{"id":62398,"date":"2019-10-15T01:44:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T01:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=62398"},"modified":"2019-10-15T01:47:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T01:47:42","slug":"panera-bread-fires-employee-posted-video-exposing-mac-cheese-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=62398","title":{"rendered":"Panera Bread fires employee who posted video \u2018exposing\u2019 how mac and cheese is made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The woman behind a now-viral video \u201cexposing\u201d how Panera Bread prepares its mac and cheese says she was fired from the company.<\/p>\n<p>The video, originally posted last week on the social media app TikTok with the caption \u201cexposing Panera,\u201d shows an employee drop a plastic packet of frozen mac and cheese into a boiler, cut the bag open and then pour its contents into a bowl.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apparently, this is how Panera Bread prepares the mac and cheese. (via TikTok) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jUv47TYBhm\">pic.twitter.com\/jUv47TYBhm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UberFacts (@UberFacts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UberFacts\/status\/1182742479931527168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The woman who posted it gives a thumbs up at the end of the clip. The video quickly drew criticism as commenters slammed the chain restaurant for selling frozen food instead of mac and cheese that is actually cooked in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSomeone said Panera is just hospital food and this proves it,\u201d one person commented.<\/p>\n<p>Some online users expressed that they weren\u2019t surprised in the least by Panera Bread\u2019s apparent food preparation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t get what she\u2019s exposing? Did people really think there was a chef hanging out in the kitchen of Panera Bread making their Mac and Cheese?\u201d one user tweeted. \u201cThis is literally how every fast food joint operates, don\u2019t be fooled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Backlash over the video didn\u2019t just fall on Panera Bread as the unidentified woman behind the video announced Friday on Twitter that she lost her job over it. \u201cLol i lost my job for this,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Panera Bread confirmed the video\u2019s authenticity but declined to comment further on personnel matters,\u00a0according to The Washington Post.\u00a0The company defended its preparation of the mac and cheese, the Post reports, which it said is a patently Panera product \u201cmade offsite with our proprietary recipe developed by our chefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is shipped frozen to our bakery cafes \u2014 this allows us to avoid using preservatives which do not meet our clean standards,\u201d a statement said.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The woman behind a now-viral video \u201cexposing\u201d how Panera Bread prepares its mac and cheese says she was fired from the company. 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