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Yep, i also don't quite understand what needs to be solved here.

I just ask the cashier in the bakery for a half or quarter loaf. Or grab a pre-cut half/quarter one in the supermarket. There are plenty of options (types of bread, sourdough or not, based on different grains, etc) over here in germany.

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The experiences of others could be vastly different than yours. A possible answer: the developer has been throwing away bread, and couldn't easily find their favourite bread in smaller quantities in a city in India.

Yes, I guess so. It looks very niche and more like an excuse to build something though :) Nothing wrong with that, however I'd just cut it at home and freeze the rest for later consumption.

This is what the about page of the site says:

> This website is of course a non-useful, silly little thing. But I hope that it can get people to start thinking about why more stores don't sell half loaves when it seems like a more practical thing to do.

Here in New Jersey my local Whole Foods doesn't sell half-loaves anymore. I like some of their breads but I'm not willing to spend $6 for a loaf that I won't be able to finish.

Maybe the bakeries in India don’t offer this service/product for some reason? If so, a website like this could put some pressure on them to introduce half-loaves.

The world is much larger than "Germany". So, plenty of people may have a need for this, even if you don't.

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