Iconic KUB Bakery shuts down after 'devastating' few years
CTV
After nearly 100 years making iconic 'Winnipeg-style rye bread,' one of the city's oldest rye bread bakeries is closing up shop.
After nearly 100 years making iconic 'Winnipeg-style rye bread,' one of the city's oldest rye bread bakeries is closing up shop.
KUB Bakery owners confirmed the decades-old bakery closed down its locations as of Wednesday.
"It was very strange when we shut that door yesterday," Ross Einfeld, who runs the bakery, told CTV News. "The emotions range from anger, to sadness, to happiness – all sorts of things."
Einfeld said the bakery has a long history in Winnipeg. It was set to celebrate its 100-year anniversary in 2023.
The bakery was first created by the Kucher family in 1923. The Kuchers Ukrainian Bakery (or KUB for short) was purchased by the Einfeld family in 1982.
On its website, the bakery said its bread has become a north-end Winnipeg icon synonymous with wedding socials. It supplied the Winnipeg Jets, Manitoba Moose and Winnipeg Goldeyes for years, and had been shipping products all over the world.
But the past few years were very challenging for the KUB Bakery.
