Just went to make a sandwich and the bread has gone off I'm fed up with it, I live by myself don't eat loads of bread, I always make sure it's sealed tightly. But always get caught out.

I did a search on this question but found loads of people saying it does and loads of people saying it doesn't. Some even saying it goes off quicker in the fridge

Bread in the fridge will go dry and stale much quicker. Just buy Hovis little loaf.

freeze it, then get what you want out eariler..no ?

That's what I do, freeze it but unfreeze it half a loaf at a time - easy with sliced bread and if it's not sliced I just cut it in half and bag it separately before freezing it.

It will keep best not in the fridge but as others have said freeze half a loaf and keep out just what you will eat in a day or two.

But those Hovis little loaves are literally that, little. What I really need is a normal sized loaf but half as long.

I don't have access to a freezer at the moment.

The stresses of modern life eh?

No, the whole point of the little big loaf is FULL size slices but less of them. Buy that.

I agree that bread kept in a fridge will dry out.

I buy 2 Hovis Wholemeal from Farm Foods, at the moment £1.60p and freeze them both. Then when I want a slice or 2 or 3, I take the frozen slices out and wrap them up in a plastic bag and I sit them between 2 plates so there is weight on the top and then they are all lovely and fresh.

Shame you havent got a freezer, could you purchase a small one, it would always come in handy in the future.

Haven't seen those, I'll look for them, thanks.

I have got a freezer but it's full of ice and needs defrosting which by the looks of it will be a day's work. I'm not that into frozen stuff. Defrosting and all that. I tend to buy fresh stuff and cook with that. hence it's full of ice.

Just bought a loaf from the local polish shop. Just the right size

They do some quite good stuff in there. Polish fruit flavored beer is delicious imo.

Sliced bread doesnt go dry just mouldy because of all the added chemicals, if you dont eat much bread i would freeze it and take out as needed it doesnt take long to thaw.

Bread is horrible after being refridgerated.

Open your freezer and defrost with a hair dryer, 20 minutes tops and you're done.

I`ll give that a whirl...Thanks

I'd recommend buying smaller loaves rather than freezing.

Always find frozen bread has a weird, chemically "freezer" taste.

I can always tell when bread is used from frozen because it just tastes odd.

Freezer bread is fine for toast, not so nice just defrosted though.

I have a way of delaying mould in plastic wrapped sliced bread. When I get it home, I make small gashes/slits on all sides of the plastic. This way the bread "breathes" a little - it's the lack of oxygen, too moist conditions that accelerate the moulding process.

I wouldnt make slits in my plastic bread wrapper, it would dry the bread out being exposed to the air. Wholemeal bread keeps longer than white.

A freezer full of ice will be labouring and using more electricity.

All my bread is in my freezer and I only take out as and when I need any. I can tell no difference between bread that has and hasnt been frozen. When I defrost a few slices for a sandwich, the bread is lovely and soft and fresh as if I have just bought it from the shop.

You could always make your own bread and freeze it.
That way you defrost what you need and it remains fresh as the day you baked it...

I always keep bread in the fridge. Stays fresher longer. Goes mouldy and stale outside.

Not in my experience.


My mum does this successfully.

I think it all depends on the time of year/local humidity; damp warm air is the death of bread. I keep mine in a bread bin and if it is homemade it goes is with no wrapping at all, so the poster who replied saying gashes in the plastic wrapping would dry the bread out is incorrect if it is otherwise stored in its own bin.

I will freeze a whole loaf if I buy on offer, but bread gets frostbitten very quickly in the freezer so I don't let them stay in the freezer long...a week, or two at most. Then the whole thing gets taken out and defrosted otherwise it would have only been good for the bin anyway.

EDIT: Lol, didn't answer the question - there is no harm in keeping bread in the fridge during particularly warm summers, but fridges are still damp environments, which isn't good for bread and the low temperature will affect the texture, so I wouldn't recommend this method of storage all year round. If you do keep your bread in a fridge, take it out 15/20 minutes before you wish to eat it, otherwise it will taste blander than bland.

you haven't seen it. I usually do it with a paint stripper, and that takes ages. I wouldn't be surprised to find David Attenborough and a film crew in there.

Why not freeze the loaf when you buy it and then just take out what you need. That's what I do as there is only the two of us and I was wasting so much bread. Of course it has to be sliced bread lol.

Nonsense!