Packaging Digest

West meets East over cookies
Headquartered in a 120,000-sq.ft state-of-the-art baking-and-packaging facility on the West Coast, Sugar Bowl Bakery has grown into a multi-million dollar pastry empire that sells to hotels, convention centers, grocery stores and warehouse clubs. Like many other industry giants, this baking behemoth's story also has humble beginnings.

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