How Junior's Bakes 5 Million Cheesecakes During A Cream Cheese Shortage | Big Business
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- New York cheesecake institution, Junior's, has been slinging out towering slices since 1950. But in recent years, the company has faced pandemic closures of its restaurants, skyrocketing ingredient prices, and a cream cheese shortage.
We visited the New Jersey factory to see how Junior's third generation is keeping tradition alive amid shrinking margins.
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How Junior's Bakes 5 Million Cheesecakes During A Cream Cheese Shortage | Big Business
His refusal to change the recipe is the most important takeaway. So many foods these days just don't taste right because of fillers
Not to mention the size difference
If you have a good thing why rock the boat?
@@MistressGlowWorm Usually by the third generation they don't have that heart in the company and simply want to squeeze money out of their new cash cow, frequently ruining the business, this guy seems different.
Yup totally, I have so much respect for him for that
If it ain't broke, don't fix it! 🥰✌
I'm sorry for causing the shortage by eating all the cream cheese
You animal! ... how could you be so selfish 😢
You monster!
😂
Arrest him 😌
this guy here officer
Kudos to the man. He does not budge, unlike many, and he would not change the recipe. A good recipe is so precious. We still keep Great-grandma's recipe for bean stew (it smells divine despite only adding some fried red pepper, flour and spice) and tomato sauce recipe. We make about 250 jars of it each autumn and every time it is gone by same time next year.
its relatively easy to get through hard times when you are selling a product that have been already selling itself for decades. Customer loyalty is really insane in USA when its about certain products that kinda represents the American identity as far as i can see from outside of it. And i've met many Americans valuing a well-made batch of cheesecake like they value a bald eagle :)
Recipe pls???
This reminds me of my great nana’s cream puff recipe. It’s been passed down four generations now.
@@lazymoon2392 idc if a cheesecake is good enough to make you orgasm if its gonna double in price over a shortage i can go without lol
@@TFLUFFY. u a wise person my friend.
I worked 7 years for a company in Sanford Fl that makes cheesecakes from August to mid December the plant runs 7 days a week, pushing out an average of 135,000 cheesecakes a day they have 5 mixers that are bigger than two refrigerators they mix the crust in mixers that you could stand up in and not see over the top
Here are some examples of things they use
48,000 lbs of flour in 2 days
48,000 lbs of sugar in 3 days
24 pallets of cream cheese in 1 day
Teşekkürler sağolun arkadaşlar
It's mind-boggling to think farmers produce so much food - day after day, month after month.
@@ROGER2095 yeah exactly, and to think it's only for a single cheesecake plant...
That's a lot of Cheesecake.
I love how enthusiastic this man seems to be about his family business. Those cakes look really good! I love that he has kept the original recipe. Call that a respect to our elders.
Nah he sounds like he’d be terrible to work for, sounds closed minded and thick headed
Dude looks like he’s making a lot of money yet complaining about prices, he should be paying luxury prices for luxury foods.
@@TheOriginalSubscriber you sound like you'd change the recipe in a heartbeat. and the credibility and history of Juniors would soon diminish from that.
all I heard was him complain about prices his parents didn't had to pay back then (inflation), hes just lucky he can work for his already established company from his father. yall blind and either you have to grow up or you don't realize how the world is turning
@@z-7918 sorry that you see it that way. Sometimes when we are feeling negative, we only pick up on stuff like that. Hope the inflation is not hitting you hard. Stay strong 💪
❤😊
I had my first Juniors cheesecake when I was 4 years old. I’d never had a cheesecake before and it made me love them. I hope you continue to do well Juniors. Much respect for keeping the recipe and not changing it.
Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!
@@AN-jw2oe I thinks it's a light sweet
To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.
@@MarkasTZM let people eat what they want to eat. cheesecake or not, if they like it, let them be ffs
@@TheBootyWarriorUnstoppable thanks!
Damn the fact they in supermarkets is definitely what saved them during COVID-19. I’m from Brooklyn and anytime it’s a holiday I always go grab a cheesecake at juniors. It’s my mother’s favorite. Downtown BK has changed and renovated a lot over last 10 years but nobody can touch the original juniors on dekalb and Flatbush ave. 👏🏾
That's a great CEO. He is so invested in the company, he knows the process and the people. How it always should be.
My god I’m hungry now. I think I went into a trance every time they showed the filling being dispensed.
