Welcome to The Black Bread Company
Welcome to The Black Bread Company's official website. We've centered our efforts toward providing you with the highest quality in premium products.
Family and the deeply rooted traditions created around our tables are the foundation of Black Bread Co. We take pride in baking fresh goods to satisfy our customers, encourage creativity, and secure generational progression to sustain marginalized communities.
Meet Our Team
The Black Bread Company is the first Black-owned sliced bread company. Led by south-side of Chicago natives; Mark Edmond (Founder, CEO) [right] and Jamel Lewis (Co-Founder, President) [left].
The vision for the company began after Mark was in the bread aisle at the grocery store looking to be more socially and economically conscious. Frustration set in after spending over 45 minutes ‘Googling’ information on every bread brand in the store and finding none to be Black-Owned.
We hope you join us in using our powers collectively to encourage creativity, express positive images of unity, and a shift in generational success.
Black Bread Co. Interview - EYL Podcast
In this episode, Jamel Lewis Sr. and Mark V. Edmond from The Black Bread Company discuss being the first black-owned sliced bread company, distributing their projects to major retailers, marketing, and the food industry.
They spoke about their plans for expansion, discussed working with government contracts, going on Ellen, the process of making bread and more.
