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Grilled cheese debate put to an end. Packaging says warm butter side down. (i.redd.it)

submitted by starbucksbarist28

Poyal_Rines 54 points 1y ago

You answered your own debate.
Always been butter side down
Either way still makes a mess and the hot grease can be used as a weapon

Necessary_Low939 3 points 11m ago

I don’t think it was him that was questioning it yesterday.

FlowerCurious581 46 points 1y ago

Ok I see yours come frozen ours do not so it’s a different wrapper, I will post the one at my store

starbucksbarist28 [OP] 31 points 1y ago

Oh lowkey I forgot fresh stores existed, maybe it’s different between the two? I can’t imagine why they’d do that when the company based everything on standards.

FlowerCurious581 10 points 1y ago

Just the paninis are fresh, everything else is frozen

starbucksbarist28 [OP] 9 points 1y ago

Ohhh, weird. I’ve been to fresh stores but have never got paninis there, I bet they’re so much better than the frozen ones.

laurthegr8 9 points 1y ago

my store has paninis & the grilled cheese in our fridge. i always warm butter side up bc it gets crispy and looks v appealing lol

Pylon-Cam 1 points 11m ago

Breakfast sandwiches and protein boxes are fresh as well!

amalia13lightning 1 points 11m ago

The packaging says the same thing.

TRoseee 1 points 11m ago

It actually does not. There are instructions.

FlowerCurious581 0 points 11m ago

The wrapper at my store doesn’t say the same thing actually

PartyAnything3408 17 points 1y ago

after two years at starbucks i’ve been at a new store for 3 weeks and learned this three days ago. finally “crispy” grilled cheese makes sense

Necessary_Low939 2 points 11m ago

I said this in another post yesterday where one had the same question, they said that’s not the way to make it and it’s crispy regardless. Lord. People are so hardheaded

PartyAnything3408 2 points 11m ago

butter side up makes it softer which I prefer but butter side down makes it golden brown and crispy

Necessary_Low939 3 points 11m ago

This guy was just saying standard is butter up and that he can do no wrong. He was saying all his coworkers are wrong. Like I get it, u can enjoy ur sandwich however u want and of course there is no correct way, but there is a standard way.

Assiqtaq 8 points 1y ago

There was another sandwich with butter on one side only, but that one said butter side up. I can't remember what the sandwich was though, can anyone help? It has been driving me up a wall.

causeiwontsing 6 points 1y ago

The pork shoulder thing

Assiqtaq 2 points 1y ago

YES! The pork shoulder thing!

noeyoureatowel 1 points 1y ago

Smoked brisket!

starbucksbarist28 [OP] 1 points 1y ago

Old food* sorry I can’t type

starbucksbarist28 [OP] 1 points 1y ago

I do know there was a different grilled cheese build years ago, like in 2014. It could have been the old one?? I’m not exactly sure! I’ll look they the only good cards when I work

Assiqtaq 2 points 1y ago

No, it was a pork shoulder sandwich, within the last two years or so. Thank you to u/causeiwontsing for answering!

starbucksbarist28 [OP] 1 points 1y ago

Ohh, was that an everywhere item?? I don’t remember ever having those?

Assiqtaq 1 points 1y ago

I honestly have no idea.

Glum-Art8962 7 points 1y ago

whatever side it lands on y_y

Necessary_Low939 2 points 11m ago

I used to be like that 👀

valtheghostie 4 points 1y ago

I know what the package says…but my heart (and future burns on my skin) says no

Old_Specific_1233 4 points 1y ago

same with the food cards!! 💕

changbinsomnia 3 points 1y ago

i did it once.. it toasted way better than it did if you put it butter side up. i dont like our grilled cheese.. but if im on foods & someone gets this.. buttered. side. down.

ravenousbloodunicorn 3 points 1y ago

WBSD

Purgatory-Maybe 3 points 1y ago

THANK YOU

starbucksbarist28 [OP] 2 points 1y ago

OF COURSE, it’s been driving me crazy. You can literally even look the standards up on the recipe cards or partnerhub.

Agreeable-Ad7225 2 points 11m ago

Good thing I’m illiterate

Necessary_Low939 2 points 11m ago

I needa send this to that kid who keeps claiming that butter side up yesterday in the Starbucks forum. He keeps saying his coworkers are wrong and that he’s right. I doubt he will listen anyway, he was getting negatives in the comments and he still stand his ground. Like relax geez.

BatWeary 2 points 1y ago

*screams into the void*

i was on dto the other day and my SM asked me what side you warm the grilled cheese on. i said butter down, bc that’s what it says on the LITERAL PACKAGE. apparently my DM told her it’s butter side up?! 😭 idk if my DM told her she likes it butter side up and it was interpreted wrong or what, but it’s been driving me wild

starbucksbarist28 [OP] 1 points 1y ago

Oh my gosh! That’s so weird, it’s a constant debate at my store between my manager and older partners. The older partners swear it’s butter side up, but obviously the packaging says otherwise. But It’s also a constant fight on this page. I just do what the instructions say. Personally I don’t think someone going to Starbucks is expecting an amazing grilled cheese so I don’t think it’s THAT important but why create a label that says so if it wasn’t the case?

cody_1849 1 points 1y ago

To be honest, majority of the stuff corporate tells us is bs. Sure butter side down may make it crispier, however they didn’t once think about how we can get injured due to it. I’ve had more hot butter burns than I can count cause you gotta move fast for dt times. Putting it butter side up makes sure that you’re not gonna get burned.

Plus, I want the butter in my grilled cheese, not partially on it and the rest floating around on the paper.

Also this is not a hill I’m willing to die on, out of all the stupid things we all debate over, this is probably the one I care the least about. If you catch me on warming, it’s gonna be butter up. But if I catch you doing it butter down, I don’t care enough to say anything. Just get the sandwich out the window lol.

darklordnickel 1 points 11m ago

It’s said that on the package since they launched the sandwich…. Why does no one pay attention to ANYTHING!?

Snarfungus 1 points 11m ago

standard has always been butter side down but i’ve burned myself one too many times doing it so i cook them butter side up

Fun-Reference3618 1 points 11m ago

Duh… it’s supposed to be crispy - butter side up would definitely be soggy

shipssiren 1 points 11m ago

Yes, it makes it waayyy more crispy than side up.

Pylon-Cam 1 points 11m ago

Didn’t realize this was even a debate — of course they’re warned butter side down.

godskrimp 1 points 1y ago

no.

EliMinivan 1 points 1y ago

My store doesn't have these, are they good? People come in looking for them all the time

RedOrangeYellowGreen 3 points 1y ago

So delicious. Unreasonably amazing

starbucksbarist28 [OP] 1 points 1y ago

They’re actually pretty good, best fast food grilled cheese out there in my opinion!

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LoreMasterJack 0 points 1y ago

I told you….

Necessary_Low939 1 points 11m ago

It wasn’t the same guy that posted the question yesterday

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