How a 4 a.m. Bread Habit Became Halifax’s Busiest Bakery

Maya Okafor is the owner of Rise & Grind Bakery in Halifax, NS.

How It Started

I was baking sourdough before my shift at the hospital and selling it to coworkers. One week I had forty orders and no oven big enough.

The Hardest Year

Year two. Flour prices jumped, a mixer died, and I learned what cash flow actually means.

What’s Next

A second oven and a small wholesale list. Not a second location, not yet.

Sample story for the staging design only. Not a real business. Photo: Photo by Steward Masweneng on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/woman-in-blue-and-white-striped-long-sleeve-shirt-holding-bread-oNcs1L6VJtM).