Sugar Bowl Bakery Invests USD37m in Georgia, US

Georgia governor Brian Kemp announced that Sugar Bowl Bakery, one of the leading minority-owned bakeries in America according to Georgia.org, will locate its first East Coast location in DeKalb County. The company will deliver approximately 400 new jobs and invest USD37m over the next five years in its new Tucker facility, according to a press release.

“Sugar Bowl Bakery is one of the great American success stories, and we’re excited to welcome this internationally known, family-owned bakery to Georgia. Through our outstanding workforce and logistics network, Sugar Bowl Bakery will be able to better serve their growing customer base, and I’m glad that the hardworking Georgians in Tucker will benefit from this fine addition to their community,” Kemp said in the announcement.

Sugar Bowl Bakery was founded by the Ly family as a neighborhood coffee shop in 1984. Today, the company is a national, minority-certified bakery whose products include palmiers, madeleines, brownie bites, fritters, and other baked goods.

“Sugar Bowl Bakery is excited to be expanding to Georgia in order to better serve our customers and to bring jobs to the City of Tucker and DeKalb County,” said Andrew Ly, co-founder and CEO of Sugar Bowl Bakery.

Georgia Quick Start, which Georgia.org calls the nation’s top-ranked workforce training program, will assist in workforce training for the new facility. According to the press release, positions available will include bakery management, production, quality assurance, maintenance, warehousing, and sanitation.

“We are pleased to welcome Sugar Bowl Bakery to DeKalb County. We are grateful that the Ly family’s new facility will be in our community that welcomes people from around the world. DeKalb County’s highly-trained, diverse workforce make our community a great place for business,” said DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond.