La Brea Bakery

La Brea Bakery
FoundedLos Angeles, California
January 1989; 35 years ago (1989-01)
FoundersNancy Silverton and Mark Peel
OwnerAspire Bakeries
Websitelabreabakery.com

La Brea Bakery is an industrial baking company started in Los Angeles, California. Since opening its flagship store on 624 S La Brea Avenue in 1989—six months earlier than Campanile, the restaurant it was built to serve—La Brea has opened two much larger bakeries in Van Nuys, California, and Swedesboro, New Jersey, to serve wholesale clients.[1] La Brea Bakery is one of the largest sellers of artisan bread in the US.[2] In 2001, La Brea was acquired by Aryzta AG.[3] In 2021, Aryzta sold its interest in La Brea Bakery and its other North American brands (Aryzta North America) to Lindsay Goldberg.[4] In May 2021, Aryzta North America was renamed to Aspire Bakeries.[5]

  1. ^ "History of Artisan Bread at la Brea Bakery | la Brea Bakery". www.labreabakery.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2008.
  2. ^ Nassauer, Sarah (26 March 2014). "The Marketing Decoder: La Brea Bakery". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. ^ "History - ARYZTA AG". Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  4. ^ "Lindsay Goldberg to Acquire ARYZTA AG's North American Bakery Business". www.businesswire.com. 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  5. ^ "Aryzta North America Changes Name to Aspire Bakeries Under New Ownership". Refrigerated & Frozen Foods. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2022-12-16.