Your first commenter's right - Starbucks contracts with local and national places to order certain pastries and have them delivered. Some places there are a couple different bakeries that make the place, and then a separate company does the deliveries.
I worked at Starbucks for a couple years, in different states and stores, and it was done different ways in each place:
1. Pastries were delivered midnightish (right around closing) or first thing in the morning (four-ish). Company would collect the plastic flats from the previous day and deliver the new ones. Loaves and bar-type pastries were frozen or refrigerated; scones and muffins and cookies and such were fresh. (This was at a high-volume store.)
2. Pastries were delivered a couple times a week, usually about midmorning. They were delivered the same as above, but all were subsequently kept in the freezer, and thawed previous to using. (A lower-volume store.)
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Date: 2007-12-16 05:24 am (UTC)I worked at Starbucks for a couple years, in different states and stores, and it was done different ways in each place:
1. Pastries were delivered midnightish (right around closing) or first thing in the morning (four-ish). Company would collect the plastic flats from the previous day and deliver the new ones. Loaves and bar-type pastries were frozen or refrigerated; scones and muffins and cookies and such were fresh. (This was at a high-volume store.)
2. Pastries were delivered a couple times a week, usually about midmorning. They were delivered the same as above, but all were subsequently kept in the freezer, and thawed previous to using. (A lower-volume store.)
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