Amy's Bread was founded in 1992, served about 50 wholesale customers in Manhattan. Amy's Bread was located in a highly competitive business area, but this did stop her from pursing her passion and doing what she loved, bake! She always had ideas and dreams of opening her own bakery. But only one thing stood in her way after her bakery was opened. Demand! There was high demand and she could not do what she truly wanted because of space. She needed a larger place or a different technique to fill her demands. She had to much needs and needed to accept them if she wanted to go highly large. .
As with any company or business, there are many strengths and weaknesses. I think one of her main strengths is her background. Her parents both belonged to the same industry gap. In a way. Her dad was an executive for Pillsbury and her mom a gourmet cook. She graduated with a degree in economics and psychology and then moved to NY to test out the horizons. She did not like the typical white color job and wanted to do more, open her own business. So she decided to attend the NY Restaurant School for culinary training. After graduation, she got her hands on a job at one of NY's top French Restaurants. A while later, she left to Europe in search of something different. She eventually settled in France and worked at 3 different bakeries. When returning to NY she was filled with excitement of new ideas and creations and about opening up her own bakery. (25-2).
Opening a bakery in NY was going to be very challenging because of the extremely challenging area. It was a highly competitive industry and you can get crushed. It was also very expensive and getting a loan in NEVER easy. But she never gave up. She had so much stamina, and kept going for her goal. Everyone should admire that. She was quoted in saying : " I wanted to be famous for making a great product and for creating a good place to work I did not care a lot about being rich, I just wanted to sell beautiful breads from a cute, cozy place.
Amy Lowell was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1874 at Sevenls, her family estate. ... From about 1914 on, Russell, a widow who was 11 years older then Lowell became Amy's travelling and living companion and secretary. They lived together in a "Boston marriage" until Amy's death. ... In 1913 Amy read a poem signed by "H.D., Imagiste." ... Amy makes it clear that image does not matter at all. ...
There were fourteen women among those arrested during the protests against the steep rise in prices of flour and bread, other wise known as the 'flour war' of 1775. ... The women were determined to lower the bread prices and punish the royal officer who insulted their revolutionary cockade. ... They proceeded to take over the National Legislature, demanding a guaranteed supply of affordable bread, and passed mock legislation. ...
By the 1930's the trade slump of 1929-31 had plunged the United States into a depression. Money was scarce and families valued the things that still made their lives happy. Adults gathered around radios to listen to sports, while the young people danced to the big bands. Board games were popular and...
Some years ago a German scholar came under a terrible attack for describing the poor condition of the church. His article was titled "The Babylonian Captivity". In it Martin Luther pointed out that the church had fallen so far away from truth that it had spiritually become Bablylon: Apostate! ...