I’ve never been to Junior’s but I’m glad they are weathering rough times and keeping a family business going.
I wanna have one of those strawberry cheesecakes fer dinner pleeze!
They employ hundreds
I have heard of Junior's before.It's actually on my list to eat at when I go to New York sometime. The cheesecakes do look good, some of them. I am more found of the chocolate ones. I wonder how they are compared to the Cheesecake Factory cheesecakes? The Cheesecake Factory makes some epic cheesecakes.
I feel you brother.
Terrible comment.
I’ve only tried juniors cheesecake twice and that’s when I found them in Costco. I’ve never been a fan of cheesecake until I tasted that one and it’s literally the best thing I ever ate for desert. I bought 2 of them and ate them all by myself. I still dream of that cheesecake
Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!
@@AN-jw2oe nooo it’s just right. I’m mostly carnivore so I don’t like too sweet
To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.
@@MarkasTZM I never ate because it’s from New York I just tried it cause I never really liked cheesecake and wanted to give it a shot. And honestly it became my favorite but I’ve never been to New York but now I want to try and authentic one. Where should I go.
@@smithmonroe I love your post!!😆 now I really really want to try one of these specifically.
If you want to try one of the kind that this other poster is talking about just get a cheesecake made with ricotta cheese.
That's the difference, Ricotta cheese.
If you find a restaurant or bakery or place that makes the cake with ricotta you will be experiencing what MarkasTZM is speaking about (or as close to it as you can get)👍🏼
Great behind the scenes footage. Thanks for uploading these types of educational videos!
I work at Whole Foods, and we sell a vast majority of products as Junior’s! We sell their carrot cakes, red velvet, cheesecakes, and chocolate fudge cake (sometimes when we get that one in). A fun fact about the strawberry/raspberry swirl cheesecakes. To do the factory swirl, they asked the employee with the most unique swirl to replicate it with technology that copied the template of that swirl exactly through a computer to replicate it for the machines.
They then fired said employee as they were no longer needed...
Wow what that is so awesome 😂
@@seththorpe8460 Exactly, and for sure that person was one of many hand swirlers of the production line that he has no use for now. He comes across as the typical pompous blow hard that cares about nothing more than widening his profit margin way before loyalty to employees that have been loyal to him and were a massive factor in how those cheesecakes became "famous". Smh 👎
To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.
@@seththorpe8460 Exactly.
Great to see Gob Bluth finally left the magic behind to focus on the family business
You expect a guy in a 5000 dollar apron to pay 3 bucks a pound for cream cheese?! Come onnnnn
bzzzzzz
I’d never had a cheesecake before and it made me love them. I hope you continue to do well Juniors. Much respect for keeping the recipe and not changing it.
We need a Junior's here in Idaho! I love the fact that they've remained true to their recipe. My Grandmam always said "Never, ever skimp or take shortcuts on a good recipe. It just ruins it."
*IF YOU DONT THINK THEY FOUND WAYS TO REDUCE COSTS, DO YOU WANT TO BUY A BRIDGE? WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT SOMEONE TO SAY? WE CUT COSTS BY DOING XXXX*
Would love one in Idaho. We get them shipped a couple times a year lol.
@@PostUp_TimeDo you wanna calm down a bit, buddy? He’s just saying an innocent and true fact.
Juniors is the only cheesecake I've ever spent money on to have them shipped to me. And they were absolutely delicious.
I wish there was one near me
@@THEHORSELOVER235 I wish I was in the right continent. And my country isn't bankrupt.
@@troll2637 srilanka or Pakistan?
@@zhinkunakur4751 Sri Lanka.
how did a cheesecake without a crust taste? 😄
I still use my grandmothers recipe. She gets a long pan and puts down a graham cracker crust. She then makes her cheesecake. She bakes it about 40 minutes and pulls it out. She has sour cream, some sugar and lemon juice mixed together. She tops the cheesecake and puts it back in the oven. Once it is done you not only have to let it cool, it is best served when it comes out of the fridge ice cold. With a sour cream topped cheesecake, you don't need to top it with fruit or anything else. There is never one piece left after a family reunion and last time we made 4 of them. Cream cheese in Ohio is about $1.59 for two bricks, 8 ounces each.
can you share how you make it - details please - thanks
sour cream cheesecake sounds awful. in fact i bet your family cheesecakes really gross
@@MsXynex cream is naturally a little sour due to fermentation you dumbfuck, it tastes sweet because we add sugar to it.
