page_title: Avalon International Breads
section_title: Locations
hierarchical_section_title: Avalon International Breads / Operations / Locations
caption_attribution_description: English: The exterior of Avalon International Breads in Detroit, Michigan (United States).
context_page_description: Avalon International Breads is a bakery located in Detroit, Michigan, that produces a wide variety of baked goods, including breads, rolls, pizzas, cookies, and pastries, as well as sandwiches and coffee. It was established in June 1997 by Ann Perrault and Jackie Victor in Detroit's Midtown/Cass Corridor neighborhood. The bakery serves both individual customers and wholesale clients such as grocery stores and restaurants.
  Avalon International Breads adheres to a triple bottom line philosophy, which it interprets as consisting of "Earth", "Community", and "Employees". As of February 2015, it employs a total of 56 people, 90% of whom are Detroit residents. The bakery has three locations: its original building at 422 W. Willis in Midtown/Cass Corridor; its Eat Well, Do Good Cafe at Henry Ford Hospital in New Center; and its Avalon City Ovens production facility on Detroit's East Side. Financially, the bakery has grown steadily, recording profits of $60,000 in 2006 and $2.2 million in 2011.
context_section_description: The original Avalon International Breads bakery is located at 422 W. Willis in the Midtown/Cass Corridor neighborhood of Detroit. Here, the bakery uses a traditional, Old World baking technique that involves hand-stirring its bread starter in a 260-pound (120 kg), Italian-style dough mixer and baking it in a 10,000-pound (4,500 kg), steam-injected oven.
  The bakery has two additional locations in Detroit: the Eat Well, Do Good Cafe at Henry Ford Hospital at 2799 W. Grand Boulevard in New Center, and Avalon City Ovens, a production facility in a former industrial warehouse at 4731 Bellevue on the city's East Side, near the Packard Automotive Plant. Established in 2013, Avalon City Ovens features a large Italian artisan deck oven and accounts for the majority of the bakery's output, primarily serving its retail and wholesale customers.
caption: The original Avalon International Breads location at 422 W. Willis in January 2015
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