Bakery chain fires employee over viral TikTok video of mac and cheese

A US bakery chain recently fired one of its employees, who shared a now-viral Tik Tok video showing off how a mac and cheese is cooked up at the restaurant. A video shared on the app, TikTok clearly showed zero efforts put by the employees to serve the chain's signature dish. Pre-cooked dish wrapped in plastic sheets The video showed how the employee heats up the pre-cooked dish wrapped in plastic sheets, and serves it on the platter for consumption. The employee was fired soon after the video went viral, and even ended up on the local news channel. The employee later revealed her fate on Twitter. lol i lost my job for this video https://t.co/0Ao8a4revN — Bri (@BriiRamirezz) October 11, 2019 Read: Late Night Food Hangouts In Delhi For Those Midnight Cravings Read: Best Food In Bangkok: Top 'Thai Cuisine' Dishes You Must Try The video is claimed to have left many loyal diners of the chain feeling disappointed and shocked about the pre-packaged food. However, the food chain hasn’t issued any statement or reaction in response to the viral video or the firing of the employee. As a matter of fact, most of the fast-food chains have been caught preparing food in a similar manner. As long as the restaurants are clean, the practices behind the scenes aren't typically a secret. Read: Street Food: Check Out Some Great Places To Savour Delhi's Street Food Apparently, this is how Panera Bread prepares the mac and cheese. (via TikTok) pic.twitter.com/jUv47TYBhm — UberFacts (@UberFacts) October 11, 2019 Twitter reacts While most of the Twitter users responded in an angrily towards the preparation method used, others declared that they would no longer eat at the chain. Maybe most of the food YOU eat Seeing this puts an end to me going to Panera. I barely did anyhow, but now that I know everything is packaged I'm done. This is why Americans are fat, unhealthy and dying of cancer and heart disease. Too much meat, dairy and processed foods. — Chris Brown (@therealchrbrown) October 11, 2019 Once I accidentally swallowed a piece of plastic from @panerabread Mac and cheese and it got lodged in my throat. — Alicia Smyth (@asmyth_erau) October 11, 2019 Read: Popular Lucknow Food: 5 Dishes All Foodies Must Try In Land Of Nawabs

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Bakery chain fires employee over viral TikTok video of mac and cheese

A US bakery chain recently fired one of its employees, who shared a Tik Tok video showing of how a mac and cheese is cooked up at the restaurant.

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