Bread Delivery Service Wildgrain Is $40 Off Right Now

From croissants Bread delivery service Wild crops This was not supposed to be delicious. After all, they arrived in the mail. But they were still flaky, buttery, classic-flavored viennoiserie with a brown exterior and airy structure inside, still hot from the oven and just enough to shrivel under the subtlest touch.

Photo: Matthew Korfage

If they were delivered to my plate at a local restaurant, I’d treat these croissants as fresh-baked-from-scratch. And yet, just 20 minutes ago, these pastries were frozen solid. Two hours ago, they were in a delivery truck bound for my house.

Wildgrain has a concept both new and old: delivering fresh bread. It’s a monthly subscription service, offering a box of slow-leavened sourdough bread and pastries from any of 50 small bakeries across the country. Products are pre-baked, flash-frozen, shipped directly to your doorstep and ready to finish baking at home. In their way, they’re fresher than what you’d expect from a local bakery. Gluten-free and plant-based plans are also available.

The plans aren’t cheap at regular prices: $99 a month for a six-item box and $159 a month for a 12-item box. But right now these delivery boxes are on sale for the only time this year, according to WildGrain representatives. Enter promo code WIRED40, and Wildgrain will give you $40 off your first month’s delivery box (for six-item and 12-item boxes only). is also included Free croissants or Free gluten-free cookies Plus your Wildgrain box for life—as long as you order before November 23rd.

How the Wildgrain subscription works

A Wildgrain subscription comes as a monthly box, filled with four, six, or 12 items that can range from a whole loaf of sourdough bread or freshly made pasta to a pack of six donuts or four large croissants. Basically, you can Create your own box every monthChoosing between healthy sourdough or pasta and decadent pastries.

Frozen baked goods can be kept in your freezer whenever you need them—when the family stops by for a Sunday evening visit, say. Bake times range from five minutes (donuts) to 20 minutes (croissants, pumpkin biscuits.) Baked goods don’t have to be thawed before baking: you pop them frozen.

The reason this process works is because the bread is mostly already baked. Wildgrain contracts with small bakeries, although their identities were not disclosed, according to company representatives.