Slices and complete pies will now solely be bought on the bakery’s bodily location on the North Shore of Oahu.
Who doesn’t love a Ted’s Bakery pie? From its island-famous chocolate haupia pie to its blueberry cream pie, there’s actually no mistaken alternative. Nonetheless, you’ll quickly need to make the trek right down to the bakery’s bodily location on the North Shore of Oʻahu to get a slice for your self, because the enterprise shall be ending its wholesale operation on Could 20, 2022, after 26 years.
Whilst you may straightforward discover a Ted’s Bakery pie in native grocery shops and retailers—like Foodland, Instances, Don Quixote and Tamura’s—round Oʻahu, Maui and Kauaʻi, an surprising provide chain situation has been plaguing the native enterprise for years—and sufficient is sufficient. The ingredient inflicting the difficulty is a particular kind of starch that Ted’s Bakery makes use of in its baking course of that retains the fitting consistency proper as it’s frozen and shipped to native grocery shops and retailers.
Tory Nakamura, who now runs the store after the semi-retirement of her father, Ted Nakamura, stated that the producer of the ingredient is not producing it, which is flip makes it unclear whether or not or not the bakery will be capable of return to its wholesale operation in any respect.
“This has been an ongoing problem for the reason that summer time of final 12 months, and we have now examined a number of substitutes however sadly haven’t had nice success. Right now, we don’t know if we will return to wholesale,” stated Ted’s Bakery in an Instagram publish. “Pies and truffles will nonetheless be obtainable at our Sundown Seashore location. We really respect your understanding and continued assist.”
So if you happen to’re craving a Ted’s pie, what do you have to do? Make a day of your sweet-tooth journey and head as much as the North Shore, the place you can even take pleasure in a number of the finest seashores on Oʻahu. And for guests touring to the state, you’ll have an awesome excuse to really take a look at the bakery’s brick and mortar location, which additionally occurs to promote scrumptious plates of garlic shrimp in addition to burgers and different delectable plate lunch choices.
For extra info and for retailer hours, go to Ted’s Bakery’s website.
