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Company type | Worker cooperative |
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Industry | Bakery |
Predecessor | Cheese Board Collective |
Founded | 1997 |
Area served | San Francisco Bay Area |
Website |
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Arizmendi Bakery is a bakery located in the San Francisco Bay Area of California in the United States. They have locations in San Francisco, Berkeley, Emeryville, San Rafael, and in Oakland. [1] [2] They are a worker-owned cooperative. In 2011, they were voted the best bakery in the east bay by the East Bay Express. [3] [4] The bakery makes pastries, pizza and bread. [5] Arizmendi Bakery came out of the Cheese Board Collective, forming in 1997. [5] [6] It was named after Basque priest and labor organizer José María Arizmendiarrieta. [6] Food reviewer Tamara Palmer, from SF Weekly, called their Auntie Mabel's Kookie Brittle the best cookie in San Francisco. [7] They also make fruitcake, using local dried fruits from the Rainbow Grocery Cooperative. During December 2011, the San Francisco location sold 400 fruitcakes daily. [8]