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From hobby to passion: How a local bakery got its start

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For Benjamin Vickers, communication, transparency + peer relations are the pillars of his business, so working with a bank with similar values was pivotal.

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For many bakers, their love for the art starts as a hobby — a creative outlet to distract from life’s demands.

Meet Benjamin Vickers, owner and founder of Honeycomb Bread Bakers, whose baking journey started in college, experimenting in his dorms kitchen. Benjamin used his passion + a beautiful menu to win the community’s heart… through their stomach.

His first location opened in his hometown of Lakeland, where he introduced a micro-bakery concept through a farmer’s market.

How Honeycomb Bread Bakers was built

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