A classic Philly roll bakery shuts down
A sale of D'Ambrosio Bakery in Grays Ferry apparently fell through.
A classic Philly roll bakery shuts down
Michael Klein, Philly.com
D'Ambrosio Bakery in Grays Ferry - one of the city's longtime roll bakeries - shut down today, apparently after a deal to sell the nearly 75-year-old company was scuttled, according to sources in the baking industry.
D'Ambrosio, which employed about 60 people, was sold by the founding family in 2005 to Gatehouse Ventures of Berwyn, a leveraged-buyout specialist that only a few years ago was building a portfolio of bread bakeries, including Amalfitano's in Delaware. In 2006, D'Ambrosio took over certain assets of Vilotti-Pisanelli Baking.
D'Ambrosio's corporate history traces its founding to 1939 when Vincent D'Ambrosio created a small bakery in the basement of his family home in South Philly. In 1977, it took over a former supermarket at 31st and Reed Streets.
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"Wendell's" 1776 union workers haven't gotten a raise in 4 yrs, & under his new contract...will not get a raise for 5 MORE years, let alone the things that were agreed upon to TAKE away! How much has a gallon of milk or a loaf of bread gone up in 9yrs!? How are people supposed to survive with greedy pigs like him at the helm? It's really unimaginable how this man could sleep at night, but I'm sure he sleeps soundly with a clear conscious, because his bank account is FAT.— LadyRocker- D'Ambrosio was good. And I agree, Wawa bread sucks. Sad to see a long term bakery go. Sheesh.— Poppys
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