Wilkes-Barre Bakery Supplies Ethnic Flavor To Local Grocery Stores

Combining a unique product with salesmanship, a local ethnic bakery has gone from making spinach pies in a family kitchen to supplying pita bread to chain supermarkets as far away as Allentown.

The bread is made by family-run Atie’s Bakery at a facility on Welles Street in Forty Fort.

Part owner Abdu Atie said that after selling the bread locally for about 10 years he began to seek grocery stores to carry the product.

Today, Atie’s provides pita bread to Weis Markets, Thomas’ Family Market, Malacari’s Produce and Deli, Schiel’s Family Market, Wegmans in Wilkes-Barre Township, and three Wegmans in the Allentown area. The bakery also makes spinach pies and meat pies for the House of Nutrition in Luzerne.

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