an app to match people that want an half loaf so they can share a full loaf of bread. That would be innovative. But no, it only searches store inventories for half-loaves for sale. I love the laser focus on half-loaves anyway.

When a store has a buy-one-get-one-free deal, it would be nice to have an app that would match me up with somebody else in the store who also wants only one of that thing; then one of us could buy them and we could split the cost. I can't be the only one who doesn't have room in the freezer for a second bone-in pork roast.

Some stores allow for buy one get one as buy one for 1/2 off. Some stores don’t. They make you buy both to get the deal
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