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This is a list of notable bakeries. A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour -based food baked in an oven such as bread , cakes , pastries , and pies . [ 1 ] Some retail bakeries are also cafés , serving coffee and tea to customers who wish to consume the baked goods on the premises.
Canada Bread was founded in June 1911 following the merger of five of Canada's leading baking companies: Bredin Bread Company, Model Bakery (founded by George Weston), Toronto Bakery, Stuarts Limited and Boyd's Bakery. The founders of these acquired bakeries, their companies no longer theirs, agreed not to compete with Canada Bread, in bread ...
In July 1994, The Bon-Ton purchased the 127-year-old Adam, Meldrum, and Anderson Company chain based in Buffalo, New York, for $42.6 million (~$79.4 million in 2023), converting all locations to The Bon Ton. Around the same time, The Bon-Ton purchased Chappell's of Syracuse, New York, and Hess's of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Longo's was founded in 1956 by Italian immigrant brothers Joe, Tommy and Gus Longo, [1] [2] who immigrated to Canada in 1951 from Termini Imerese, Sicily. [3] They established their first store at the intersection of Yonge Street and Castlefield Avenue in Toronto, with the name "Broadway Fruit Market". [4]
In 1977, the Welland store was re-located to the Rose City Plaza on Ontario Road in Welland, a new 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m 2) building, operating under the name Food Terminal. The low-priced products and high quality service of the store, which operated in a warehouse-like setting, made the store popular for families in the area.
In 1982, Hans Jorg Reichert was transferred from Zürich to Toronto to manage the Canadian subsidiary. [4] As manager, Reichert imported a new moderate-priced upscale European-style self-serve restaurant concept based upon an open market which was called Mövenpick Marché, which first opened in Stuttgart in 1983. [ 5 ]
The Vancouver Michelin Guide first launched on October 27, 2022, [7] funded in a five-year partnership with Destination Vancouver for an undisclosed amount of money. [8] Vancouver is one of two regions Michelin reviews in Canada, alongside Toronto which was also added in 2022. [ 9 ]
The building was opened as a commercial bakery by the Ideal Bread Company in 1919, which merged into Wonder Bakeries. The building was owned by the company until 1957. After designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act in 2003, [ 1 ] the building was turned into residential lofts in 2007 (now known as the Argyle Lofts) by Core Architects .