# Let's update the traditional rye bread package, okay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-update-the-traditional-rye-bread-package-okay/430989 "2007-12-23T02:45:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-update-the-traditional-rye-bread-package-okay/430989/1 "2007-12-23T02:45:59Z")
Me again. I realize there are some really staunch conservatives out there, but this would really be a change for the better. Why the bakers continue to give us the same old, impossible to reclose, package I don’t understand. Except that maybe a vocal minority would cry their puppy dog tears of fear. Remember the _Saran Wrap_ fiasco? Anyway, how many of you would be upset if bread bakeries were to switch to ordinary packaging like they use for all the other types of bread? Look [here](http://www.oroweat.com/) for pictures if you’re not familiar with what I’m talking about. Click “products” then “whole grain”. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-update-the-traditional-rye-bread-package-okay/430989/2 "2007-12-23T09:22:45Z")
What are you taking about? Around these parts all bread whether from a commerical company or from a grocery store bakery comes in a package like that. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-update-the-traditional-rye-bread-package-okay/430989/3 "2007-12-23T13:15:14Z")
You need to scroll all the way over to the right to see the packaging. There is no outer bag that can be resealed. I agree with you totally, **mangeorge**. My husband likes rye bread for sandwiches sometimes, and I usually have to divide the loaf and put it in zip bags. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-update-the-traditional-rye-bread-package-okay/430989/4 "2007-12-23T13:34:01Z")
Ohhh I see it now. Yeah they do package the mini rye like that for spinach dip and such. I agree Ziploc is the only way to deal with that. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-update-the-traditional-rye-bread-package-okay/430989/5 "2007-12-23T13:36:22Z")
The Oroweat guys are all sitting around wondering why they’re getting 5000 hits on their website. I couldn’t get the pictures to load, but I know what you’re talking about. There must be some reason besides tradition that they wrap it like that, right?? I can’t remember what brand it is, but the rye bread I buy is wrapped in the plastic and then put in the standard bread bag. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-update-the-traditional-rye-bread-package-okay/430989/6 "2007-12-23T14:35:57Z")
You are asking why a company called Bimbo Bakeries can’t keep the clothing on its rye? Is this a whoosh? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-update-the-traditional-rye-bread-package-okay/430989/7 "2007-12-23T16:24:10Z")
[QUOTE=Auntbeast] You are asking why a company called Bimbo Bakeries can’t keep the clothing on its rye? Is this a whoosh? [/QUOTE] Nooo. Is _this_ a whoosh? ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-update-the-traditional-rye-bread-package-okay/430989/8 "2007-12-23T22:47:01Z")
As a regular eater of rye bread, I wholeheartedly concur. I haven’t eaten any other bread besides rye for so long that I had forgotten that normal bread comes in a resealable bag, and if they’d package rye that way I wouldn’t have to hoard vegetable bags from the supermarket to wrap my rye after opening. What the heck is with that? Get with the program, rye bread packaging people! ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-update-the-traditional-rye-bread-package-okay/430989/9 "2007-12-23T23:29:06Z")
I’ve emailed Oroweat, a major supplier of rye bread around here, from their website asking them to address this mystery. I’ll post back if I get an answer. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-update-the-traditional-rye-bread-package-okay/430989/10 "2007-12-24T01:17:10Z")
I brought up this same subject a couple of months ago and all the responses labeled it a non issue, claiming that their rye bread had a closable bag. I agree w/ the OP though, I always lose part of the rye loaves due to drying out and going stale. Most brands still use the cellophane wrapper on rye and some other specialty breads, I don’t understand the reason for it, if there is one. Some brands do add a second plastic closable wrapper, but this seems a waste. I’d be interested in hearing any reponse you get. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-update-the-traditional-rye-bread-package-okay/430989/11 "2007-12-24T04:51:35Z")
[QUOTE=Auntbeast] You are asking why a company called Bimbo Bakeries can’t keep the clothing on its rye? Is this a whoosh? [/QUOTE] No, seriously, one of the major bread suppliers in the SoCali/Vegas area is named Bimbo’s. I snicker every time I see one of the trucks, but they do make good (commercial) bread.