Does anybody remember this bread? Im sure someone's mother made their son or daughter wear this very bag on their foot during the winter. Kept your foot dry in the boot and makes for an easy way to slip your foot in and out of said boot.

Who here went on a class field trip to the Town Talk factory?

I did.

Wow I forgot about this bread long ago..

If I remember correctly, 5 wrappers got ya into a pirate game for free.

100% the first thing I thought of.

Bread of my childhood, right here. Protect this bag at all costs. Frame it. Donate it to the history museum so that future generations can appreciate the Yinzer bread days of yore.

The old bread bags over the socks!

Fun Fact: For a number of years, Town Talk and Wonder Bread were the exact same bread, produced at the same factory, with the same recipe, with just a different wrapper. The Town Talk brand was too iconic in Pittsburgh to retire, so they continued to label it Town Talk in the Pittsburgh Market and Wonder Bread elsewhere.

At one point they had some sort of combined branding IIRC. Something like "Wonder Bread by TownTalk".

The date on that bag says 2011 but i swear they stopped making it in the mid 00s.

I honestly thought the same thing?

It probably still isn't stale.

Yeah, it was a staple with black and white raisin bran. Brand name

Used to get it at Thorofare.

I found a press release indicating there was a "throwback" release around 2010: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/town-talk-bread-once-again-talk-of-the-town-83257212.html

Yep! Smelled so good in there

That’s absolutely correct.

>Jeff Coons, 47, of Greensburg is careful about his grocery spending, because he's a single father. "It's outrageous at $1.89 for a loaf of bread," he said of Town Talk, which was more expensive than the store brand. "It's good bread, but it's overpriced."

Jeff probably wishing for that $1.89 bread now lol.

Anyone else have to wear these in the winter as some sort of waterproofing when you’re playing in the snow?

You got a loaf to take home!

That really brings back memories.

Yep...sure did.

Taahhhhn Tok

We used them for that in our moon boots and we took the empty bags fishing to put our trout in.

You spelled "Tahn Tawk" incorrectly.

Yes! We got to take home a loaf

I remember crafting a waterproof sleeve out of these bags for the summer that I had a broken arm. Used it whenever I took a shower. Totally looked like a clown arm but it worked and I'd eat that bread again right now if someone gave me a loaf.

Yinz remember they used to come with He-Man trading cards in the 80s?

I think they also had Steelers cards for a while---I still have a few---unless I am mistaking them with another giveaway.

Wow I’m old. I remember going to the store for my mom. It was always Drakes bread, because it was 32 cents. Town Talk was 35 cents. The three cents made a difference. Confession: sometimes I bought Town Talk, because they were … ahem..”out of “ Drakes.

“Donnie Iris buys bread”

Another Fun Fact. Town Talk used to come with random trading cards. One series was based on cars that were crossed with animals, they were my favorite:

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automobilia/in-1976-building-a-set-of-krazy-cars-required-a-lot-of-wonder-bread/

I had most of these at one point.

That brings back memories. A bunch of us kids saving up bread wrappers and taking a bus to the game. Made you feel like a grownup. lol

Not me, but got to go every week with my grandfather to the store counter where we'd stock up on Hostess products. The store front is still there and it's in a sad state:

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4615547,-80.0345269,3a,75y,32.53h,90.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc9hOAim3Mu_jYb4qwF5FUg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I remember the sports cards and others. He Man I can't recall but I may have just stopped raiding the bread for the trading cards haha

I can almost feel this picture sticking to my teeth.

Explains my love of yellow & orange.