Whatever happened to thin slice bread?

Whilst browsing the bread aisles of Sainsbury's it suddenly occurred to me, "Whatever happened to thin slice bread?"  I remember as a child when shopping at the local supermarket for my mum being able to buy Thin, Medium and Thick slice bread.  Thick slice was always in a clear bread bag with a green stripe (if I remember rightly), medium slice was with a red band and (this is where it gets a bit vague), thin slice was with a white or yellow band on the pack?  Even better still, you could go to the Bakers shop and ask for your bread to be sliced thinly!  So what happened?  With the power of Google at my fingertips, I typed in my search engine, "Whatever happened to thin slice bread?" and did I get an answer? Kind of...!    I discovered that it wasn't only me looking for thin slice, although, the other person looking wanted it for health reasons.  Anyway, after more searching and trawling through the net, I found out that you can still get thin slice bread!  Unfortunately, as it's not widely available this seems to give carte blanche to those selling it to charge a rather hefty price for the privilege!  Anyway, I'm sure you're reading this and thinking, "get on with it!" so here's a quick list of places where you can buy thin slice bread:

www.breadshop.co.uk - these people are fantastic, they slice your bread thinly, should you want it, in any of their shops in Chiswick, St Albans, St Johns Wood, Brent cross or Bluewater.

www.waitrose.com - I love Waitrose supermarket, something for the more discerning shopper, they have a great selection of food and drink so you don't have to travel into the West End!  And they do a simple Waitrose own brand brown thin slice for only 75p!

Of course, why not bake your own and enjoy hot bread straight from the oven or let it cool and then slice it as thinly as possible using a bread slicer?  Here are my suggestions:

www.lakeland.co.uk/kenwood - this is fantastic, you can slice wafer thin to thick and chunky and even use it for your Sunday roast! And all for only £34.25.

www.amazon.co.uk/kitchen - For a simpler hand held model with a a very friendly price tag of only £12.06 then Amazon have the Haden 10045  120w Electric carving knife with comfort grip and serrated blade.

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