@@MsXynex sour cream cheesecake done right is amazing, however it does take some skill to do it right
To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.
3:36 "we don't do jiggly, we do juniors" 💀
Alan seems really proud of his families work and his business, never had their cheesecake before but will have to try one now.
Definitely a unique cheesecake. Love the fact that the base is sponge cake (not graham crackers...although equally delicious). I've made the Junior's classic cheesecake recipe with the strawberry topping. Lots of steps but worth it.
As I don't live in US, I want to try and make that cake myself once too. It look so fluffy and good
Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!
To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.
@@MarkasTZM Don't hold back on your opinion. I'm sure you'd disagree, but everyone I know -- including my pastry chef friends -- refer to what you're describing as Italian cheesecake (Torta di Ricotta) and it often contains fruit or candied fruit. It's native to Italy and made all over the world, even NY. Millions of native New Yorkers eat cheesecake, and they get it from Junior's, Lindy's (now closed, RIP), Eileen's, etc. I know this because I lived in NYC and still have family there. So pull up a chair, take a chill, and enjoy yourself a nice piece of creamy NY cheesecake made from Kraft Philadelphia cream cheese. It's delicious.
Wholy shit only 2 pounds of cream cheese and almost 2 cups of sugar!? I use 2 pounds of cream cheese in my recipe but only 1 cup of sugar!! Plus I add 1/2 cup of sour cream, that's what makes it extra creamy! 🧡🤗✔
I had juniors when i went to new york and I have to say it lived up the hype, it was totally worth every penny.
Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!
@@AN-jw2oe it’s not too sweet, that’s the best part ;)
To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.
@@miaomiaou_ thank you!
As an Englishman these whole cheesecakes are still about 5x larger than we typically have in the UK and the individual portions are 3x. This video reminds me of my trips to NY. Such a great city.
Like the German said, it's a whole meal. And he wasn't even talking about the cheesecake slice with a milkshake served under it!
I loved it when the chef said. I will never change the recipe.
Thank you for staying "true" to your amazing product. Thats when you know its not just about money, its about pride in product. WE ALL APPRECIATE YOU! This is sooooo rare now days.
Jr's was the first cheese cake I ever had at age 9 in 1994 mine was strawberry still my favorite flavor though I also love Caramel turtle cheese cake and Carrot
I’m a purist, too. I think the different varieties overpower the flavor of the cheesecake.
Wait u wer 9 in 94 wtf lol
@@alessandroromero5693 so what?
@@maxh4651 lol wats good doggy u didn't like wqt I expressed or wat
@@alessandroromero5693 yea keyboard warrior thats why i said the words “so what” to you. What are you confused about
Hope he's paying them enough to demand a "tough worker ethic"
PROFITS SROPPED 6%!!!!
The robots seemed to be very happy to have the opportunity to work for him! And yes, i could see the difference between a happy bot and a unhappy bot with both eyes opend!
@@JimboJuice FOR REAL! Some people don't understand how incentive for running a business works lol.
@@yaboikwebin9677 I know, thats a whole 3 less yacht trips.
@@yaboikwebin9677 How would he run his business without cheap illegal alien labor?
They are legit. No trip to New York is complete for me without at least one stop for lunch or dinner at Juniors. And the cheesecake is the best.
Hello Alan we are really pleased you are continuing with your grand father's recipe❤️.
It was great to the whole process from start to finish as we both love mouthwatering cheesecake 😋.
Greetings from 🇬🇧 Beth and Simon ❤️🔔🙋👍
My mother used to throw political fundraising breakfast at juniors and they would gift her with cheesecakes to take home.
Simply the best cheesecake you can get.
Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!
3:26 he seems pissed that he can't sign-off on the internal temp being safe just by eyeballing it
“They take food temperatures for safety, but I can see- with my eyes” Truly the quote ever
Dude had a few sayings that I bet the employees have to hear 10x a day
He did. I'm now under the impression that he doesn't believe in food safety and has been fined for negligence before.
I guess he's boasting how he have seen these cakes for millions of times since he was a kid that he knows wether they are cooked or not
"Juniors Strawberry Cheesecake" is an unforgettable experience. One slice and you're in for life. I moved from the area 17 years ago to N. Carolina and I actually order various cakes from time to time. No one does cheesecake better!!
I don't even like cheesecake or strawberries. But I would tear into that strawberry cheesecake, looks amazing!
