Levain Bakery’s Post

This Tuesday, we were able to celebrate our sweet friend, Riley Cadiz's 4th birthday at our West Loop, Chicago bakery. In her honor, all our lemon cookie sales from the day went to Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation to help fight childhood cancer. Chicago native, Riley, has been bravely battling leukemia for the last 2 years. A big thank you to our West Loop team + our managers Persio and Danyel that helped make this day extra special with a cookie cake and a "top secret" tour of the bakery. And thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate and helped us get one step closer to ending childhood cancer. We're excited to be continuing the work with Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation at our Larchmont Village bakery this June! To celebrate our LA bakery's first year anniversary on Sunday, June 23rd, our lemon cookie proceeds will go to support Alex's Lemonade. We hope to see you there! https://lnkd.in/eCQC4Xjf

Our key ingredient for success? A large dollop of patience. With now 14 bakeries (and counting!) across the U.S., our founders Pam and Connie chatted with Ali Donaldson from Inc. Magazine about our slow and steady approach to growth. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gjn2Bh6Q

Our very own Shianne Smalling talks about why we started offering the option to opt out of Mother's Day campaigns ahead of May in EMARKETER's newest article, "Why marketers should be sensitive with Mother’s Day marketing campaigns". “Anytime you enter a transaction with someone, you’re building a relationship with them,” said Smalling. And if you’re not holding up your end of the relationship, it's unfair to expect them to hold up their end.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gQp_kRbt

Last week, our Larchmont Village bakery hosted our first ever cookie baking class for a few very special students at 3rd Street Elementary School. This isn’t something we normally offer at our bakeries but we are beyond happy to be a part of the Making Caring Common program and their mission to make the world a sweeter place by teaching kindness and empathy at a young age. Our LA team, Omar and Walter, taught 14 incredible students, who exemplified kindness all year long, how to make our signature ooey gooey cookies! And of course the students got to take their hard-earned treats home. Amazing things can happen when we support our neighbors and communities. Learn more about Making Caring Common here: https://lnkd.in/ggmTiSZ9

It feels extra special to open a new bakery in the city where we first started 29 years ago. NYC, we will always love you. Let's celebrate bakery number #14 in Flatiron today! Opening day proceeds will be donated to Hot Bread Kitchen. Hot Bread Kitchen’s mission is to create economic opportunity for women and gender-expansive people, immigrants, and people of color through job skills training, food entrepreneurship programs, and an ecosystem of support in New York City. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/evPTYgwY We will be open everyday from 7am-11pm. Come by and try our limited edition Flatiron exclusive Black & White Chocolate Chip Cookie 🖤🤍 📍 2 W 18th Street, New York Photography by David Lee

PSA: Employee Appreciation Day is coming up tomorrow, March 1st. Show your team love with a sweet treat delivered right to their door. Cookies are available for local delivery or nationwide shipping. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/esf26cXx

Consumers are using artificial intelligence to help shop for the holidays this year but A.I. isn't taking over the world just yet... Watch this Today Show segment to see Vicky Nguyen's gift picks vs. technology and check out what rivals our cookie gift packs around minute 4:32! https://lnkd.in/gRkgZrUT