# Bread Tie Color Codes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-tie-color-codes/224013>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 11, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-tie-color-codes/224013 "2004-01-11T17:34:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![gypsymoth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gypsymoth3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsymoth3)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-tie-color-codes/224013/1 "2004-01-11T17:34:49Z")

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is it true that bread ties are color coded to tell what day the bread was baked? if so, is there more than one code or individual company-based ones? what _is_ the code?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-tie-color-codes/224013/2 "2004-01-11T18:08:45Z")

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A local bakery once used this code:

Red = Monday  
White = Tuesday  
Blue = Wednseday  
Green = Thursday  
Yellow = Friday

I don’t if this is universal.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-tie-color-codes/224013/3 "2004-01-11T21:45:19Z")

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At my dad’s store, I don’t remember the codes, but there were no deliveries on Wednesdays. Instead there was a delivery on Saturday. People would rather have bread that was one day old than two days old.