Sunbeam Bread-Schott’s Bakery

Selection is always good, the finds are hit and miss as far as what you may be looking for. The lady working there has been there as long as I have been going. Never any bad items there as far as mold, bugs etc. I know
it can be a pain to make two stops but if you are eating healthy and do wraps they are a good 2 – 3 $ cheaper than the store for sure!

Passed this place for years and finally stopped in Saturday afternoon because I wanted to make French Toast for breakfast the next day and it was on my way home. I was super impressed with the bread selection and price. I bought a loaf of Texas Toast… French Toast worthy of course… some hotdog buns and 6 personal dessert pie pies for less than $ 6. I was pretty happy with the purchase. Then the cashier informed me to pick up my free gift before I left, an 8 pack of pre-​cut sandwich hoagies… SCORE! Because I don’t buy/​eat a lot of bread this is definitely my new go to store. Now to figure out what to do with those hoagie rolls…

Always try and stock up on bread and snack cakes from these bread company stores. They store fine in the freezer.. So cheap. A loaf of bread is usually a buck.

I remember places like this from my youth. Good & cheap, short-​dated items. Well, I was surprised at how «expensive» these discounted items were. No more 2/​$ 1.00 or 4/​$ 1.00 like I remember. The individual snack items were 2/​$ 1.49, bread was $ 1.69. The Duchess coconut pie singles was almost 1 month EXPIRED. Asked the cashier about the date & she said they were still good but when I went to eat, it smelled & tasted «old». Did buy $ 5 worth of stuff to get the freebie (loaf of wheat bread) & if nothing else, my backyard birds will be happy. Enjoyed the smell of baking bread from the Sunbeam facility next door.

What a great find. Inexpensive staples and treats. Who can’t benefit from a few extra pennies in the budget?
The added bonus is if you go while they are baking. The smell of baking bread is like none other.
Don’t be fooled. It’s not just a bread store.

I have found my new bread source. Since I moved to the area, I have been complaining about the cost of good bread. I dearly miss my Trader Joe’s super-​hard-​core wheat bread with 6 gm of fiber per slice for about $ 2.50/loaf. The grocery stores around here have more expensive bread and that’s for maybe 2 gm of fiber! Crazy.
Enter the Sunbeam discount bakery. I stopped in here on a whim on my way to Target and scoped it out. Well, really, I beelined for the Nature’s Own Honey Wheat — 6 gm of fiber per slice for $ 2.04! The expiration date was 4 days later, but whatever, that’s what freezers are for. I glanced around a bit, but didn’t want to be tempted by all the sweets (Chocolate-​covered donuts! Chocolate-​covered cookies!). All the unhealthy things that would probably survive a nuclear bomb intact. I swiped my credit card for the less than $ 3 purchase and was in and out quickly. I will be returning. Oh, great music, too — 102 was jamming songs that I remember from way back in the day… and made me feel old.

As my last name at one time was Schott, I felt compelled to visit this store. The store feels a bit neglected and dark, but the breads are well organized and not too old. Pretty much any bread item you could want is available – buns, muffins, white bread, whole wheat bread, and snack breads. For the «day old bakery» I sort of expected some stale stuff, but everything I bought was actually really good.
Cinnamon Raisin bread and Nature Made English Muffins cost about ½ the price I pay at Kroger, and the they tasted fresh. I actually bought a few different kinds and just froze them when I got home. Since I toast them anyway, it’s no problem.
If I had kids who needed sanwiches packed in their school lunches every day, I would shop here all the time. But I don’t. The prices are excellent, but when I balance that with the convenience of buying bread at the store with all my other groceries, it becomes less attractive.

Kind of a grungy place, but definitely a reminder of the old Heights. This doesn’t stop me from picking up some cheap, cheap, cheap bread! Don’t be fooled though– they definitely have other products– honey buns, granola bars, peanut butter, and random other snacks.
Breads offered:
Nature’s Own honey wheat, whole wheat– $ 1.59
Sunbeam Texas-​sized white bread– $ 1.19
English muffins (variety of flavors) — $ 1.39
Cobblestone Mill organic wheat– $ 1.69
Hamburger buns and hot dogs buns (even 100% whole wheat varieties) — $ 0.99
If you’re hosting a BBQ or party, this is a great place to pick up cheap buns and breads while paying generic bread prices.

Like JL said: This place is chock full of CHEAP wheat based comfort food. I like this place since the Rainbo Outlet on Leeland went away, but I always forget about it and spend 3.99 on fancy grain wheat bread at Kroger’s.
Here’s a TIP: Get a discount Honey Bun. Sauté it in a pan with a little butter. This what my ex-​in-​laws do in East Tennessee (the ones with the gastric bypasses).
And can you go any greener than «recycling» food?