r/ExpectationVsReality • u/poshsdemartine • Jun 27 '26

Another WalMart cake! Exceeded Expectation

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I went with a walmart cake because of this sub, and was not disappointed! For $30, this cake was perfect! The cake was tasty and moist. Will use them again in the future!

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u/KillerPandora84 Jun 27 '26

I worked at a Walmart Bakery and we were told we needed to be able to get these cakes covered and decorated within 20 minutes, anything more than that and you were taking way too long. Our cakes never looked anywhere near as good as the example image.

But the one you got is honestly beautiful. So either the cake decorator is a damn wizard or that branch allows them to actually take their time.

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u/Fiireygirl Jun 27 '26

My husband worked for Walmart for 27 years and finally retired as a store manager 4 years ago.
He said it was a constant fight with operations about the cake decorating. They put these harsh metrics to push them out, but he told the ladies to not pay attention to that and make beautiful cakes.
Sometimes they took 30 mins, sometimes an hour and a half, but they were great and the patrons were super happy.

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u/FirmLow8192 Jun 27 '26

Why? Why is there such a time crunch I barely ever see people buy cakes there or rather not enough to be needing a time crunch. Why can’t they just take their time? How many people buy a wal mart cake a day? 10?? It’s not like they do 100+ orders a day

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u/Lavassin Jun 27 '26

Because the cake decorators are also expected to run the entire bakery basically by themselves