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The award-winning bakery will be shutting down this year.
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The award-winning bakery will be shutting down this year.
A favourite local bakery in New Westminster had a rough start to their Saturday when they came into work and saw a broken glass door.
A Coquitlam student is making and selling Pizzelle and she recently cut a deal to offer them at Fratelli Italian bakeries in Vancouver and New Westminster
Vancity has been supporting people in our communities since 1946, like local bakers. As part of our Made in Vancouver series spotlighting local businesses and artists, we talked to Marco Cornale, starting at the beginning and where he owes his success. “24 years ago, in 1997, I opened our doors on Commercial Drive in Vancouver,” Cornale told Daily Hive. “I had a vision of seeing a customer walk through our door, maybe picking up that one thing, then looking around the shop and saying ‘I will take one of those, and maybe one of those and so on.’ It’s so funny cause after ...
Feb232021, 7:30 pm Customers who ignore public health orders and bully retail staff are making the stressful pandemic situation even worse for small businesses. An Italian bakery on Commercial Drive is the latest Vancouver eatery to raise the alarm about the impact on employees’ mental health. Marco Cornale, owner of Fratelli Bakery, has seen an escalation lately of customers causing grief for employees. “We get the odd person coming in with no mask, and telling them [to mask] it’s like a broken record,” he told Daily Hive. “This has been going on for a year. It’s not like it’s ...