Everyday Rewards Targeted Offers

[Arkana]

1400 for $70.

 

[chrispy3276]

500 points for spending $20+ on Hot Cross Buns over the next 2 weeks. Part of me wants to go 'challenge accepted', but damn for a single person household that seems like a lot

 

[Dr Ralph]

500 points for spending $20+ on Hot Cross Buns over the next 2 weeks. Part of me wants to go 'challenge accepted', but damn for a single person household that seems like a lot

I'd check the price of these before thinkng that $20 is a lot of hot cross buns.

 

[Aeryn]

I'd check the price of these before thinkng that $20 is a lot of hot cross buns.

Start at 2 packs for $7 (12 buns) of old school HCB, more for weird flavours. Even so 5-6 packs is obscene amount. Woolies have lost the plot on some of these offers, noting last week you only had to spend $15 on HCB still too much for a single person (or even 4 person) household, rare to have big families these days.

 

[blackcat20]

500 points for spending $20+ on Hot Cross Buns over the next 2 weeks. Part of me wants to go 'challenge accepted', but damn for a single person household that seems like a lot

They freeze well.

 

[Aeryn]

They freeze well.

Oh no!

Freezing any bread stuffs is a sure way to ruin them. Eat fresh within 2-3 days of baking (must be heated or toasted if not eating same day as baked) or dont bother.

 

[blackcat20]

Oh no!

Freezing any bread stuffs isa sure way to ruin them. Eat fresh within 2-3 days of baking(must be heated or toasted if not eating same day as baked) or dont bother.

they freshen up and toast just fine in the air fryer after being frozen.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

they freshen up and toast just fine in the air fryer after being frozen.

agreed, with loads of butter.

 

[Mr_Orange]

they freshen up and toast just fine in the air fryer after being frozen.

Or in the toaster.

Eat fresh within 2-3 days of baking

Let's be honest, Woolworths hot cross buns aren't exactly freshly baked the morning that you buy them and free from preservatives!

 

[Mr_Tee]

Oh no!

Freezing any bread stuffs isa sure way to ruin them. Eat fresh within 2-3 days of baking(must be heated or toasted if not eating same day as baked) or dont bother.

You do realise that the third party factories that produce HCB's for the major supermarkets make these things well in advance and then freeze them. They are in frozen storage for months before Easter. They are not baked fresh daily on demand and in store.

It certainly isn't like there is a poor baker in every supermarket making HCB's every night in store so they are freshly baked daily.

And they are so full of preservatives and other chemicals that they are unlikely to go too stale on the bench top at home in any time too soon.

 

[Mr_Orange]

agreed, with loads of butter.

Salted butter, at that

 

[Aeryn]

You do realise that the third party factories that produce HCB's for the major supermarkets make these things well in advance and then freeze them. They are in frozen storage for months before Easter. They are not baked fresh daily on demand and in store.

That may be true for the brand name pre-packaged ones, but the many Woolworths do in fact have an in store bakery and do in fact bake (even if from frozen dough) daily for the woolworths branded ones.

Im not really much of a bread eater, and on the rare occasion I do buy HCB get them from my local independent bakery who do bake from scratch small batches every day, preservative free.

Either way I stand by my position that $20 is an obscene amount of HCBs for a typical household and that freezing any breadstuffs ruins them. The freezing makes the starches go weird and the texture is never every the same as fresh bread. Now maybe the highly processed junk with preservatives and other weird additives is different., i wouldn't know as don't buy it.

YMMV as always.

I prefer to user my limited freezer space for things that do freeze and reheat/cook well afterwards.

 

[MELso]

And it's a lot of effort for 250 Qantas points...

 

[justinbrett]

That may be true for the brand name pre-packaged ones, but the many Woolworths do in fact have an in store bakery and do in fact bake (even if from frozen dough) daily for the woolworths branded ones.

Im not really much of a bread eater, and on the rare occasion I do buy HCB get them from my local independent bakery who do bake from scratch small batches every day, preservative free.

Either way I stand by my position that $20 is an obscene amount of HCBs for a typical household and that freezing any breadstuffs ruins them. The freezing makes the starches go weird and the texture is never every the same as fresh bread. Now maybe the highly processed junk with preservatives and other weird additives is different., i wouldn't know as don't buy it.

YMMV as always.

I prefer to user my limited freezer space for things that do freeze and reheat/cook well afterwards.

Maybe they make the bog standard ones in store in limited quantities (they probably couldn't keep up in the week before easter). Certainly the fancy WW ones are sealed so definitely not baked in store.