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Expanding a community-owned bakery to enhance production and local impact.

• Worker-Owned Model: 24 Karat Bakery operates as a worker-owned cooperative, ensuring profits and decisions benefit the community.
• Sustainable Practices: The bakery uses locally sourced ingredients and sustainable methods to produce its goods.
• Community Impact: Profits are reinvested into local jobs, food access, and education, strengthening the local economy.
• Expansion Plans: Funds will be used to expand production, improve quality, and create new jobs.
• Local Engagement: The bakery actively participates in farmers markets and local events, bringing its products to the community.

24 Karat Bakery is a community-owned bakery collective in Chicago that creates artisan baked goods while reinvesting profits into local jobs, food access, and education. As a worker-owned bakery, it combines traditional baking craftsmanship with a commitment to social impact. The bakery produces high-quality baked goods using sustainable practices and locally sourced ingredients whenever possible. Team members are worker-owners, ensuring that decisions and profits directly support staff and local neighborhoods.

The funds raised will help 24 Karat Bakery expand its production, improve quality, and grow sustainably. With new equipment and marketing tools, the bakery aims to bake more efficiently, reach more customers at farmers markets and events, and create new worker-owner jobs for local residents. Each investment strengthens the community-owned model, keeping profits local, supporting fair wages, and building a bakery that grows alongside Chicagos neighborhoods.

Company Info

24 Karat Bakery is a worker-owned cooperative in Chicago producing artisan baked goods with a focus on community impact and sustainability.

24 Karat Bakery is a community-owned bakery collective based in Chicago, dedicated to creating artisan baked goods while reinvesting profits into local jobs, food access, and education. As a worker-owned bakery, it combines traditional baking craftsmanship with a commitment to social impact, producing high-quality baked goods using sustainable practices and locally sourced ingredients whenever possible. The bakery operates as a cooperative, where team members are worker-owners, ensuring that decisions and profits directly support staff and local neighborhoods.

From farmers markets to local events, 24 Karat Bakery offers a variety of breads, pastries, and sweet treats to the community, contributing to a stronger, more resilient local economy. The bakery aims to expand its presence by launching additional cooperative locations, each locally owned yet supported by a shared federation system. Through its efforts, 24 Karat Bakery continues to grow Chicago one golden bite at a time, fostering community connections and economic empowerment.