A profit loss of 6% on $110 million? Yea I'm confident he's still doing just fine personally...
Of course the owner is. While the workers earn minimum wage being eaten in to by inflation.
WOW! Their whole cheesecakes start at $60 USD each, or $95 AUD. that's CRAZY prices. Nearly double the price we'd pay for similar cheesecakes here in Australia. How can Americans even afford them at those prices?
We can’t. Even before inflation started to hit such highs, a lot of people were in debt. Anecdotally, it seems that a lot of people start to lose grasp of the weight that debt has and they start to get comfortable. Comfortable enough that they often make frivolous purchases, such as an expensive cheesecake, even when the money isn’t there.
Lmao that's a whole week of groceries for me. I'm sure the cheesecake is amazing but that's way too expensive.
@@nobodycares6817 same here in Australia and NZ. I expect the same happening in Europe a d other countries too. Its not just isolated to the US, although your inflation is a lot higher than ours right now.
I mean you generally share a cheesecake between people.
If u want it you'll find a way
I just bought my first Junior's cheesecake from Publix this week. Now I understand why it was so small. I didn't think about the impact of inflation on their production but I completely get it now. I should have known since we ran out of cream cheese in this part of the state and the price of eggs has gone through the roof! Though I still prefer buttery graham cracker with NO cinnamon on the bottom of mine, I can respect keeping the recipe as it was created. This is still, by far, the best cheesecake I've ever had.
How much for 1 cheese cake please
This guy knows his business inside and out. And he seems to care deeply. Business is business and he does what he's gotta do to stay afloat.
Why in the Hell would anyone want to hack a cream cheese producer? Of all the things they could have gone after...
Think it was more about attacking kraft
They are very Krafty
It was a ransomware attack. Something gets into a business IT system and locks up all their files and databases etc - company can't do business for long if they can't do their accounting or ordering or accept orders. Then the hackers send a message for the business to pay a ransom - millions, sometimes - for the hackers to provide a code that will unlock everything. So it's very lucrative.
The most bizarre thing about it is that most of these ransomware hackers seem to be pretty "ethical" extortionists - nearly all the time, when a business has paid up, they get their data back. However, like any kind of ransom, law enforcement is telling businesses to not pay these ransoms. If you have good backups and good IT people, you should be able to get your data back. Then again, if you had really good IT people, it'd be less likely for the attack to succeed in the first place.
So don't click on random email attachments, people! And don't pick up random USB drives you find lying around outside the office and plug them into your office PC! (Yes, I worked at one place where some security testers left 8 USBs lying around outside, and 7 of them got plugged into office PCs. This convinced the bosses to allow us to prevent USB devices from being read on most PCs.)
Some people just want to watch the world burn..
Any company where constant up-time is valuable is a good target. the product doesn't matter, just the fact that downtime is costing someone thousands of dollars makes it an opportunity for ransomware.
Brooklyn native here. By far the best cheesecake ever. When I was pregnant, I lived off of their salmon, mashed potatoes and pancakes. Shipping a cake to myself for my birthday this year.
Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!
To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.
😊😊
This was so good I went online and ordered a cheesecake just in time for Thanksgiving!!! Ty!!!!
Yesterday TH-cam showed me a video on how to make Philadelphia style cream cheese at home. We are too reliant on things that are made for us, instead, maybe we should be making some of this stuff ourselves.
Amen.❤ I'll be making my own cheesecake thanks. We purchase tons of processed foods because we work too much. But we work too much because we purchase tons of processed foods. Its a cause and effect pattern. 🙄 Ignorance is bliss.
I've had it numerous times and it's good. Very basic and very good.
Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!
@@AN-jw2oe not on the sweeter side. Costco is way sweeter. It's like they are cheap with the sugar and gave it enough so it's considered dessert.
Had first Junior's Cheese cake YEARS ago. Fabulous.
Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!
Juniors sucks
Ah, I was JUST telling a friend about Junior's - I remember the night I discovered them in NYC just off Times Square - amazing!
This here is an incredible example of how to successfully modernize, you don't replace all the humans so you don't have to pay them, you use technology to make the amount of work you want done actually doable. Then you give your employees everything they need financial & benefits wise so they want to show their value and work to your standards. It's crazy but these folks are aware of how lucky they are to even have a non gig based job right now.
This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20.
Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God.
Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!
