April 8, 15 & 22 / 4:00 - 5:00 pm ET

From Culture to Compensation:

A Bakery Owner’s Guide to Building a Strong Team (A 3-Part Virtual Series)

As a bakery owner or operator, you do a lot of important and impactful things--you create community, generate economic activity, and you nourish people, but perhaps the most important and difficult thing you do is create jobs and manage teams.

Join Nancie Breunig of Companion Baking for this three-part series on building, managing, and motivating bakery teams. From defining your bakery’s culture and core values to developing effective training programs and implementing fair reviews and compensation, each session will provide practical strategies to strengthen your team and set your business up for long-term success.

• Part 1 (April 8):  What are Your Culture & Core Values?

Your bakery’s culture and core values are the foundation of a thriving team. By understanding what shapes your workplace environment and aligning your core values with daily operations, you can foster a motivated, engaged, and successful staff. 

• Part 2 (April 15):  Employee Training & Development

Effective training is the key to a skilled, confident, and motivated team. By implementing clear training structures and standardizing processes, you can create a workplace where employees thrive and contribute to your bakery’s long-term success.

• Part 3 (April 22):  The Review Process & Compensation

Fair and thoughtful reviews, compensation, and benefits are essential for retaining a motivated and dedicated team. By understanding different approaches to performance evaluations and compensation structures, you can create a workplace that values and rewards employees effectively

Buy the series and save $5 per session!  Or, these sessions can also be purchased individually:

• Part 1: Culture & Core Values
• Part 2: Training & Development
• Part 3: Reviews & Compensation

With Nancie Breunig, Chief Happiness Officer for Companion Baking

My love of baking started when I was a child baking with my mother & grandmother.  There is magic that happens in the kitchen.  In my early 20’s, I had a career change  and followed my passions to attend The French Culinary Institute in NYC.  The rest really is history.  I have worked the gamut from 5 star to personal chef to corporate, QSR to bakery production. 

I joined Companion Baking in 2016 as an assistant production manager and shortly thereafter became the production manager.  After a few years, I took on the role of culture and development manager and I currently serve as the Chief Happiness Officer for Companion.  While I still have the opportunity to bake, my days now are focused on engagement, training, development & safety. 

Companion Baking, located in St. Louis, MO, was founded in 1993 by Josh Allen.  With a focus on the 4C’s – Companions, Customers, Community and Company – Companion has built a small family-owned business with strong reputation for doing things right.  They specialize in serving multi-unit concepts, retail growers and product development for food service innovators.