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Old 06-13-2024, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
Lenders USED to be a bagel bakery bagel. Before they became nationally available and were just a local New Haven bagel bakery. This is going back 50 years, not 30. 30 years ago they had Lenders restaurants and they were okay, but nothing like the Lenders bagels that I grew up with. At that point, you could get a half-dozen frozen Lenders in the supermarket. 50 years ago you couldn't.
35 years ago before we left NY they were available in supermarkets in packs of 6. They were the bagel of last resort,