Panera: Not as “Natural” As You Think | Corporate Casket

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Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Go to http://hellofresh.com/casket16 and use code casket16 for 16 free meals plus free shipping! Sign up for our Patreon to support what we do! https://www.patreon.com/iilluminaughtii Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Panera Bread is supposed to be a healthier option in a sea of fast food. But then, why is their food frozen? Are the sky-high prices really a fair price to pay for their obvious greenwashing? Plus, how can Panera justify their 100% turnover rate and abysmal treatment of employees when their legacy was built on forced labor? Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii’ Sources: https://justpaste.it/cfehn Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali Z-B This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Trauma- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Electronica Punch- Oleksandr Koltsov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Study top mac and cheese.
0:02.0	Start with 100% clean ingredients.
0:05.0	Like Vermont White Chettering.
0:07.0	Then add bacon, barbecue chicken, or bahobland.
0:11.0	Catering and delivery now available.
0:13.2	Panera. Food.
0:14.2	Who doesn't love a good mac and cheese, right?
0:16.9	Imagine one with that cute shell pasta with tangy aged white cheddar cheese.
0:21.2	Maybe you have it in a bread bowl with some bacon bits on tap and yeah I've made myself a bit hungry.
0:26.7	But let's say that you don't have the ingredients or the effort to cook it. It's not like there are any
0:31.6	fast food places that can just make that for you, right?
0:34.9	Well you'd be in luck because Mac and Cheese is one of the things that Panera is actually known for.
0:39.7	They're a step up from McDonald's fast food, but a step down from an actual sit-in restaurant.
0:44.4	Better yet, they claim to be sustainable with clean ingredients and a transparent menu.
0:49.6	And no, I don't mean a menu you can actually see through or is giving you very Y2K vibes but one that intends to remove anything artificial from their food.
0:58.0	Never mind the fact that their ingredient list for an orange scone is a mile long, Panera has good delicious food with values more wholesome than their whole grain bread.
1:06.0	Well, kind of. But this is the image they want to present to the world. But is it the truth?
1:12.0	Bro look at this dude.
1:14.0	Wait till you see the...
1:17.0	A couple years ago,
1:19.0	an alleged employee at Panera made a viral Tik-Toc
1:22.0	showcasing Panera's frozen food.
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