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outlook & opportunities

why
the future looks bright
From coast to coast, America's retail bakeries are

In Los Angeles, owner Raul Porto and his family

brimming with innovative ideas. It's no wonder the

innovate through relentless dedication to detail with

future looks bright for the retail bakery community,

regard to product quality, impeccable service and

fresh off a year in which total industry revenue rose

presentation.

an estimated 7 percent, according to our 2017 Retail
Bakery Operations Study.

As customers enter the newest Porto's Bakery &
Café in Buena Park, California, a 25,000-square-foot

In Montclair, New Jersey, owner Rachel Crampsey

marvel to see, they are immersed in a multitude of

innovates by conducting a host of events (a spring

sensory experiences: bountiful bread racks, a fresh-

street fair, artisan bread/donut classes, summer

brew coffee and juice bar, a pastry station where

baking camp, annual 5K donut run) that intertwine

artisans ﬁnish off individual pastries in full view, and a

local customers into the fabric of the community and

huge glass window to watch cake decorators working

this neighborhood bakery. Montclair Bread's clever

their magic on marble-top, stainless-steel tables illu-

catchphrase, "Fueled by Doughnuts," helps build

minated by copper light ﬁxtures above.

brand exposure for this bread bakery with a donut
addiction.

"It's a spectacular impact," Raul Porto says. "As
bakers, we do all of these wonderful things, but no

"With bread, you can be part of someone's family

one ever sees it. We started thinking about baking

every day, whether it's someone's toast in the

as entertainment. Everything here showcases the

morning or the dinner table at night. It is part of

lighting, the menus, the bread racks, the coffee bar,

people's daily existence," says Crampsey.

the cakes and pastries."

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bake - July 2017
Editor's note - THE RETAIL BAKERY OPERATIONS ISSUE: Employees make our business
Contents
2017 Retail Bakery Operations Study
Revenue Trends - THE RISE OF specialty bakeries
Revenue Growth in 2016
Labor Trends - In search of Skilled Labor
Product Trends - The Most PROFITABLE PRODUCTS
Production Methods - Production Methods Revisited
Outlook & Opportunities - Why the future looks bright
Niche to Mainstream
Catering & Entertaining
Product Showcase
Classifieds
Ad Index
Formulation of the Month - wild blueberry corn muffins with Meyer Lemon and Thyme Curd
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bake - July 2017 - Editor's note - THE RETAIL BAKERY OPERATIONS ISSUE: Employees make our business
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bake - July 2017 - Contents
bake - July 2017 - 2017 Retail Bakery Operations Study
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bake - July 2017 - Revenue Trends - THE RISE OF specialty bakeries
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bake - July 2017 - Revenue Growth in 2016
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bake - July 2017 - Labor Trends - In search of Skilled Labor
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bake - July 2017 - Product Trends - The Most PROFITABLE PRODUCTS
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bake - July 2017 - Production Methods - Production Methods Revisited
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bake - July 2017 - Outlook & Opportunities - Why the future looks bright
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bake - July 2017 - Niche to Mainstream
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