PLEASANTVILLE — Most southern New Jersey residents have probably eaten the products of Valenti’s Italian Bakery. But chances are they don’t know their sub roll, focaccia or bagel was prepared by this brother-and-sister-owned business that tends to keep a low profile.
Donna and Frank McGlynn bake nearly 20 different types of bread in their facility in the Pleasantville Industrial Park, Donna McGlynn said. From there, it is delivered fresh to restaurants, delis and markets from Cape May to Long Beach Island to Vineland.
“Every single piece of bread in our place, even if there’s a piece of equipment (involved), is touched by hand,” McGlynn said.
McGlynn said she and her brother grew up in the Italian section of Atlantic City, eating the baked goods for which the area is known. When it came time to enter the work force, Frank McGlynn went to work for an (now competing) Atlantic City bakery, and she went into marketing at Resorts casino.
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