You’ve probably noticed this when you’re shopping in the bread aisle at the grocery store. The little plastic tags or twist ties on the bread bags are always different colors… but why?
It’s actually kind of an intricate system to show how fresh each loaf is. The colors are used to tell grocers when the bread was delivered. Most times you can tell which color is which day based on alphabetical order. For example, if you see blue, green, red, white, and yellow that would mean Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
Now you can make sure you’re getting that freshest loaf next time you’re picking up bread.
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