It costs [your wage] to bake bread, if you start doing it daily instead of buying, and aren’t having fun. I’m pretty sure if it became price-competitive to home bake then society would collapse.
Yes I know the quality isn’t comparable, but what are we making? Sandwiches? Toast?
I can do the hydration math in my head and spend about six minutes of total active time making a crusty boule or a loaf of sandwich bread for about 60-80¢ of ingredients. You can substitute a lot of time for kneading, it’s easy as hell.
The quality isn’t comparable, it is price competitive, and if my not buying shitty bread did make society collapse, I would die of happiness.
Google says it’s $1.8 (ehh, mb, more like 2-3? you might have a point) on average for a loaf, so, even with your numbers, it’s not price competitive with buying at minimum wage (and those numbers assume expertise and ignore waiting time). Unless the bride prices are totally crazy these days?
It costs [your wage] to bake bread, if you start doing it daily instead of buying, and aren’t having fun. I’m pretty sure if it became price-competitive to home bake then society would collapse.
Yes I know the quality isn’t comparable, but what are we making? Sandwiches? Toast?
I can do the hydration math in my head and spend about six minutes of total active time making a crusty boule or a loaf of sandwich bread for about 60-80¢ of ingredients. You can substitute a lot of time for kneading, it’s easy as hell.
The quality isn’t comparable, it is price competitive, and if my not buying shitty bread did make society collapse, I would die of happiness.
Wait, why tf were we using American currency if neither of us are American 😭 Were those supposed to be Euro cents?
I’m a fake Brit, basically. Sorry lmao I thought the cents symbol was generally applicable to pence.
So…
Ingredients $0.7
US minimum wage is $11.80.
6 minutes is 1/10 of an hour.
$11.8 / 10 = $1.18
$1.18 + $0.70 = $1.9
Google says it’s
$1.8(ehh, mb, more like 2-3? you might have a point) on average for a loaf, so, even with your numbers, it’s not price competitive with buying at minimum wage (and those numbers assume expertise and ignore waiting time). Unless the bride prices are totally crazy these days?Not apples to apples there, the cheap bread isn’t as nice as mine, nor as fresh. Typical example: