December 22, 2022· 49 min

What a Bakery Can Tell Us About the Economy Right Now

Ken Jarosch

Orality

Model

81%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,466 words)

M:93%

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,467 words)

M:94%

GuestKen Jarosch(5,507 words)

M:27%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic22%

literally, extremely, amazing

Engagement94%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, so, like

Repetition100%

know (123x), like (81x), it's (75x)

Parallelism88%

And I'm Joe Weisenthal...., But on the other hand, it mean..., And so, like, they're, like, c...

Sound Patterns51%

47 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases4%

i mean, the bottom line

Literate Indicators

Hedging10%

may, probably, relatively

Passive Voice2%

are then, been blessed, being produced

Abstract Nouns16%

investment, business, chase.com/business

Subordination6%

because, while, since

Sentence Length33%

Avg: 13.3 words/sentence

Word Complexity45%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style6%

868 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style83%

apply, family, hopefully

Description

We talk a lot about macroeconomic trends on the podcast. What's happening with inflation? Is the labor market too hot? Will there be a recession next year? On this episode of Odd Lots, we take a closer look at how one business is dealing with these economic trends right now, and what its experience says about the economy as a whole. Ken Jarosch is the owner of Jarosch Bakery, which has been operating in the suburbs of Chicago for more than five decades. He's been dealing on the ground with all the things we talk about on the show: supply chains, commodity prices, labor forces. We discuss how he sets pricing for cookies, cakes and donuts as input costs surge, whether he's hiring new workers today, and if he's seeing any slowdown in customer demand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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