Tesco To Axe Workers

[spathiphyllum]

Figures such as nine thousand and fifteen thousand are being thrown around.

But don't worry. It's fine i tell you. Did you know employment is at a record high? Who'd have funked it.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/tesco-job-cuts-deli-counters-unemployed-nine-thousand-unite-usdaw-a8750501.html

[spathiphyllum]

I mean with the "some chef" comment lol

[naomi24]

I expect Tesco know how the bread is to be cooked.

[spathiphyllum]

LOL lets hope so ay ;)

[hc4361]

It's how the majority of 'fresh baked' supermarket bread is already prepared
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/7499470/revealed-how-some-supermarket-fresh-bread-is-made-in-france-and-ireland/

[spathiphyllum]

I guess making it all in one location saves the kitchen space in individual tesco's, also they can batch produce it, so less bakers. Shady business.

[hc4361]

It works for Lidl and Aldi, I have heard lots of people rave about their fresh baked goods. I love Asda's hedgehog bread which is cooked in the same way

[spathiphyllum]

Lidl freshly bakes their goods, i've literally seen it! That's why they're so delicious.

[spathiphyllum]

"Customers have been enjoying our in-store bakery range since it launched in 2011, and we're proud to offer such a wide selection of bread, biscuits and pastries. The range is prepared daily using specialist ovens and, with freshness and choice our top priorities, our store teams continue baking throughout the day. "


Maybe it is just Aldi and the others

[Rockrose]

So you accept what Hc says but not me!
Why?

[hc4361]

Maybe they do in your local Lidl, spath - they certainly don't in mine.

[spathiphyllum]

RR, we're debating cooking dough from frozen wheere we found ourselfs debating parbaked pre prepaired products.

HC provided an article to the sun explaining how other supermarkets do it. The sun articles says how the dough is part cooked before, or other wise known as, par baked.

[spathiphyllum]

Bread is often partially cooked hundreds of miles away before being shipped to stores and finished off in 'loaf tanning salons'

Like when you buy oven baguettes, or pre made croissants, they've already been parbaked to make it easier to bake at home.

[Rockrose]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370448/Fresh-baked-supermarket-bread-rolls-frozen-YEAR-old.html

[spathiphyllum]

"The products are often defrosted "

"Second baking"

[Rockrose]

Sorry but even when I have told you as a professional I bought frozen dough products you chose instead to be snidey
This is the last time I debate with you as you obviously have an issue with me.

[spathiphyllum]

RR you're arguing for the sake of it.

Would you ever make dough then use it to cook straight from frozen? No.

But, you would with par baked products. That i accept.

My comment at 16:58 should show you how i understand it being cost efficient for tesco now.

[spathiphyllum]

"as you obviously have an issue with me."

That may be where the issue lays, I have nothing against you at all, so you don't need to be so defensive.

Either you don't understand where i'm coming from, or we're simply massively reaching some miscommunication.

[gulliver1]

Well if Brexit happens with no deal ,there wont be any food to put on the Super market shelves anyway.

[spathiphyllum]

My point was, you can't cook a loaf of bread from frozen, your point was, you can cook frozen products.

The thing with the pre made products is, they're parbaked.

So yes they're frozen, but it's not dough anymore.

Cooking dough from frozen is hard because, as you know being a chef, it is not very conductive, so the outside would defrost and start to cook before the middle had even defrosted. This is why you can't cook dough from frozen, without it being parbaked.

[New Judge]

God, how much longer are you going to go on about frozen bleeding bread?

“It would still take a while longer, as dough isn't that conductive, so if it's frozen the outside would be cooked before the middle is even defrosted. “

I don’t think that will come as a great surprise to them, spathi. They have people who know about these things, you know, and don’t rely on internet forums to become informed.

“Online shoppers are killing the high street, slowly but surely.”

Not so. Online shops are rescuing shoppers who cannot buy what they want in the High Street.

“Do you think it will see more business for the little shops on high streets, like butchers, bakers , green grocers?”

What butchers, bakers and greengrocers would they be then? My local High Street comprises (in descending order of numbers) estate agents, coffee shops, hairdressers, charity shops, fast food outlets and restaurants. Fine if you want a haircut followed by a cup of coffee afterwards and you can buy a house whilst you’re waiting for the bus back. We have a large “Tesco Extra” at one end which actually increased some of the footfall in the High Street as it provides three hours free parking. Prior to that you had to fanny about with pennies and halfpennies feeding a meter or the machine in the inadequate multi-storey. Few people bothered as it doubled the cost of their coffee.

Tesco’s lost its way a few years ago when they turned large swathes of their floorspace over to clothing and electrical goods. My local branch is probably 30-40% in that direction. Their deli counters have been in decline and instead they prefer to dedicate a big chunk of the counter to “pick and mix” olives and slurry and another chunk to a machine roasting chickens (which make the clothes on the adjacent racks smell quite revolting). Until they get back to basics they will not thrive.

Anyway, as Gulliver says, we’re all going to starve after March 29th anyway, so it makes little odds.