I’ve actually ate their cheesecake. They are very delicious! 😋 😍😍😍
@Arpad Toth so what as long as you don't eat them everyday
@Arpad Toth soft
Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!
Love the fact he won’t change recipe! Support this company :)
“We don’t do giggly, we do Juniors” 🗣Talk that talk hunni!!!
Golden Girls fam, where you at?!
What do blonde chicks have to do with cheesecake?
@@DavidWilson-px9rj Honey..
Impressive how long they have lasted. God, I miss cheesecake so much. I have a double whammy of gluten and lactose intolerance, so I can never try one of these amazing cakes without pain and suffering. I might at least see if I can find them in my local Stop & Shop, since he mentioned them as a retailer.
you can try a gluten-free vagene cheesecake. not the same thing but there must be good recipes out there that should scratch the itch.
Im not sure if they easy to come by where you are but my mother is lactose intolerant and has a pill she can take when she's invited somewhere that doesn't have many vegan/dairy free options. Has come in handy for a few events she's been to where you'd expect more variety but yeah it works.
There’s lactose pills. I pop em when I’m inviting cheesecake to my belly 😅
You can get a pretty decent dupe with coconut based cheesecakes.
@@chupawup4517 I have tried the pills before, but I think my lactose intolerance is different from the conventional. I do have prescribed medication for it, but it can still hurt despite it.
Been going to Juniors for almost 50 years. It’s still great.
A locally owned and operated Mexican restaurant is harder to come by after the pandemic than it was before!! I waited tables for a Mexican rest off and on over a 15 year period. Never have I seen him disappointed with his food because of the cost of everything from delivery charges to plastic to go bags. But especially bacon. He buys very thin cut cheap bacon for pollo ala crema. I feel bad for him, his food has always been muy bueno!! Prayers for all business owners etc. Especially population like Ukrainian who face many many hardships not just supply shortages.
What a chill guy
I love Juniors. I’ve eaten in the Brooklyn and Times Square restaurants many times. I always bring international visitors to Juniors. And love that they ship (or I can buy it at Costco). 😋
Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!
Was lucky to get one as a gift from a friend, it was absolutely the best I ever had!
Going to buy one now!!!!! Keep it up!!
I never ate cheesecakes 🎂 but what I like the most is the attitude of the owners of this company.
I gained 5 pounds just by watching this. So delicious 🤤
A juniors cheesecake has been ordered off Amazon of all places, for me I know lol. I do not intend to gained 5 pounds I’m only having one slice amongst friends. Free marketing for juniors cheesecakes . 😝
It's great to see their ability to adapt. They make great cheese cake too!
one word for all such owners/chefs/makers - passion!
I’ve realized I’ll watch anything insider posts
I just ordered 2!!! They will be here Wednesday and I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So lucky! I live in Canada and unfortunately they don't deliver here.
Hilarious. Your gonna love them even more seeing this. Lul.
why would you wanna have a cheesecake baked several days ago? just go to a good cafe and get a fresh one
@@lex-is9ge Not everybody lives near a cafe or bakery that bakes cheesecake. Where are you supposed to go if you live in rural Montana?
@@kartofle123 I'm so sorry😭😭😭😭
I live 15 minutes from their factory and they have an outlet retail store where you can buy all kinds of cakes and cheesecakes that are slightly imperfect for such cheap prices and it's soooo good!! You can get a 10" cheesecake for $9!! The slight imperfections are cosmetic only, like a few crumbs from the crust might get on top, just a few crumbs, I can deal with that!! Lol!!
Yep, it all comes out the same! XD
I grew up on Junior..Best cheese cake in the world..I only eat Junior cheese cake for the last 40 years..I haven't meet any better cheese cake in the world..keep up the good work.
I order online since moving out of state .... Strawberry is number 1 for me 😍 I wish they never closed their Boca Raton location, but I can understand.
If the cheesecake is so damn good, he wouldn’t of had to close down the Boca Raton location Junior is is a delicious cheesecake, but there is nothing that special about them in this day and age
@@yell0wberry Cool opinion bro
@@yell0wberry Also, nice wording bro, it makes you sound rude as hell.
Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!
To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.
Wow congratulations to the jr keeping their business up I'm proud for them in strawberries cheese is my favorite 😍
This has been my favorite cheese cake for YEARS!!!!!
