Every time I'm in the US bread slices seem to have gotten even smaller, and there is an odd phenomenon of hot dog buns getting smaller and hot dogs getting larger (mainly salt, I assume).

Any recommendations for getting a proper loaf of bread? I used to go into Fresh & Easy but they're gone now. I recall Trader Joe's has got some decent bread choices, I suppose I'm going to have to hunt one down.

Guess it all depends on where in the US you are. Done here in MS we have Breadsmiths with fresh baked bread. The next best thing to home made. Personally, if I don't make my own and need to buy packaged I go to Pepperidge Farms brands.

The next person who posts is going to tell me to get a bread maker.

Most supermarkets have good fresh bread choices in their bakery section, NOT the bread aisle.

It wasn't about freshness it was about size, I didn't notice the bakery section had anything larger. The largest thing I could find was Oroweat which is okay I suppose, but it would be nice to have a slice of bread that is a bit taller. We have Oroweat loaves in Canada as well but in Loblaw's they do seem to have more British-style loaves available.

Well... I shop in Hannaford and I buy the 9-grain bread or the Tuscan Boule thingy from their bakery. If you're not in New England that's probably not much help...

What you really need....are some bread tins. Then kick the missus out of bed at 4 in the morning, every morning, so the master of the house enjoys warm bread for breakfast, sorted!

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Apparently 43g/ slice. These rate as "big" in my opinion/experience.

Mmm, I remember that stuff from when I lived in Florida, used to eat it all the time.

Bread here is too small or too expensive (5 bucks for a loaf from the bakers section, anyone?) I tried a lot of places, but the slices were too small and too thin. It was doing my head in, especially when I was eating doorstep bread in England before I came here.

I've resorted to baking my own as it's so much cheaper, I get the size I want and I'm a decent baker, if I say so myself.

Size is one of the reason's why I buy Pepperidge Farm's Hearty White or sometimes their Country White. Slices are larger in height and thicker in cut then usual white breads. Bread is also denser with a better flavor. Now that takes care of me but not the other half of family.

https://www.pepperidgefarm.com/produ...ds-buns-rolls/

Himself wants bread like he had growing up in Canada. So thick that one slice is the equivalent of two normal slices. Down here it is Texas Toast size bread for him.

That brand looks pretty decent if I'm honest. Don't think I've ever seen it anywhere. One thing I liked the look of about that brand is the lack of sugar. I hate that most breads here are sugary, I hate the flavour of it in bread.

I... never mind.

I think you might have to track down a Trader Joe's who have really good packaged bread. My biggest complaint with bread here is that it's sweet.

I was meaning fresh as in a whole unsliced loaf, locally baked, as opposed to something pre-cut and packaged that has been shipped in from who knows where. You could get a ciabatta and cut it horizontally!