J.P. 03 said:
Forget two teas. Based on the loophole in the OP, sounds like those McDonald's locations need to start baking their own bread.
EDIT: amercer beat me to it.
What will be funny is if they either bake it and don't sell it or offer it as a non-menu item.
About 5 or 7 years ago, I seriously considered opening up a sub sandwich shop. I was offered a killer deal (at least, at the time) on a decent strip center lease (2 years remaining, no liability for leaving, etc.). I had everything set up to go -- suppliers, equipment to buy, and a pretty intense marketing plan. I found a bakery who would bake my bread daily for a ridiculously low price, and they were happy to do it. Everything I needed would be assembled at my site.
Then, 2 things happened. First, I couldn't make the numbers work with a manager and I wasn't ready to go full time at it -- I'd cut my income in half, basically. Second, the bakery owner sold out! He never told me he was on the market and the new guy wasn't interested in my business and his price was too steep. The old guy gave me the recipe but after many trials and errors in a commercial kitchen over about a month, I couldn't duplicate it. The bread was flat, or hard or whatever. Frankly, the new bakery owner couldn't bake worth crap either and covid, I think, wiped him out.
Bread baking, at least for a sale-able product, is SERIOUS business. You dang well better know what the heck you're doing.