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Easy loophole for Subway

by ashconnor 3y ago

crazygringo 3y ago
I don't think Subway sells bread as a standalone item. (And I can't imagine anybody buying it.)
- MisterBastahrd 3y ago
  They do. $1 a loaf at some locations.
- mcherm 3y ago
  They didn't USED to offer it, but now they may choose to.
  - crazygringo 3y ago
    Oh wow -- OK, so then it's pretty easy to imagine that suddenly McDonald's, Taco Bell, Starbucks -- they all start installing little miniature baking ovens in the corner and adding a "fresh-baked bread roll" at the very bottom of the menu. If that's all it takes to avoid paying minimum wage?
  - fortran77 3y ago
    "The law specifies that you had be operating a bakery that sells bread on the premises as of Sept 15, 2023 in order to qualify for the exemption."
- FredPret 3y ago
  They're about to start!
- japhyr 3y ago
  Nobody would need to buy it. They'd just need to offer it for sale.
  - bhpm 3y ago
    When I was in college, the city where my university was located had a requirement that a drinking establishment had to sell food to have a liquor license. This meant that the local bar, which was actually a hollowed out house, had a menu which consisted of $20 cans of soup and $50 hot pockets. I was drunk enough to buy the hot pocket once.
- colonelpopcorn 3y ago
  I think some franchisees will sell day-old loaves for fifty cents. Some gen-x YouTuber was using it as a cheap food source in college back in the day.
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- kwhitefoot 3y ago
  Subway in Ireland lost a court case about VAT because the bread they sell is not bread but cake because of the high sugar content. Bread is VAT exempt because it is a staple food while cake is not.
  - crazygringo 3y ago
    Wow that's hilarious: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-rules-subway-bread-is-not-bread https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-ru... I'm actually shocked that Subway bread is ~10% sugar. Because it's not like it tastes sweet. It just tastes like bread. Not great bread, don't get me wrong. But I would have thought that a 10-to-1 flour-to-sugar ratio would be very, very noticeably sweet. But I don't bake bread so I guess I just don't know these things.
    - dessimus 3y ago
      Likely the high sodium content in the highly processed cold cuts and sauces balance out the sweetness.
    - kwhitefoot 3y ago
      Most of the bread I have had when visiting the US tasted sweet to me. Even my children (brought up in Norway and aged then between 5 and 15) complained that everything was too sweet.
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Easy loophole for Subway

crazygringo 3y ago

I don't think Subway sells bread as a standalone item. (And I can't imagine anybody buying it.)

MisterBastahrd 3y ago
They do. $1 a loaf at some locations.
mcherm 3y ago
They didn't USED to offer it, but now they may choose to.
- crazygringo 3y ago
  Oh wow -- OK, so then it's pretty easy to imagine that suddenly McDonald's, Taco Bell, Starbucks -- they all start installing little miniature baking ovens in the corner and adding a "fresh-baked bread roll" at the very bottom of the menu. If that's all it takes to avoid paying minimum wage?
- fortran77 3y ago
  "The law specifies that you had be operating a bakery that sells bread on the premises as of Sept 15, 2023 in order to qualify for the exemption."
FredPret 3y ago
They're about to start!
japhyr 3y ago
Nobody would need to buy it. They'd just need to offer it for sale.
- bhpm 3y ago
  When I was in college, the city where my university was located had a requirement that a drinking establishment had to sell food to have a liquor license. This meant that the local bar, which was actually a hollowed out house, had a menu which consisted of $20 cans of soup and $50 hot pockets. I was drunk enough to buy the hot pocket once.
colonelpopcorn 3y ago
I think some franchisees will sell day-old loaves for fifty cents. Some gen-x YouTuber was using it as a cheap food source in college back in the day.
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kwhitefoot 3y ago
Subway in Ireland lost a court case about VAT because the bread they sell is not bread but cake because of the high sugar content. Bread is VAT exempt because it is a staple food while cake is not.
- crazygringo 3y ago
  Wow that's hilarious: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-rules-subway-bread-is-not-bread https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-ru... I'm actually shocked that Subway bread is ~10% sugar. Because it's not like it tastes sweet. It just tastes like bread. Not great bread, don't get me wrong. But I would have thought that a 10-to-1 flour-to-sugar ratio would be very, very noticeably sweet. But I don't bake bread so I guess I just don't know these things.
  - dessimus 3y ago
    Likely the high sodium content in the highly processed cold cuts and sauces balance out the sweetness.
  - kwhitefoot 3y ago
    Most of the bread I have had when visiting the US tasted sweet to me. Even my children (brought up in Norway and aged then between 5 and 15) complained that everything was too sweet.

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