Michael A. Terrell wrote:
PrecisionmachinisT wrote:
Dollars to doughnuts the jobs that were "lost" to the wonder bread shutdown
will shortly be offset by increased employment at smaller, local bakeries
who put out a higher quality product. that's baked on a twice daily basis,
and who don't have excessive layers of dead weight in management and or
shareholders they have to answer to.


Twice daily? That wouldn't pay their overhead. They need to be up &
running around the clock. 'Local bakeries' might be able to supply a
few supermarkets, at best.

Guess he thinks that the mom/pop places will fill the void. There is NO
POSSIBLE way that they can.

One of the few outfits that has survived so far is a place in Herkimer.
They have 12 employees and distribute to maybe 10 stores. Each store
gets about 20 loaves of bread and a few bags of rolls and cookies 3
times a week. Now if I take just ONE store as an example (say the local
Hannafords) They sell on average 70 loaves of bread PER DAY. I have gone
in on Friday nights and seen the entire rack sold out, that is bread
from at least 20 different brands. That includes the store branded stuff
as well as the big names.

BUT if you look at the Heidelberg bread it is usually only missing a
loaf or two. WHY?? The stuff costs about 5 bucks for a loaf that is half
the size of the normal loaf.

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Steve W.