A not-genius move from Einstein.

Stopped in to my neighborhood (Diversey/Sheffield) Einstein Bagel today, which I do every so often (but not for a couple of months I guess) to pick up my "reliable standby" sandwich there, a nova-on-bagel. (I think they actually do a decent version of this, or at least decent enough.) To my amazement, the personable young lady at the register said, "We don't carry lox anymore. It's a supplier issue." I asked how long this had been the case, and she said "two months."

Okay, free-association test. What's the very first word you think of when I say "bagel"? "Lox," maybe? How can a place called Einstein Bagels not have the lox to go on the bagel? What's more, if a "supplier issue" really is the problem, how can a place called Einstein Bagels not solve this problem for two months and counting?

Just wondering if this loxlessness is system-wide, or confined to my location. Anyone else encounter it?

In fairness, when I think of Einstein's, I don't think of bagels . . . though I'll admit they sell round bread with holes.

still on the menu on the website...

BR wrote:In fairness, when I think of Einstein's, I don't think of bagels . . . though I'll admit they sell round bread with holes.

In my head, this will be the new LTH banner quote until I see a better one. It wouldn't be very nice to actually make it the banner quote, but in my head, it will be.

This is what happens when you manage your business poorly and only have 1 approved supplier on a given item. Total amateur hour.

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BR wrote:In fairness, when I think of Einstein's, I don't think of bagels . . . though I'll admit they sell round bread with holes.

I take your point (and enjoy it!), but their nova/creamcheese, er...sandwich...filled the bill for me. (You could do a lot worse in the neighborhood.) So let's call it "round bread with hole in the middle" instead of bagel; I still want to get to the bottom of the outrage that is Novagate.

I've never been to the Diversey/Sheffield Einstein's, but the one at Clark & Deming could be my least favorite "restaurant" in the entire world. Every time I (reluctantly) go in to pick up a couple of things I leave in a near rage from one stupid thing or another.

Bottom line - no amount of incompetence would surprise me coming out of this company. I'm sure one day they'll run out of cream cheese too.

Einstein Bros. Bagels will close 11 Chicago locations on Tuesday, the company confirmed Friday afternoon.

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150220 ... -locations

Maybe they're still having lox supplier issues.

Talking amateur hr, went to a bar last Friday pm that was out of wine. Even worse, while I was trying to get the bartender's attn, he was busy downing shots w/his co-workers, one of them being the manager that told me.

Damn. One of the closing Einsteins is the stupid Diversey/Sheffield one I wrote about. I guess I care not only because of the people that worked there, but also because I'd rather see an Einsteins there for our sporadic visits than a vacant storefront. But maybe someone will open the next culinary hotspot there. Yeah, that's the ticket.

My preteen girls love the Bagel Bites. I liked their 'everything' bagel as it was really crusted with 'everything'.

I was actually excited when I saw the Diversey/Sheffield one closing, since it means maybe something good will take its place. It's a great location, and the inside probably doesn't need too much work to turn it into something decent. I imagine the only downside would be they probably are asking for a high rent.

riddlemay wrote:Damn. One of the closing Einsteins is the stupid Diversey/Sheffield one I wrote about. I guess I care not only because of the people that worked there, but also because I'd rather see an Einsteins there for our sporadic visits than a vacant storefront. But maybe someone will open the next culinary hotspot there. Yeah, that's the ticket.

hey, that neighborhood is already a culinary hot spot compared to what it was when I lived there 1995-2005. Back then there wasn't even a Potbelly. Or a DMK burger bar or any of the other new restaurants that have popped up. When I lived there your only options were Subway, Penny's, Pane and Pompei.

shakes wrote:

riddlemay wrote:Damn. One of the closing Einsteins is the stupid Diversey/Sheffield one I wrote about. I guess I care not only because of the people that worked there, but also because I'd rather see an Einsteins there for our sporadic visits than a vacant storefront. But maybe someone will open the next culinary hotspot there. Yeah, that's the ticket.

hey, that neighborhood is already a culinary hot spot compared to what it was when I lived there 1995-2005. Back then there wasn't even a Potbelly. Or a DMK burger bar or any of the other new restaurants that have popped up. When I lived there your only options were Subway, Penny's, Pane and Pompei.

Maybe so compared to its past, but take a look at neighborhoods around it such as Logan or Wicker Park and there's not much comparison. Maybe it's that a lot of mediocre places can thrive in Lincoln Park, so there's less of a will to do better?

at washingtonpost.com, Eli Rosenberg wrote:The German family whose holding company owns controlling stakes in companies such as Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Panera Bread, Pret a Manger and Einstein Bros. Bagels profited from the horrors of the Nazi regime, according to a report in a German newspaper.

The tabloid Bild, one of Germany's most popular papers, reported that Albert Reimann Sr. and Albert Reimann Jr., whose family backs JAB Holdings, had significant links to the Third Reich.

JAB Holdings is a privately-held conglomerate that has investments in a wide portfolio of global companies, among them Peet's Coffee, Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pepper-Snapple. It acquired Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, which owns three national bagel chains — Einstein Bros., Noah's New York Bagels and Manhattan Bagel — in 2014.

The report found that Russian civilians and French prisoners of war were used as forced laborers in the family's factories and private villas around World War II, when it was involved in chemicals-related manufacturing mostly for the food industry, according to Deutsche Welle.

Family that owns Krispy Kreme [Panera Bread, Pret a Manger and Einstein Bros. Bagels] admits its Nazi past, says it will donate $11 million to charity

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Family that owns Krispy Kreme [Panera Bread, Pret a Manger and Einstein Bros. Bagels] admits its Nazi past, says it will donate $11 million to charity

Kudos to the family even if they had nothing to do with the sins of their fathers.

Personally I never liked Panzera Bread, Pret a Mourir, or...Einstein Bros. products. Can't get much more ironic though. Einstein being a Jew who helped end WWII by practically inventing the a-bomb.

Einstein Bagels
7119 North Ave, Oak Park

I don’t remember when they closed, a while ago.

Bruegger's Bagels
1118 Lake St, Oak Park

Closed around a year ago.

I guess Oak Park isn’t that good of a market?

In some ways, it is already too late for apologies or compensation. But there is still great value in requiring companies to reckon with the past. The value of a corporation lies precisely in its responsibility for its own history. A corporation maintains ownership of assets even as ownership of the corporation changes hands. It maintains ownership of its liabilities, too.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/opin ... -ios-share

MKL wrote:Einstein being a Jew who helped end WWII by practically inventing the a-bomb.

As it turns out, none of Eintein’s scientific work was used in developing the bomb. The one helpful thing he did was allow his name and signature to be used on a letter to FDR by fellow physicist Leo Szilard.