It's pleasant to have a lunch bagel and cream cheese, but sad to note the passing of the Bakers' Dozen in response to the rise in minimum wage in Michigan. Price of the twelve is up as well.
Another tradition falls victim to the march of time. Don't do donuts, but I will have to check at the bakery next time I'm there to see if they've taken away the bonus as well.
Not sure the minimum wage has anything to do with it. Here (just outside Philadelphia) the Manhatten Bagel place has raised its prices each year (but we still get a baker's dozen) using the cost of flour as an excuse one year and energy costs this year. They are up to 79 cents for each bagel.
The local Philly soft pretzel baker (about three miles from the bagel place) used to sell a real soft pretzel for 50 cents and kept that price for three years. Until last month when they DROPPED their price to 25 cents. The soft pretzel is as large as the bagel, boiled in lye compared to water for the bagel and they are both then baked.
Seems that two new soft pretzel bakeries have opened up nearby. The bagel store owner is just as arrogant as ever, his family connections have led to government sales and the employees have trouble counting to
13 or 26 correctly.I keep hoping for bagel competition!
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