Ever worked at Pret/Panera/APB - soups/bakery?

[Anonymous]

The soups and baked goods -- are they sent to the stores pre made and just reheated there?

Or are they actually cooking pots of soups in the back? I kind of wonder - bc they don't taste like canned soups, but I also think -- how many pots of chicken noodle can be simmering all day long?

[Anonymous]

Never worked there, but I imagine they're made in house, refrigerated, and heated and served within a day or two.

[Anonymous]

At least at APB, and I would imagine at Panera, the soups are made in an off-site location and transported to individual stores and heated there.

[Anonymous]

Panera is reheated.

[Anonymous]

When I am in Panera, I see the workers slit open plastic bags and pour bags of soup. They have a warehouse on Rte. 1.

[Anonymous]

I fee like I've seen the big bags of soup in ABP too and I can't imagine pret is different. Takes a long while to make soup and those places never run out of anything on a given day; which means to me that if sales of lentil are up one day, they just ask their employees to open and heat a few more bags.

[Anonymous]

You'd be surprised what they DON'T make in house. I was surprised even the steel cut oatmeal at Panera is made ahead and packaged in plastic to be microwaved. It feels a lot less healthy to me knowing it was microwaved in a plastic bag.

[Anonymous]

All those places make their soups at a warehouse, seal them in vacuum bags, and then deliver them to the stores to be reheated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I am in Panera, I see the workers slit open plastic bags and pour bags of soup. They have a warehouse on Rte. 1.

Yup. I was so disappointed when I saw this.

[Anonymous]

I worked at Panera. Soups arrive at the store in plastic bags, frozen. They are dropped into a boiling water bath to heat. Once they are hot, the bag is sliced open and soup is poured into the warmer.

Nothing is made on- site at Panera. The bread is baked fresh daily, but it arrives pre-made and frozen. The baker just puts the frozen product in the oven to bake.

[Anonymous]

Never worked at any of them, but I've always assumed that nearly everything is made at some central location and distributed to the stores for reheating & serving. It's too consistent to be made by different people each day/place.

[Anonymous]

I just saw Panera keeps the plastic liners in soup warmers and serving. I always buy soup in Panera never knew hot soups are served from plastic bags.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All those places make their soups at a warehouse, seal them in vacuum bags, and then deliver them to the stores to be reheated.

Yup. Sealed in plastic bags. Enjoy those microplastics folks!

[Anonymous]

A lot of places use central or ghost kitchens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All those places make their soups at a warehouse, seal them in vacuum bags, and then deliver them to the stores to be reheated.

Yup. Sealed in plastic bags. Enjoy those microplastics folks!

It doesn't matter. Our ability to reduce our consumption is minimal