Food hacks - Bread tie color

The section on Food hacks in the 43 Folders Wiki has this bit of knowledge:

"If you don't like to freeze your bread for maximum freshness, it'd be helpful to pay attention to the ties on your bread packages. They tell the dates the bread was baked: Monday - Blue, Tuesday - Green, Thursday - Red, Friday - White, Saturday - Yellow. --lure 25 Mar 05"

Could this possibly be true? Why don't they bake bread on Wednesday?

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