As costs rose nationwide, La Segunda in Tampa, Florida, had to figure out how to keep 140 employees across three bakeries afloat
Last modified on Sun 28 Aug 2022 09.09 BST. It’s a Cuban bakery where the loaves are scored with palmetto fronds and reach 36” in custom ovens. Between the longstanding traditions and myths that shape the place, the owners that span four generations have never seen prices rise as they have in the past year.
By the time the pandemic reached Tampa, construction ground to a halt, so he took a second job. Then, he took a third. Twelve hour days bled into fifteen hours. Soon, Mitchell left construction completely to keep pace with the 10% increase in rent and 7% in food alongside childcare. Across the country, the cost of rent, food and housing grew exponentially this past year. Nationally, the cost of inflation hovered around 8% according to theBut along the Gulf of Mexico, Tampa dwarfed the national average, often by three points. While tourism revenues ballooned, low wages stagnated. Insurance rates rose as jobless claims alongside evictions and property taxes edged towardfor many residents.
“I think what we do is kind of a dying art,” More said of producing that much bread by hand. “It’s just difficult. You’re on your feet. It’s hot. It’s manual labor. It’s repetitive labor.” Loaves of dough rest in a proofer at La Segunda’s location in Seminole Heights, Florida. The bakery set up a retirement program for its employees.on Nebraska Avenue in Seminole Heights is where Nancy Hernandez’s hope to build a food pantry began in 2007.
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