'My store has not changed, and it’s not getting any other stuff.'
is frustrated after learning about a rumor that suggested her long-standing San Francisco business was sold and that the bagels no longer taste the same.on Friday shared that House of Bagels had purportedly sold to Pittsburg-based Bonami Baking Company and that the bagels were now steamed instead of boiled. “... Pretty much everyone who has come in said that they didn’t like the bagels & asked what changed,” the post read in part. “Not great to lose another local business as well.
Jenny Puente, who has owned the brand and the San Francisco House of Bagels storefront at 5030 Geary Blvd. since 2005, told SFGATE that the statement couldn’t be further from the truth. “Nothing has changed,” Puente said. “My store has not changed, and it’s not getting any other stuff. We’ve been using the same recipe since 1962. It’s all artisan, we’re not changing and we have no plans to change. People have been shopping with us for generations. When things like this happen, it’s like a punch in the stomach.”
Puente, who also owns the House of Bagels wholesale counterpart, isn’t sure how the rumor began but offered some clarity on where the misunderstanding may have occurred. Before the pandemic, House of Bagels had several wholesale accounts that ended when about 80% of wholesale clients closed during the pandemic, according to Puente.
When the shift was made, Puente says House of Bagels didn’t want to leave its former smaller accounts without bagels to sell, so it helped connect stores and cafes to other local companies, which included Bonami, among others.
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