How Costeaux’s roots inspired new growth
The Seppi family’s second generation looked to the bakery’s French origins to formulate its future. The efforts included rebranding, restructuring the product line and renovating the retail store.
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Major equipment: vertical mixers, one 180-qt., two 60-qt., three 20-qt.; spiral mixer; bread divider, manual bun divider/rounder; automatic divider/rounder; reversible sheeter, baguette moulder; proofer, retarder/proofer; rotary rack oven; deck oven
Plans: convert mezzanine to private dining, grow wholesale accounts, expand packaged product line, grow wedding cake sales
Bakery supply distributors: Dawn Food Products, BakeMark, Pacific Coast Products, Marque Foods
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French Bakery sampling of prices
| Lemon curd tart, 8 ins. | $25.00 |
| 4 ins. | $5.00 |
| Triple chocolate mousse, 8 ins. | $38.00 |
| Tiramisu, 8 ins. | $30.00 |
| Caramel macadamia nut tart, 8 ins. | $35.00 |
| Princess cake, 6 ins. | $28.00 |
| 8 ins. | $38.00 |
| slice | $4.00 |
| Chocolate chip cookie | $1.00 |
| Danish | $2.00 |
| Éclair | $4.00 |
| Apple fruit pie, 9 ins. | $15.00 |
| Coffee cake | $10.00 |
| Ciabatta, 11 ozs. | $3.50 |
| Rustic baguette, 11 ozs. | $3.00 |
| French country loaf, 24 ozs. | $5.75 |
| Multigrain batard, 18 ozs. | $5.00 |
| Sourdough rolls, 4 ozs. | $0.75 |
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