On Jan 22, 12:45*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:38:57 -0800, Zz Yzx wrote:
> > How come rye bread is packaged so differently than wheat, white,
> > mutli-grain bread?
>
> Because it comes from national distributors and needs to have a longer
> shelf life. *And if it's seeded in the outside they don't want all the
> caraway rubbing off.
>
> -sw

In 1992, I was in Vancouver, and I found some Dimpfelmeir rye bread
there. The bread was made in Toronto, a few thousand miles away.
The last time(2003)I was in Vancouver, I no longer found that bread,
although the business is still operational.