Christmas came early for lovers of a well-known locally produced bread absent from retail stores for more than two years.
Social media was buzzing on several independent grocery market pages and downriver-focused Facebook pages rejoicing about the return of beloved Detroit Oakwood Bakery bread to some stores. Photos showed loaves of Oakwood Bakery’s Vienna bread, Hungarian Rye and hard-crust breads in its classic packaging at several stores.
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Downriver markets, Agemy & Sons Market in Allen Park, The Market in Brownstown and Trentwood Farms markets in Southgate and Woodhaven, are spreading cheer with Facebook shout-outs about the return of the beloved bread.
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On one Facebook page, more than 100 people commented that they were happy to see the bread at stores, calling it the “best bread ever” and a “Michigan treasure.”
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In a message to the Free Press, the Market in Brownstown said it received bread deliveries on Saturday and sold out twice. Another delivery was expected on Sunday.
A call to the bakery late Saturday morning confirmed the return of the bread to some retail stores.
Oakwood Bakery bread had been a mainstay at many grocery stores and independent grocers across metro Detroit.
But in the fall of 2021, the Detroit bakery announced on Facebook that the beloved bakery would no longer deliver to retail outlets. The bakery has been in business for more than 109 years. “The family has decided to retire,” the post read at that time. “Please stop in and get your last fresh loafs!!”
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