Andy > wrote in :


>
> Putting them out for the girls to paw at is unsanitary at best.
> Insects can have their way with the muffins too!
>
> My supermarket bakery puts out a variety of "fresh" loaves of bread in
> paper sacks standing on end on a wide, 3 or 4 stair-stepped shelf for
> the public to handle/inspect/sniff. They don't seal the tops so
> they're going stale practically the moment they put them there. The
> muffins, cookies, etc., are in a glass display case like any other
> bakery.

I don't think it goes stale quite that quickly :-)

Would you never buy bread from a traditional bakery - where the loaves all
sit on shelves, no bags at all? Like this (though this is a modern version
- just knew I'd be able to find photo of this company)

http://www.maiala.com.au/recent/F1000005.JPG

That's a national chain (franchises I think) - the one at the shopping
centre I go to is set up similarly. The bread's not accessible to the
public, but it is out in the open. It is all baked onsite fresh daily, and
has all seemed fresh enough when I've bought it - even late in the day.


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Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

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