Bought it to save on sandwich bread, was 53 from best buy, originally 150 their site said. Now I just make bread every day. Then I started putting Vegemite on it and am addicted to that. Also Vegemite plus avocado toast is insanely good and cheap for the calories. Also good nutritional value.
I can speed make it in the morning with good preparation hacks. I use mason jars with all the dry ingredients ready to go in a drawer, and I use a digital scale to make adding flour fast and accurate.
I received a bread maker this year for Christmas, and I love it. I’ve stopped buying bread 90% of the time because even if the loaf comes out kind of mediocre, it’s still so much cheaper than a mediocre store-bought bread.
The only times I’ll buy bread nowadays is if I’m craving a PB&J. imo those just need the cheap store-bought bread; it doesn’t hit the same with good bread.