Tate's Bake Shop
Bakery · Southampton ·
Cakes, cookies, pastries, coffee, ice cream sandwiches & more
Cakes, cookies, pastries, coffee, ice cream sandwiches & more
"At the Southampton shop, employees say Tate’s Bake Shop—which largely employs undocumented workers—is allegedly threatening to deport staff who try to unionize, with management reportedly telling workers that “if their documents are not in order and they attempted to join the labor union they would get deported,” according to Cosmo Lubrano of the union; workers say pandemic-era shortcomings such as unclear paid time off to self-quarantine and limited access to safety equipment further fueled interest in unionizing, workers have until April 21 to vote, and Mondelez (which acquired Tate’s in 2018 for $500 million) calls the harassment allegations “untrue.”" - Erika Adams
"Starting as a small bakery in Southampton, Tate’s Bake Shop became famous for its crispy, thin cookies, and has attracted major attention: Mondelez International is purchasing the bakery for $500 million; according to the company, Tate’s sales have quadrupled in the past five years while Oreo sales have recently declined." - Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
"Based in Southampton, New York, this family-developed cookie maker is best known for thin, flat, crisp chocolate chip cookies meant to be dunked: they soften with a five-second dip in milk, tea, or coffee without breaking. The packaged cookies offer a pleasing, not-too-sweet balance of butter, brown sugar, and dark chocolate chips—more of a tan wafer than a gooey fresh-baked biscuit—so they succeed as a shelf-stable product without glazes or gimmicks. Recently acquired by Mondelez International (the Oreo maker) for about $500 million, the brand is being positioned as a premium, higher-price-point offering with plans for wider distribution while operating as a standalone business, though there is concern that scaling production could pressure the original facility and lead to recipe changes. The company keeps a relatively restrained lineup— including a gluten-free line, a vanilla cookie useful for strawberry shortcake, coconut crisps for crumbling over ice cream, a popular white chocolate–macadamia variety, and limited flavors like Key Lime Coconut and an orange-scented vanilla—and many fans and food personalities hope the new owner preserves its Hamptons cottage roots and simple product philosophy rather than overextending the brand with gimmicky spin-offs." - Daniela Galarza
"Founded as a small bakery in Southampton, New York, this Hamptons-based cookie maker is celebrated for thin, crispy, sugar-laced, chip-studded cookies that many call the best in the world. After receiving private-equity backing in 2014, its sales reportedly quadrupled over the past five years, and it was acquired by Mondelez International for $500 million. The buyer—whose portfolio includes mass-market cookies—says the brand will be left to operate independently and be “isolated from the big-company way,” but some observers remain wary about whether corporate ownership will change the product’s artisanal quality." - Chris Crowley
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