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Politicub

(12,163 posts)
68. God bless America!
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 07:35 AM
Oct 2019

I’m going to make some macaroni and cheese now. Reading about it so much is making me hungry.

Heated plastic against the fat of the cheese gets all of the chemicals into your tummy. Beakybird Oct 2019 #1
Sorry No ProfessorGAC Oct 2019 #70
Which chemicals in packaging plastic are soluble in cheese? jberryhill Oct 2019 #126
Yeah, maybe don't appear in a video called "Exposing Panera" in a company uniform LisaM Oct 2019 #2
Uh.... yes. CurtEastPoint Oct 2019 #4
OMG! What a concept! Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2019 #5
Yup customerserviceguy Oct 2019 #32
yep. a real Alfred E. Newman moment here stopdiggin Oct 2019 #103
You have to boil all the nutrients out of the plastic bag blugbox Oct 2019 #3
Better stay away from sous vide then Mosby Oct 2019 #9
sous vide obamanut2012 Oct 2019 #11
Sous Vide ROCKS packman Oct 2019 #41
Been looking at a sous vide... MontanaMama Oct 2019 #53
Sous vide eggs are revolting. nt a la izquierda Oct 2019 #71
Yes! Especially beef obamanut2012 Oct 2019 #83
People actually think they are back there making mac and cheese? hibbing Oct 2019 #6
Yeah, I Kinda Did RobinA Oct 2019 #10
I have a friend who works at a huge food service company hibbing Oct 2019 #14
...along with some very high-end restaurants. SeattleVet Oct 2019 #17
Yikes! RobinA Oct 2019 #18
Best thing to do customerserviceguy Oct 2019 #34
Alternatively Aussie105 Oct 2019 #50
Burger King does it after it runs through broiler dewsgirl Oct 2019 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author WestLosAngelesGal Oct 2019 #42
You want consistency across hundreds of store fronts, you Igel Oct 2019 #114
Their Soup RobinA Oct 2019 #7
If you think about it ripcord Oct 2019 #72
Kids - if you embarrass your employer on the Internet you may get fired. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2019 #8
Yup Sherman A1 Oct 2019 #13
What's the issue with frozen food? Codeine Oct 2019 #12
Exactly. I don't go to Panera for a fine dining experience. nilram Oct 2019 #20
frozen is fresher! Kali Oct 2019 #22
Certainly might be safer considering the state of some restaurants and or cstanleytech Oct 2019 #55
Boiling food in plastic does not make the food safer. To the contrary. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #86
Food grade vacuum sealing bags do not contain BPA jberryhill Oct 2019 #127
Yep. My favorite is people who think seafood is fresh, happybird Oct 2019 #28
Sometimes it's flown in Major Nikon Oct 2019 #35
my pilot buddy says they fly in fish all the time Skittles Oct 2019 #43
Flash frozen on the ship also kills parasites obamanut2012 Oct 2019 #84
Much of Virginia is within a couple of hours' drive or less spooky3 Oct 2019 #106
Do they catch a lot of cod in Virginia waters? jberryhill Oct 2019 #128
was the poster being literal re: only cod? & if she/he was, cod is caught in the mid-Atlantic, and spooky3 Oct 2019 #129
While I agree with you in principle customerserviceguy Oct 2019 #36
This won't stop me from eating it OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2019 #15
So if it's no big deal and all that, why'd she get fired? Coventina Oct 2019 #16
She was retaliated against for exposing their fraud. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #63
Agree. Their marketing strongly implies that they make everything spooky3 Oct 2019 #108
Because they recognize Codeine Oct 2019 #65
No, Panera recognizes many people don't want to eat boil-in-the-bag food. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #90
And it is true anyway, so treestar Oct 2019 #73
Their food is wildly overpriced and I dont doc03 Oct 2019 #19
Haha. I was waiting for the "half-sand" poster from that other thread miyazaki Oct 2019 #39
It's the half a sandwich diet! Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2019 #78
I went into once and left when I saw the prices Sapient Donkey Oct 2019 #135
Got food poisoning from their mac and cheese a few years ago, haven't eaten there since. Ace Rothstein Oct 2019 #21
Panera is ashamed of their food and wants to hide the truth. keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #23
All of the baked goods are baked from frozen dough, too. Politicub Oct 2019 #24
Hey! Aussie105 Oct 2019 #51
God bless America! Politicub Oct 2019 #68
Using pre prepped foods is good from a food safety standpoint Mosby Oct 2019 #91
I guess. It changed my perception of Panera when I learned how they don't prepare much Politicub Oct 2019 #93
I've never eaten there but I did check one out and was turned off by the prices. Mosby Oct 2019 #95
I didn't know that was their pitch! Panera is sneaky sneaky. Politicub Oct 2019 #96
"Free speech" does not mean free from consequence. n/t X_Digger Oct 2019 #25
Does Panera think we're dumb enough to think they blueinredohio Oct 2019 #27
Clearly customerserviceguy Oct 2019 #37
A lot of people initially couldn't even figure out what they meant by "clean" food. LisaL Oct 2019 #44
Sorta. They boiled it! SunSeeker Oct 2019 #58
Turn on your employer and see how far it gets you. Sneederbunk Oct 2019 #29
Yes, we must never speak the truth about our corporate overlords! SunSeeker Oct 2019 #81
and retain your job? stopdiggin Oct 2019 #104
