PEORIA —The organic North Valley bakery owned by state Sen. Dave Koehler, D-Peoria, has closed.
The Peoria Bread Co., 1404 NE Monroe St., previously shut down retail operations in 2010 but had continued to serve a number of clients such as Naturally Yours and Hy-Vee until last week, said Koheler, who started the business five years ago along with his wife, Nora Sullivan.
"We did this with a lot of soul-searching but last year was just too tough a year financially," he said.
"It's been a tough business from the start. You're trying to reach a niche market," he said, referring to the organic bread, cookies and cake the bakery produced.
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