Grocery chain cooks up 13,000 pancakes for Guinness World Record

June 25(UPI) -- A grocery store chain broke a GuinnessWorld Record at a Missouri location by preparing a serving of 13,000 pancakes.Hy-Veeassembled a team of 13 chefs Thursdayat the chain's store in Blue Springs to spend 7 hours, 16 minutes cooking up13,000 pancakes.A Guinness adjudicator was on hand to verify that the servingof pancakes broke the record of 12,716, whichwas set in Russia in 2017.The pancakes were donated to Harvesters-TheCommunity Food Network, a regional food bank serving the greater Kansas Cityarea in both Missouri and Kansas.The record attempt was timed to coincide withthe launch of Hy-Vee's "Best Breakfast in America" menu.

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