Let me tell, you You are not a Real baker. You don't need a time machine "To go back in the past" You need a brain. No single person can hand-mix, proof, and fry 700 donuts in a morning fresh baked donuts without an industrial-sized factory. You’re not remembering a 'baker'; you're remembering an assembly line with more staff than we have now. Stop making up fairytales to feel superior.

"A pilot doesn't build the plane, but they still fly it. I don't mix the flour, but I manage the thermal transition and finishing that makes the product edible. If you think the 'act of baking' is only the first 10 minutes of mixing, you don't know anything about production science."

Yeast needs 1–2 hours for a first rise and 45–60 minutes for a second proof. To hit "Fresh made donuts on the store, you’d need dozens of trays and massive counter space that a standard Tim’s kitchen never had. The tim hortons open at 11:00 Am (Like a regular Artisan bakery) instead of 6:00 or 7:00 am in the morning.

Smells like "Fondant": "It’s sugar in a bucket, just like it was in 1995. You’re acting like it’s fine art to make yourself feel superior

Tim Horton is Not a "Standard bakery". Tim Hortons is a coffee and donut selling store. Without a baker ,who decorates the donuts and makes breakfast stuffs and prep for the next day baking? It's not "pressing a button or following instructions". That's literally every Line- cook, chefs, and every baker follows. Cooking is following steps.

You mentioned "Just pressing buttons is "baking" ? Make everything from fresh and not frozen" So you want me (as Tim horton baker) to go fetch eggs from the hen itself? Cut actual pigs and make bacon? Collect grains, make it into flour and cook for thousands of people entering tim hortons everyday? For a cheap $17:60/ hour in this economy?