Bakker van Maanen B.V. in Rijnsburg

I have been coming here for years as a regular (weekly) customer, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to remain positive about this bakery. For months now, there has been clear evidence of shrinkflation: the loaves are getting smaller and smaller. They claim themselves that they are simply complying with regulations, but frankly, I strongly doubt that. To my mind, the bread is now at least 20% smaller than before. As a regular customer, I know that the size and weight are really not what they used to be, while the price, of course, is certainly not getting any lower. And I hear this from others around me as well, so I am not the only one. Additionally, there are regularly gigantic holes and air bubbles in the bread these days, meaning you sometimes end up with half slices that are essentially unusable. But the biggest problem is that something truly always goes wrong with my weekly order. One time the order doesn't go through properly, another time my bread is accidentally given to someone else and you are left empty-handed. Then I get uneven slices again because the bread slicer seems to be broken, or I stand in front of a closed door on a normal weekday while Google says they should be open. It really feels like something goes wrong every single week. The frustrating thing is that this is the only bakery in the village. Because of that, they actually have a position of power, since there aren't many alternatives. That makes it all the more unfortunate that the service disappoints so often. The only positive thing I can say is that the taste of the bread itself is good. But honestly, even that isn't starting to make up for it anymore. If this continues, it probably won't be long before I start getting my bread somewhere else, even if it has to be further away. Time for a change, Van Maanen!

Below is a comment regarding the head office (the price-setting authority), which I was referred to from Delft. The situation is as follows: Simply raising the price of two loaves of bread from €6.30 to €7.00 (or more than 10%) doesn't show customer satisfaction, but rather your sales margin. In this case, the Delft location, where, given its customer service, you would expect a price reduction. The head office will undoubtedly respond that raw materials and other items have become more expensive, and now that's 10% of the final price?!? The Delft location didn't care!

That's a very large bakery. They make bread, buns, and pastries. I bring apple slices there to use in pastries and cakes. It's a very clean bakery. They have their own vans that deliver everything, starting very early to ensure delivery before the shops open.

This year I ordered oliebollen and apple fritters from Van Maanen. They're always a great bakery with delicious pastries. The apple fritters were delicious, but the oliebollen were truly awful. They were a kind of dough ball, lacking flavor, terribly greasy, and they looked like they'd been made a few days earlier; they certainly weren't fresh. Sorry to say, but I felt like I looked ridiculous in front of my guests with such terrible oliebollen.

Never had a bad hot chicken sandwich here, it's actually called bean sprouts sandwich, I think it's a waste of money

Olibollen drive thru geweest... oliebollen erg lekker... niet (te) vet en appelbeignets helemaal top

mooie bakkerij. vriendelijk personeel. mooi om te zien hoe producten gemaakt worden

Beloftes die we iedere dag met passie maken De geur, de structuur, het krokante korstje, het samenspel van ingrediënten... Hoe alledaags en vanzelfsprekend brood en banket misschien ook is, als grootste ambachtelijke bakkerij van Nederland vinden wij het nog steeds bijzonder... Van het zuiverste meel tot de uiteindelijke lekkernij die met de klant meegaat. De broden, taarten en gebakjes van Bakker van Maanen zijn niet zomaar producten... Het zijn beloftes die wij iedere dag met veel plezier, puurheid en passie maken. Vol karakter, bezieling, eigenheid en vrolijkheid. Het liefst net weer wat beter dan die dag ervoor. En dat proef je! Dat lees je op de website van Meesterbakker van Maanen B.V. Maar waar kopen sommige medewerkers dit samenspel van ingrediënten: Nou gewoon bij de Lidl. Enig idee waarom?

Cursus doorlopen samen met mijn dochter. Wat een informatie binnen een paar uur. Trainer was super🤗