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On average, this is probably about '''half''' of all the food they make. {{p|Estimate based on:<br /><br />~ Extrapolation from general food waste statistics.<br /><br />~ Observations from dumpster divers.<br /><br />~ Unpredictability of customer demand, from one day to the next. {{x|Anyone who worked in a bakery can confirm that some days are really busy and some days are slow, and you can't always predict ahead of time.}} To compensate for this, as a "safety margin", bakeries probably bake about 2x as many goods as they sell.}} | On average, this is probably about '''half''' of all the food they make. {{p|Estimate based on:<br /><br />~ Extrapolation from general food waste statistics.<br /><br />~ Observations from dumpster divers.<br /><br />~ Unpredictability of customer demand, from one day to the next. {{x|Anyone who worked in a bakery can confirm that some days are really busy and some days are slow, and you can't always predict ahead of time.}} To compensate for this, as a "safety margin", bakeries probably bake about 2x as many goods as they sell.}} | ||
===The economics favor this wasteful practice because:=== | ===The economics favor this wasteful practice because:=== | ||