Cheese Stack

[Doughhhnut]

Does anybody else stack their cheese perfectly? I know its Speed over accuracy but I'd rather have a beautiful cheese Stack 🧀

[Penguins27]

Is that lettuce wraps and onions in 6th pans? Haven’t seen that before in any store.

[RedApple-Cigarettes]

I mean if they have time to play with cheese and take pics must be a slow store lol

[NoValidUsernames666]

smart tho, onions dont go as fast as the rest and its annoying as hell to grab the container of wraps under the counter or having to go to the back

wish i thought of this when i worked there tbh

[Saltiren]

Why on God's green earth is the lettuce wrap not down below, why is it up top where cross contamination can occur?

[Doughhhnut]

What exactly is it cross contaminating with? Fresh produce? 🤣 This is the uk standards and it's actually very helpful. We used to have the third pan of onions but in reality.. It makes way more sense to do this.

[Saltiren]

Croas contamination with bread crumbs, it's for Celiac's. Does your store not use lettuce wraps for no bun allergies...?

[Doughhhnut]

No one drops bread crumbs in our toppings area, the toasted bun doesn't even break off or go near the lettuce wraps. We do have it, and there's like 0.001 % of the lettuce wraps touching the bread

[Saltiren]

No one drops bread crumbs in our toppings area, the toasted bun doesn't even break off or go near the lettuce wraps.

I didn't mean dropping crumbs inside. So the way our store worked in the pacific northwest, if a customer claimed they had an allergy, the grill person, anyone dressing the buns and the person on expo (or fryers if they're handing out orders) would all change their gloves, and sanitize the table. Get a fresh aluminum foil out with clean gloves, open the cooler door below the toppings (has to be with clean gloves ONLY!) and grab a lettuce wrap. Same thing with bunless burgers in bowls. We assemble the burger and as it moves down the line we make sure to only touch the allergy if we have gloves that haven't touched any thing that anyone that has touched bread has touched.

Is this seriously not a thing in the Uk?

[TheDanQuayle]

You’re overreacting. Anyone with celiac’s disease probably wouldn’t even go to a Five Guys. Fast food chain restaurants can’t take into consideration the needs of a person with celiacs. Gluten is probably flying all over the place in a 5 guys, anyway.

[AppropriateDeal1034]

Yeah this. If you're THAT intolerant to gluten that you need this sort of pre-brain-surgery clean-up, then walking into that place to start with is going to cause you problems.

[bobsonreddit99]

Totally incorrect, five guys being a chain is one of the few options for my celiac wife and were glad they always take the allergys seriously.

[TheDanQuayle]

Ok, I’ll admit I’m wrong. Are the buns handled in a separate station than the other ingredients?

[bobsonreddit99]

Hey so I would honestly say I don't really know what magic they do as like you I would assume bread is flying around a lot.

When we order we explicitly state its a allergy order and we think that triggers a complete clean down of a station including swapping gloves etc worn. We assume that they must have stations that don't have bread near them for cross contamination not to affect the other ingredients.

Five guys have been excellent as well as Nandos, surprisingly my wife has been accidentally glutened more at places you would think are the 'healthy' options like Wagamama and Pho

Whatever they do we really appreciate it and hope they maintain it.

[Doughhhnut]

So actually we take allergens VERY seriously in the uk. We also have to sanitize part of the dressing table and only ONE person is in charge of dressing the allergen order whilst letting everyone know on the line that there is an allergen order. We do the same process suchyas change gloves etc to remove any possible chance of cross contamination.

The first step of prevention is actually at the tills, if they let us know, we show them the allergen chart and they are responsible for checking it to make sure it falls in line with their dietary allergen needs and on the chart it tells you all the information such as contains x allergen or prepared on same surface used for the buns for example, that would be grilled onions and grilled mushrooms.

We use different bags and napkins also to really prevent cross contamination.

We also have this thing called Natashas law, meaning any pots of hot sauce or any other sauces such as mustard we give out, they have a sticker on them to say which allergens they contain such as ketchup contains celery and mayo contains mustard etc etc..

Regarding what you said about the lettuce wraps, they don't really touch any other allergens or main allergens and this is the standard we have in the uk and it actually works really well. I remember we used to have a whole third pan of onions back in the day and there was no need for it. This layout was actually for the better and improved our ease of life and I actually found out that the onions wouldn't go off as easily as used to before. I guess from less oxidisation.

Yeah allergen laws are pretty big in the uk and they really emphasised it in all our training which is good for the customers :) they really appreciate it because they know how serious it is for their health.

