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From WBNS 10-TV:
Columbus Wonder Bread Bakery To Close In May
The Wonder Bread bakery located just north of downtown on North Fourth Street will shut down operations and cease production by May 9. Interstate Bakeries Corporation (the parent company of Wonder Bread) said that local developments, including the decline of bread purchases, prompted the latest round of closures.
I’m going to miss that smell on 670.
And let me add it is terrible that people are losing their jobs.
That’s the first thing I thought of too! Then I thought that makes me a bad person for not thinking of all the people who are going to lose their jobs.
Closing down because it’s not equipped to make all-natural bread. Eating healthy kills jobs! ;)
You two aren’t the only ones. My first thought was of missing the smell, too. But I hate to see anyone out of work right now.
that is terrible.
Maybe ARMS Properties can buy the building and partition it into warehouse loft condos. Call it Wond-iza!
I’m certainly sad about people losing their jobs. But Wonder Bread is what’s wrong with America.
That is tragic.
With all those ovens, though, it gives me a different idea for how that space might be put to good use….
Perfect venue for the next pizza grand prix…. finally a way to keep all the pizzas hot!
How so ?
New lofts for artists or anyone for that matter?? Could maybe tie in with the campus of art schools they are building across the street.
Hey Kyle E. Use this building for your “create a business, live for free” concept that you’re working on.
Mass produced, barely nutritious, empty calories, ultra processed, fake food, lazy food. Of course that’s just my opinion.
Noooooooooooooo I love the smell!!!! When my son attended St. Joseph’s montessori I loved the smell. Even now, downtown from time to time you can smell it!!
Yea but they make a good whole wheat.
You know I would have to counter with the people that buy it thinking it is good for you. If they can’t read lables it’s a shame but not all things are bad in modaration :) It’s also not just wonder bread that makes things that are bad for us. You know how many people eat lean freezer meals and think there ok . lol In the end it’s peoples choice what they eat.
This is awful news. This is maybe my favorite smell in all columbus. :( :(
And if wonder bread is the biggest thing that you can think of wrong with this country, then we all must be in pretty great shape.
btw anyone scope out what kind of odor is coming from the kroger bakery on cleveland ave? any comparison?
No, you’re right. People should eat what they want. But I see Wonder Bread as responsible for the homogenization of the American meal that our nation is just finally overcoming. 50 years of kids ate this dreck instead of the hearty, nutritious breads of their grandparents.
Cheapness, shelf stability and uniformity are not qualities I put at the forefront in good food.
Evidence to support your contention please.
just because this bakery’s closing doesnt mean that everyone is going to start hand baking bread on stone hearths and become some new breed of “master bread artisans” or some crap. People will still eat wonder, or schwebels, or kroger brand, or whatever, because of the value of the price for the quality you get.
if that doesnt jive with you than go bake your own from the wheat you grow out in your field, mill it, and bake it up like our forefathers. thats your prerogative and you can enjoy bread as you wish. this is america. :)
I’m not sure what you want evidence of – my opinion that Wonder Bread is junk, or that Wonder Bread has been around for a long time?
Evidence of this sort is anecdotal – American culture in general was dramatically homogenized during the post WWII era – traces of ethinic food specialties, breads foremost among them, were ghettoized to ethnic bakeries and import shops. Baking was outsourced to a factory rather than done at home.
I’m not looking to start a debate here, just offered my opinion. And I’ll restate that I’m terribly sorry for the people who will lose their jobs. But if there is less Wonder Bread on the grocery store shelves, I’m not going to shed a tear.
Wow.
That was kinda my point, I’ve noticed you’ve been prone to what I like to refer to speculative hyperbole. Completely outrageous and outlandish statements not supported in the least with evidence. This was yet another example. You claim you’re not trying to start a debate, but when you drop a ridiculous-bomb like that one, you are.