Oil, Butter, Sugar and Wheat.
Say what you will, but there seems to be no really good reason for the sudden 10% jump in butter pricing. With The Corn for Fuel debacle continuing, I somewhat understand the egg price holding high.
The wheat price is dropping due to the plentiful crop plantings (thank you), but with the same weather, why are canola prices shooting up?
Can someone with a free moment and the excessive tax dollars that this small business is charged, take a look at these staple items and help not only the small business bakers, but the general public gain a clearer understanding of why we are not able to feed our families as well as 1 year ago.
We will continue to use only the best products around and keep our standards above the corporate and less ethical bakers. We are true to our business model and love what we do. Our passion for the better foods that enrich our tables, lives and friends compel us to continue.
We would love to hear from anyone.
Thanks and . . . Go Dodgers
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Support Your Local Bakery
Whether it is the local donut shop, pizzeria or tradtional bakery, we all need your support right now. Even though the price of your favorite product may be higher right now and give a bit of "sticker shock", please, please, indulge yourself.
I was once told by a loyal customer that "this place is the best kept secret" and "I dont tell anyone about it because you will get busy and I won't get the special attention any more". I told her that if she doesn't tell any one, we won't be here to give her the attention. She told three friends. Good enough for me.
Some of Us Bakers are the producer of that private label bread you enjoy from the specialty food store near your home or work. So if you enjoy our product, don't hesitate to pick it up to share with your family or co-workers. If everyone cuts down on wheat based product, the overall quality will decline. The bakeries that do remain after the wheat become plentiful again, will most likely not be the smaller, 'family owned and operated' kind. They will be the big brands that had the financial reserves to ride out the wheat crisis and will work to re-coup their losses. Most likely at the expense of quality.
I applaud the smaller grocery chains for continuing to support the small bakers and work with us to mitigate the burdens of the insanely high wheat cost we now have to pass on. Thank you!
We look forward to a stronger dollar and great crops to ease the pain - no pun intended.
So for now, we appreciate your understanding and will continue to work our passion into the delights you can share with others or indulge yourself.
I was once told by a loyal customer that "this place is the best kept secret" and "I dont tell anyone about it because you will get busy and I won't get the special attention any more". I told her that if she doesn't tell any one, we won't be here to give her the attention. She told three friends. Good enough for me.
Some of Us Bakers are the producer of that private label bread you enjoy from the specialty food store near your home or work. So if you enjoy our product, don't hesitate to pick it up to share with your family or co-workers. If everyone cuts down on wheat based product, the overall quality will decline. The bakeries that do remain after the wheat become plentiful again, will most likely not be the smaller, 'family owned and operated' kind. They will be the big brands that had the financial reserves to ride out the wheat crisis and will work to re-coup their losses. Most likely at the expense of quality.
I applaud the smaller grocery chains for continuing to support the small bakers and work with us to mitigate the burdens of the insanely high wheat cost we now have to pass on. Thank you!
We look forward to a stronger dollar and great crops to ease the pain - no pun intended.
So for now, we appreciate your understanding and will continue to work our passion into the delights you can share with others or indulge yourself.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Wheat Pricing
I am not a conspiracy theorist, but...
Why, in this great, vast land of ours could we face a shortage of the most basic of food staple items. Wheat prices have tripled in the past 12 months. There is not 1 American Family not affected by this. Reasons from the horribly devalued dollar and crop failures overseas partially contributed to the initial increases.
At this point the wheat growers, millers and distributors must be looking at the phenomenal earnings from the gasoline companies and trying to get in on the action.
Volatile markets and speculators are driving these prices so high that many small bakeries will be forced out of business! I guess that will solve the problem – no more shortages if there are no bakeries.
Everyone need to calm down a bit. Forcing the prices higher on staple items will only contribute to the fear and certainly push the reality of a full blown recession, regardless of what the Fed does with interest rates.
90 % of bakers only keep a week worth of Flour on hand. There are no silver bullets out there for us. We have to take the increase and we have to pass it along, unless we are tired and just want to call it quits, close up, take a vacation and wait for the markets to come back down.
What would you rather see in the bakery window?.. Sorry Folks, no bread today, market too high for us! ..or.. Bread sale $5.99/ 1lb loaf.
Life is too short – we cannot give up on the simple bread or scone with your coffee AT HOME. I can only imagine what any of the 7 Starbucks around my house will charge for a single slice of bread – they already get 1.95 or more for most. Latte and a slice of poppy berry bread will be $6.10. Sure goes make gas look cheap. Maybe the oil guys are behind all this?
Why, in this great, vast land of ours could we face a shortage of the most basic of food staple items. Wheat prices have tripled in the past 12 months. There is not 1 American Family not affected by this. Reasons from the horribly devalued dollar and crop failures overseas partially contributed to the initial increases.
At this point the wheat growers, millers and distributors must be looking at the phenomenal earnings from the gasoline companies and trying to get in on the action.
Volatile markets and speculators are driving these prices so high that many small bakeries will be forced out of business! I guess that will solve the problem – no more shortages if there are no bakeries.
Everyone need to calm down a bit. Forcing the prices higher on staple items will only contribute to the fear and certainly push the reality of a full blown recession, regardless of what the Fed does with interest rates.
90 % of bakers only keep a week worth of Flour on hand. There are no silver bullets out there for us. We have to take the increase and we have to pass it along, unless we are tired and just want to call it quits, close up, take a vacation and wait for the markets to come back down.
What would you rather see in the bakery window?.. Sorry Folks, no bread today, market too high for us! ..or.. Bread sale $5.99/ 1lb loaf.
Life is too short – we cannot give up on the simple bread or scone with your coffee AT HOME. I can only imagine what any of the 7 Starbucks around my house will charge for a single slice of bread – they already get 1.95 or more for most. Latte and a slice of poppy berry bread will be $6.10. Sure goes make gas look cheap. Maybe the oil guys are behind all this?
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