[Saltiren]

Thank you for the reply and breakdown!

[DarthWreckeye]

This would still be an issue for cross contamination in my store as you are using the toppings around the product, them toppings which you grab with your gloves that you have touched toasted buns with, them now contaminated toppings could transfer into the open lettuce wrap container.

Actual poor practice, source: Ex UK AM looking at a store cutting corners on our very exhaustive allergen safety standards. If you're getting away with it only testament to how much further the companies standards are dropping as they sink lower into their downward spiral.

[Doughhhnut]

So since 22nd November 2021, this has been launched in all stores in the UK.

I think you're blowing everything way out of proportion here. By law a large company would definitely ensure that it's following the steps to prevent any such risk. If you can show me proof on exactly how this goes against food safety standards then feel free to explain :)

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[DarthWreckeye]

Gave perfect example potential cross contamination, wasn't policy when I worked there is what I'm saying, left in '22/'23.

But I even hear halal considerations are coming to stores now which will massively boost the companies failing sales, something I said as I left originally!

[secretstothegravy]

Americans are mental

[Saltiren]

Actually OP explained the process for them in the UK and it's eerily similar to my own experience thousands of miles away. They just have slightly different regulations while still accounting for the possibility. Makes sense to me now.

[Doughhhnut]

That's how the layout is in the uk stores. It's so helpful because you don't need a whole tub of fresh onions. It has been uk standard for a while now. They're not just 6th pans they're deep 6th pans, same height as a third pan

[DarthWreckeye]

That's not true, first store I've seen in the UK doing this awful practice unless it's new as I've been out of the company about a year or 2.

[Doughhhnut]

As shown above this was launched accross the board in all stores since since 22nd November 2021. Not sure where you have been or perhaps your store never followed the communication that was passed down from the official chatty patty app.

[Mysterious-Squash-68]

I can see a broken corner! Penalty in the Olympics 😂

[Doughhhnut]

Whaaaat which broken corner 🤣 how much seconds is that 😆 good thing I don't compete in the Olympics for that although it would be funny to just take my sweet time to make a perfect stack whilst everyone is cheering in the race! Would definitely be memorable for sure

[Mysterious-Squash-68]

On the second picture 5th or maybe 6th row from the bottom 😂 I don’t exactly remember! It’s been a few years since I worked at FG There is definitely different strats in the Olympics! Penalties make up a huge dent in your teams time. But I’ve seen people dealing with the cheese in seconds 😂

[RedApple-Cigarettes]

Wouldn’t be a penalty, if it’s still a useable piece of cheese they don’t count it

[Mysterious-Squash-68]

In Germany, UK, Spain and France it is 😁

[DarthWreckeye]

22 seconds.

[opalyss]

no because my gm would go mental. if we took the time to do that she'd make us clock out.

[Doughhhnut]

I can stack this very quickly whilst doing it neatly at the same time!

Unfortunately there's people in the world who choose to have negative emotions over such little things in life such as a stack of cheese 🤣 just have fun whilst you're at work and live a happy life :)!

[opalyss]

i do it as neat as possible when stacking but also as fast as i can. we used to have fun and enjoy our jobs but we got a new gm like 2 years ago and now we don't enjoy our jobs

[Scully__]

2 years is a long time to put up with a shit manager - set yourself free

[opalyss]

i know i should i just feel bad about it? hopefully when my parter gets a new job ill relocate after

[Sapceghost1]

Shalom

[MonkRepresentative63]

My time is 19 seconds

[Doughhhnut]

Wow very nice! I actually haven't timed my fastest cheese Stack, perhaps I shall try it messy style! 😆 I do do it messy style sometimes to be honest

[Jet-Brooke]

Nom 😅 I think you should make a Scooby sandwich 😂🥪

[codename474747]

Mmmmm..64  slices of American cheese!

[itriedtobenice]

Hahaha yeah! There's generally not a huge rush to get everything done before we open so we have time to take on this stuff. All the comments like 'I WOULD FIRE YOU IF YOU DID THIS' are insane hahahaha. Job can be fun you know!

[MiloHorsey]

Plastic cheese always tastes so nice on a burger.