Of course not! Only boot lickers need apply! SunSeeker Oct 2019 #109
there are whistleblower laws to protect employees reporting actual wrongdoing... Takket Oct 2019 #134
Brutal honesty doesn't always work. Igel Oct 2019 #116
Calling someone a "retard" is not "brutal honesty." It is a bigoted insult. nt SunSeeker Oct 2019 #117
She (hopefully) learned a valuable lesson Jake Stern Oct 2019 #30
The other lesson would be customerserviceguy Oct 2019 #38
Only use Tik Tok for cat videos. Glimmer of Hope Oct 2019 #31
The original Mueller's mac N cheese reecipe is still my favorite. It is not on the box you buy now dameatball Oct 2019 #33
BreadCo should have just owned it and moved on. Gore1FL Oct 2019 #40
I would be concerned about plastic particles being in it after they boil the plastic bag with it. LisaL Oct 2019 #45
Fair point. I'm contending they could make the argument for why they do it that way. Gore1FL Oct 2019 #46
It really isn't a good advertisement. LisaL Oct 2019 #47
Exactly. Instead, they retaliated against a whistleblower who exposed their fraud. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #60
+1 she did not even expose anything treestar Oct 2019 #74
People, people, people, mac and cheese is so easy to make. Start cooking at home. YOHABLO Oct 2019 #48
I'm disappointed in people who are surprised by this IronLionZion Oct 2019 #49
I prefer to be disappointed in the perpetrators of the fraud, rather than the victims. nt SunSeeker Oct 2019 #64
Fraud? Codeine Oct 2019 #66
Panera does not hold themselves out as a fast food restaurant. nt SunSeeker Oct 2019 #80
They may style themselves as desired, Codeine Oct 2019 #99
Yes, another lie by Panera. nt SunSeeker Oct 2019 #110
That's not a lie, really. Codeine Oct 2019 #113
On the contrary, you seem VERY forgiving of Panera. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #121
There's nothing for which I need to forgive them. Codeine Oct 2019 #123
Frozen isn't the issue. It's the misleading ads, suggesting it's made from scratch. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #136
Customers are not victims. Maybe the minimum wage workers IronLionZion Oct 2019 #69
The fraud is in their ads. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #85
It doesn't say it's prepared in the store LoveMyCali Oct 2019 #122
Pretty much what would be expected. Renew Deal Oct 2019 #52
It blows my mind that anyone would buy it. Aussie105 Oct 2019 #54
Mac & cheese is high in protein and vitamins mathematic Oct 2019 #82
I love good mac and cheese. Initech Oct 2019 #87
Agreed. Mac and cheese is revolting. nt Codeine Oct 2019 #101
If your doctor tells you that you don't get enough saturated fat, sodium, cholesterol, and refined progree Oct 2019 #115
As it should Polybius Oct 2019 #56
Panera is committing a fraud upon their customers suggesting they cook from scratch. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #59
Did they actually say they cook it from scratch to customers? Polybius Oct 2019 #61
That is the implication they make in their "clean food" ads. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #62
The quality of ingredients Codeine Oct 2019 #67
Silly is defending corporate fraud, and mocking its victims. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #79
It is made from scratch, starting with cheese. Codeine Oct 2019 #98
Well, everything is made from scratch by your definition. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #111
Which is why it's a meaningless term, Codeine Oct 2019 #112
The term has meaning and implications, you're just trying to redefine it into meaninglessness. nt SunSeeker Oct 2019 #118
They should be big enough to take it treestar Oct 2019 #75
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #57
This thread is hilarious! johnp3907 Oct 2019 #76
Don't tell Liz Lemon! Initech Oct 2019 #88
Their bakeries are all local to major metropolitan areas ArizonaLib Oct 2019 #77
Sure it is. Igel Oct 2019 #119
Not a question about profitability - but PR ArizonaLib Oct 2019 #125
Of course they use frozen, single-serving packaged mac 'n cheese. MineralMan Oct 2019 #89
Panera fraudulently implies you're not getting boil-in-the-bag food, when in fact you are. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #92
Well, they don't actually say that. Somewhere, there are wheels of cheese, MineralMan Oct 2019 #94
I watched the commercial. Codeine Oct 2019 #100
Friend, don't even bother anymore. People like their frozen crap in a bag. miyazaki Oct 2019 #107
But post 92 self-deconstructs. Igel Oct 2019 #120
I've got no problem with freezing if it tastes good but... Kablooie Oct 2019 #97
Prices Are What RobinA Oct 2019 #132
The boot lickers say she deserved to be fired? RandiFan1290 Oct 2019 #102
She should not have been fired. Codeine Oct 2019 #124
It was a deliberate attempt to embarrass the company Yeehah Oct 2019 #131
In the 1980s, they had frozen foods you dropped in water to thaw then serve. Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #105
My Sister RobinA Oct 2019 #133
Ahhh, so maybe only some people can taste the plastic. Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #137
What's the big deal about pre-packaged mac & cheese? Yeehah Oct 2019 #130
Panera is a ultra rarity for me. roamer65 Oct 2019 #138
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