I’m also a former professional pastry cook and once worked in a restaurant where part of my job was to supply the kitchen with fresh loaves of sandwich bread ... patches of flour are left ...
However, the ingredients to make a single loaf of bread -- flour, yeast, salt, oil -- typically average under 25 cents. Not to mention you can customize your loaf to fit your dietary needs.
Both were fresh and hot when we got it. The sandwich bread was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, so how a good sandwich should be. The Cuban tamales are not served with sauce like ...