{"id":9054,"date":"2016-02-24T16:39:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T16:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=9054"},"modified":"2023-10-11T16:52:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T23:52:17","slug":"bread-wrapper-color-tag-codes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/bread-wrapper-color-tag-codes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread Wrapper Color Tag Codes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder why the tags used to seal loaves of bread come in different colors? Far from arbitrary, the color-coded system indicates which day of the week the bread was baked. The color system is even alphabetical: Monday is blue, Tuesday is green, Thursday is red, Friday is white, and Saturday is yellow. (Traditionally, bread wasn\u2019t delivered on Wednesday or Sunday.)<\/p>\n<p>Because bread rarely remains on the shelf for more than a few days, this system is more for internal use among employees than it is for customers looking to get the freshest sourdough possible. But if you favor a local bakery and get to know their system, you could either snag the best deals or the fluffiest dinner rolls in town.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday &#8211; Blue<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday &#8211; Green<\/li>\n<li>Thursday &#8211; Red<\/li>\n<li>Friday &#8211; White<\/li>\n<li>Saturday &#8211; Yellow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Go to the back of the shelf because stock is rotated so that the older stuff sells first.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/food\/prepare\/breadtag.asp\">Verified by SNOPES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No, we didn&#8217;t forget about Wednesday and Sunday. Most sources refer to a five-day delivery schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Need an easy way to remember this schedule? The colors go in alphabetical order, making it one less thing to forget as you cruise the aisles.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that some companies might have their own system, so check the expiration date when in doubt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tastingtable.com\/695489\/bread-tag-color-code\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder why the tags used to seal loaves of bread come in different colors? Far from arbitrary, the color-coded system indicates which day of the week the bread was baked. The color system is even alphabetical: Monday is blue, Tuesday is green, Thursday is red, Friday is white, and Saturday is yellow. (Traditionally, bread &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/bread-wrapper-color-tag-codes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bread Wrapper Color Tag Codes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks-and-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9054"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23171,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9054\/revisions\/23171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}