@conscious.app: "Ethical" bakery brands quietly owned by Big Food, and who to support instead Brands that sold out to Big Food: 1. Dave's Killer Bread: Flowers Foods, maker of Wonder Bread (2015) 2. Alpine Valley: Flowers Foods (2015) 3. Canyon Bakehouse: Flowers Foods (2018) 4. Papa Pita: Flowers Foods (2023) 5. Simple Mills: Flowers Foods (2025) 6. Udi's: Conagra, maker of Banquet and Marie Callender's (2018) 7. Stacy's: PepsiCo, maker of Lay's and Doritos (2006) 8. Siete: PepsiCo (2025) 9. Enjoy Life: Mondelez, maker of Oreo (2015) 10. Tate's Bake Shop: Mondelez (2018) 11. Arnold: Grupo Bimbo, the Mexican baking giant (owner since 2009) 12. Stonemill Bakehouse: Bimbo Canada (2016) Ethical alternatives to support instead: 1. Alvarado Street Bakery: A worker cooperative where every employee owns one share and gets an equal vote. 2. King Arthur Baking: 100% employee-owned and a certified B Corp. 3. Bob's Red Mill: 100% owned by its employees. 4. Masienda: Buys heirloom corn from small farms in Mexico at a premium over normal corn prices. 5. Food For Life: Family-owned, and every Ezekiel 4:9 bread is certified organic. 6. Homeboy Industries: A Los Angeles nonprofit that trains and employs formerly incarcerated and gang-involved people. 7. Greyston Bakery: Hires anyone who applies with no résumé or background check, and its profits go to its nonprofit parent. 8. Janie's Mill: A family-owned organic mill in Illinois that grinds grain grown on its own farm. 9. Zingerman's Bakehouse: Its founders are moving ownership to employees through a trust. 10. Guittard Chocolate: Family-owned since 1868, with a Fair Trade Certified retail line. 11. Hot Bread Kitchen: A New York nonprofit where bread sales fund job training for people facing barriers to work. Support ethical brands. See how ethical almost any company is, who owns a brand, and better alternatives when a company scores low, all in the Conscious Spend app.
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Monday 28 September 2026 17:56:17 GMT
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nowie :
Guittard makes the best chocolate chips! Little spendy but soooo worth it.
2026-09-30 03:57:08
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Rev.Dr.Cruz :
sadly, these are some of the only companies who make bread and crackers I can eat with multiple allergies. i’d boycott if i had time to make my own but here we are
2026-09-28 23:56:02
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carrieislost :
Siete surprises me! Dang.
2026-09-28 19:23:57
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