Flying Squid@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 8 months agoThe Story of Late Capitalism as Told Through Panera Breadwww.thenation.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down15
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minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoOh, did they stop baking bread fresh in the restaurant in order to circumvent the California minimum wage increase that was going to exclude them?
minus-squareClent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoThe article says they now ship frozen bread which is baked locally. This is in contrast to what used to be mixed on site. Like an actual bakery. Now it’s a fresh as subway, which also distributes frozen dough that is baked on site.
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoSubway also used to mix and bake on site…
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI worked at Subway in 1993, frozen tubes of bread dough we would pop in the oven. although I do remember my manager one day making a giant braided bread out of fresh dough.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoIt’s about saving money, but they didn’t say what prompted it other than corporate mergers.
minus-squareFroyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoWait, fresh baked bread is what made them exempt from California minimum wage laws.
minus-squareFroyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoI stand corrected. Looks like they cleared up the exemption for businesses that bake bread for sale on premises. https://abc7news.com/panera-bread-california-minimum-wage-newsom/14496645/
Oh, did they stop baking bread fresh in the restaurant in order to circumvent the California minimum wage increase that was going to exclude them?
The article says they now ship frozen bread which is baked locally.
This is in contrast to what used to be mixed on site. Like an actual bakery.
Now it’s a fresh as subway, which also distributes frozen dough that is baked on site.
Subway also used to mix and bake on site…
I worked at Subway in 1993, frozen tubes of bread dough we would pop in the oven. although I do remember my manager one day making a giant braided bread out of fresh dough.
It’s about saving money, but they didn’t say what prompted it other than corporate mergers.
Wait, fresh baked bread is what made them exempt from California minimum wage laws.
How?
I stand corrected. Looks like they cleared up the exemption for businesses that bake bread for sale on premises.
https://abc7news.com/panera-bread-california-minimum-wage-newsom/14496645/
Good to hear.