Food Chain - Issue 201a - September 2024 | Page 57

___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Neri
’ s Bakery
Cesare & Matteo Vandoni and the whole team want to congratulate everyone at Neri ’ s Bakery and thank them for being one of our oldest and best customers
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Our next biggest line was producing bagels , and then we established a buns department around ten years ago to make hot dog rolls and hamburger buns . More recently , we decided to expand our sweet goods offering and invested in a new department to diversify our portfolio with products like cinnamon buns , crumb cakes , and gourmet liquor cakes .
“ We started the department from scratch , optimizing unused space on our site ’ s third floor ,” she recalls . “ We already had an oven there , but we purchased all new machinery to create separate lines for our cinnamon buns and liquor cakes , so they just share a cooling conveyor . The department has seen instant success beyond our expectations ; we ’ re producing cinnamon buns for several food retailers , as well as supplying supermarkets with liquor cakes .
“ For our baked breads and bagels specifically , we conducted research and
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