Went to the restaurant this year and loved it so much went back the last day of my trip and then had a mini at La Guardia
As a young girl, I worked at Juniors when it was located in Brooklyn. Until this day, family and friends beg me to share their recipe. Lol Lol
Wow. Never even heard of Junior's (only been to New York once, and that was upstate New York, not NYC)--their cheesecake does look exceptionally delicious.
To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.
@@MarkasTZM I know that , But I still love Juniors total Crap Cakes!! 😂😂🤷♀🤷♀
@@MarkasTZM you are all over making the same comment. But guess what? It wouldn’t stop the masses that are in love with Juniors cheesecakes. To each his own.
I have the Juniors Cheesecake Book. I have been making cheesecakes from this book for 14 years now. People love these cheesecakes. They are wonderful to make and eat!!!
“We don’t do jiggly, we do Junior’s.” Love it!!!! ♥️♥️♥️
Big changes done there in 2015 with new factory and machinery… but still no compromise on the recipe. Secret to success, never give up quality
I wish I could taste these cheesecakes, they look divine! I live in the UK tho so I can only dream 🙃
I have had this cheesecake at juniors in NY and it is absolutely amazing!!!!
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6:08 7-inch cheesecake, $30 😂😂😂
All that cream cheese cake is doing is mesmerizing me... Yummy! 😋😋😋
Interesting that it was in the news that farmers were having to throw out ridiculous amounts of milk, yet there was a cream cheese shortage! Cream cheese is so simple to make, making it in-house would have been a great way to help profit margins. (I make cheese, yogurt and cream cheese at home, super duper simple.)
Simple indeed, until you need 1000s of tons a day. The electricity used whilst making all that cream would be insane.
@@jodyengelhard if that were true, buying cream cheese would be cost prohibitive, since the company they buy it from has to both pay their electricity bill and make a profit. They could have also opted to use a co-packer.
there will be a reason why this decades old company does it their way, instead of listening to some idiot on youtube who watched a video on economics once
@@TheGamingSyndrom why do you feel the need to mock me just because you disagree? I had a major dairy manufacturer as a client once who found greater success employing a co-packer so no, I’m not an idiot who watched an economics video but nice try trolling. The method works whether you agree with it or not.🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
No doubt your fresh cream cheese tastes dramatically better than that cold library paste Kraft puts out. Freshly homemade cream cheese is pure. Here in Poland it's made from cream and a culture. Period. No milk (the main ingredient in Philadelphia 'cream cheese') and no carob bean gum to make up for the scant cream content. Put that in your cheesecake and the flavor and quality will improve.
Never heard of them before, but I'll definitely be looking for Juniors at the supermarket.
i dont think I ever tried the Junior cheesecake before. but now I wanna try it. it looks good
I didn't know Michael Keaton made cheesecakes
I love Juniors cheesecake 😋 😍 I wish I had some right now 😩 😫
Great video 🙌
Good luck for your future - you deserve the best with your love and dedication to your families history 🙏
I want to work for a person like that who cares so much about what he does
I mean at $40 per cake coming off the line I think it’s safe to say there’s plenty of margin … I use to work for a huge QSR the profit margins are insane
I lived a short distance from Juniors in Brooklyn and as a special treat I’d walk over there, have a great meal, and of course finish it off with a piece of there cheesecake. Man I miss those days. I retired and moved away so now it’s only a memory.
That cheesecake looks so delicious! Thank you for sharing this.
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I like getting to see how food is made cos I can see the techniques the machines use and incorporate them into my own repertoire
Piping the strawberry filling inside the cheesecake and then on top is a nice touch.
Me too !😂
"Tough work ethic" my ass lmao for that he better be paying his workers enough to give a shit.
The cakes looked so yummy! Mouth-watering video.
Nice to see you on here, uncle Jason!
“We don’t do jiggly we do junior’s” 😂
I would look like Lucy in that "chocolate conveyor belt" episode... (cheesecake lover.)
Creds to all those hard workers working a soul crushing job like that
My all time wish: I would really love to get a whole box of Junior's cheese cake flavors...some day.
I need to try this!! Looks so delicious!!
Sweet potato 🍠 pie 🥧 cheesecake 😫😫🙌🙌🙌 I NEED NOW ❤
Don’t give up u r loved ❤
Yes, you are correct. The people always want a cheesecake.
That Strawberry Cheesecake Is To Die For, been eating Them Since My Father owned A Bodega in The Early 80's, Still Top Quality!