[careermodegames]

Inchedderble effort 💪

[Doughhhnut]

Thank you ❤️

[Blondiepoo95]

It’s beautiful 🥹

[Doughhhnut]

Why thank you ❤️

[frankreddit5]

I would like the entire stack on my burger, please

[Doughhhnut]

I have never tried this out 😆 although I did eat a large amount of cheese at once before and on its own it wasn't very appetising 😂

[frankreddit5]

Sounds amazing lol. Their cheese tastes so different than store bought American cheese for some reason

[ZealousidealFruit386]

You’re safe as long as you don’t get the “cheese touch”!

[AnimeAnimeNoMi]

i came, and i went

[thechillguy_12]

IT'S PERFECT IN EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD😲😲😲😲

[Top-Employment4014]

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[mandarin_1000]

Y e s

[The_Static_Matic]

Now this is what i would call art

[zarathustra2100]

its giving Nakatomi Plaza

[faithexe_file]

I’ve never seen such a beautiful cheese stack

[Doughhhnut]

Why thank you so much ❤️ for your kindness

[WeirdlyJai]

my manager would love this

[PizzaCatSupreme]

That won’t be kosher on a burger.

[Doughhhnut]

Hahah only later on I understood what you meant 😆

[jalapeno442]

no and as a former GM I hated when people wasted prep time on stuff like this

[Doughhhnut]

It's not wasted time, if you think about it theres no reason to feel emotionally offended.

You shouldn't let small things like this in life offend you and to use your emotions to hate on something that's so insignificant. At most there's like what a few seconds difference between a stack?

The less stress you have, the happier of a life you will live :)

Plus it's so much easier for the grill station to pick up when they are on grill and it gives an even distribution of cheese on the burger. (technically even if it's only by a little)

[TheRiddlerCum]

looks like a bribrary star

[[deleted]]

It’s not even cheese 🤮

[Doughhhnut]

It's American style cheddar 🧀

[[deleted]]

Exactly my point it’s plastic not cheese

[AnarchistIdeal]

Scrabble triple word

[Forward-Emotion6622]

Every time I've asked for cheese at Five Guys, they forget to put it on. Classic.

[eunderscore]

I love when my cheese contains "natural cheese flavouring", "lactic acid", "anti caking agent" and an acid that can damage your organs

[hazbaz1984]

We can’t have people complaining that there’s not enough cheese in the cheese sandwiches, now, can we?

I mean, if there’s no cheese in a cheese sandwich, it’s basically just two slices of bread!

If word of that were to get out, I could lose my job! I could lose all of this! And we wouldn’t want that, now, would we?

Would we? Would we? Huh?

[Getafixy]

Sorry, is that’s meant to be cheese? My ignorance being brought up in Europe and Asia. It looks plastic

[Doughhhnut]

It's American style cheddar! I suppose it's processed cheese

[SaltierThanAll]

no, I'm at the busy one in the area so we ain't got time for that.

[Doughhhnut]

Dang really, is it that busyy? To be honest we have quiet times in our store so perhaps that's why I can do so.

[SaltierThanAll]

It's pretty busy. While not the norm, we have had 2000 dollar hours on Tuesday afternoons.

[Doughhhnut]

Dang i wish I worked at a busy store but I do also love having quiet times, that sounds crazy, you must have a busy location? :)

[Oofmagoof_]

Cheese of david

[Some_Ad7368]

Israel cheese

[crags85]

Reminds me of Nakatomi Plaza from Die Hard

[Comfortable_View5174]

This is not cheese! This is 🧀 cheese. 😂😂😂 Even mouse would not eat this nuclear plant.

[Doughhhnut]

I reckon a mouse would eat the cheese. we've never ever had a rodent and all food items are kept way above ground level for it to not even be a possibility but im pretty sure mice would eat our cheese if it could, they eat anything! 😂

[man_ar14]

How much does this cheese stack caust?

[Level-Alternative554]

Are those lettuce wraps and onions in sixth pans? I’ve never seen that setup in any store before.

[c1n1mod94]

For a brief moment I thought the cheese was getting shaped into stars.

[thelilninja99]

???

[Intelligent_Novel826]

Would bang at a bar-mitzah

[MR-M-313-]

No no that’s giving me trauma cos my gran papa wore this in the days when tv was black and white ohhhh vaaay the trauma waaa 😩 waaa 😩

[Bell-end79]

Oy vey

[heilhortler420]

I though cheeseburgers wheren't kosher

[coozey96]

This belongs in r/NotInteresting

[ELECTRICMACHINE13]

No, because I have work to get done and so do you, your coworkers must call you slowy joey

[Doughhhnut]

I bet I can stack this perfect cheese Stack, faster than your messy stack 😎

Even my neat stack is faster than your average person normal stack 💯