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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12541208

Panera Bread is exempt from following one of California’s newest laws, according to multiple reports. The new law will raise fast-food workers’ minimum wage to $20 per hour and will take effect beginning April 1.

The new law doesn’t recognize places that operate “a bakery that produces for sale on the establishment’s premises bread” as fast food, according to the law’s text.

Why the line was drawn at bread remains unclear.

However, Newsom pushed for the exemption, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. One of the primary beneficiaries of the exemption is Greg Flynn, a billionaire and longtime Newsom donor who has two dozen Panera Bread locations in California.

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[-] CheezyWeezle@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Apple pies aren't bread per the FDA definition of "bread", see here:

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?CFRPart=136&showFR=1

These places would need to start producing full loaves to meet that definiton

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Baking a loaf once a day isn't all that hard especially if you just bought a bread maker. This could easily be like the era before internet porn where porn stores would have some regular books in the window.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

It's a state law. It's the definition there that matters.

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