Greyston Bakery

Infobox Company
name = Greyston Bakery

type = Social enterprise
foundation = Yonkers, NY, U.S. (1982)
founder = Tetsugen Bernard Glassman
location_city = Yonkers, NY
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key_people = Julius Walls Jr., CEO & President
industry = Baked goods
products = Ice cream mix-ins, brownies, cakes
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num_employees = 65 (2006)
parent = Greyston Foundation
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homepage = [http://www.greystonbakery.com GreystonBakery.com]
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Greyston Bakery is an American bakery in Yonkers, NY founded in 1982 by the Zen Buddhist Bernie Glassman. Although it is a for-profit company, all profits go to its non-profit parent company, the Greyston Foundation, where it is used to support the local community. [Citation | last = Connolly
first = Peggy
title = Greyston Bakery: Recipe for success
newspaper = The Corporate Citizen
pages =
year = 2006
date =
url = http://www.bcccc.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/Page.viewPage/pageId/1514]

History

The bakery was founded in 1982. In the late 1980's, Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's agreed to buy Greyston Bakery brownies for chocolate fudge brownie ice cream. In 2004, Greyston Bakery moved to larger facility designed by Maya Lin to accommodate growth.Cite web| title=Greyston Bakery: Let 'Em Eat Cake | date=January 11, 2004| publisher=CBS, 60 Minutes |url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/09/60minutes/main592382.shtml]

ocial mission

The company aims for employing the hard to employ and is known for its unique "open hiring" practices where anyone can sign up regardless of background. [Citation
last = Steadman Charkes
first = Juli
title = Bakery’s ‘Open Hiring’ Offers Anyone a Chance
newspaper = NY Times
date = November 26, 2006
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/26webakery.html?_r=1&oref=slogin] Citation
last = Stewart
first = Barbara
title = In the Hood: Jobs for the Poor
newspaper = NY Times
date = February 23, 2003
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E0D8113DF930A15751C0A9659C8B63] All profit from the company goes to the Greyston Foundation, where it is used for low-income housing, day care open to the community, a medical center for those with AIDS, and more to help the local community.

Products

Greyston Bakery is best known for being the sole supplier of brownies for Ben & Jerry's [cite web
title = Greyston Bakery
publisher = Ben & Jerry's
url = http://benandjerrys.com/our_company/about_us/social_mission/sourcing/greyston.cfm
accessdate = 2008-07-21] , which is its main client. [cite web| first = Keith | last = Seiz | date = May 1, 2004 | title = Greyston Bakery builds for the future | publisher = |url = http://baking-management.com/successful_plants/bm_imp_6190/ |accessdate = 2008-07-21] The bakery has also recently started their own line of brownies, Do-Goodie Brownies.

References

External links

[http://www.greystonbakery.com Official Website]