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I don't know why the UK has so many words for bread when they have no bakeries. All the bread here is being sold and bought in large supermarket chains such as Tesco or Asda and it's not good at all.

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85% from factory bakeries, 12% from in-store (i.e. supermarket) bakeries, 3% from "actual" bakeries.

It would be interesting to see figures from another European country.

https://www.fob.uk.com/about-the-bread-industry/industry-fac...

There's tonnes of bakeries. Most people buy bread from supermarkets, which I'd wager is true almost everywhere, but I can think of three or four bakeries just within walking distance of me right now, never mind driving, and the same has been true of everywhere I've lived and worked in the country.

There are 3 bakeries within half a mile of me here in Liverpool.

And I'm not talking about Gregg's or Sayer's. I mean real, independent bread, cake and pastry makers.

What? There are bakeries in nearly every high street. They have survived much better than greengrocers and butchers shops have.

This may depend on where you live. Down here in Brighton we've an abundance of bakeries selling excellent breads.

There should be. I know at least one bakery chain from UK (Paul), that opened recently in Russia.

I live in London and never heard of "Paul".

Are you sure it's actually from the UK? In some countries appearing foreign is part of the branding strategy.

Ah, sorry, it's French. It has some presence in UK :)

Ive seen a few Paul's. Around Holborn etc. Seems a more "artisan" bakery.

There's quite a few in London, generally on high streets and in stations rather than residential shopping areas - it's more of a boulangerie/patisserie/cafe than a bakery per se. e.g. Fleet Street - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5142772,-0.1074076,3a,75y,...

I second both counts: No bakeries, and the bread is terrible anyway.

> No bakeries

This is just totally false.

In a city as large in London, obviously I don't literally mean zero bakeries. But they're not common.

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