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Hosted by Caroline Bower · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 138 episodes
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Welcome to The Bread Winner Podcast, the show for microbakery owners who want to create a successful microbakery without spending every waking minute in the kitchen. I'm Caroline Bower, and I bake over 100 loaves a week from my home while still getting 8 hours of sleep and having time to be fully present in the important moments with my family. If you're looking to build a thriving sourdough business from your home, you're in the right place.Every Thursday, I'll be sharing new episodes packed with practical advice on everything from marketing and sales to process optimization and real-life strategies to maintain a healthy, intentional lifestyle. We'll dive into how to get started, attract (and keep) your first raving customers, plan your ideal week, scale your operations, and price your products. Plus, we'll occasionally have some fantastic guests who are experts in the sourdough world.This podcast is all about giving you the tools and confidence to cultivate business that fits into
Caroline Bower hosts The Bread Winner Podcast, a business show with 138 episodes published.
Did you know that up until the fall of 2021, selling a loaf of bread you baked in your own kitchen was completely illegal in New Jersey? Not just restricted — illegal. They were the last of all 50 states to change that,
This episode is one of the most listened-to episodes in the history of the Bread Winner Podcast — and I am bringing it back during our two-year birthday month because it deserves to be heard by every baker who is just ge
I have been talking about Project Broadcast on this podcast for years — and in this episode, I finally got to sit down with the CEO himself, Jake Dempsey, for a conversation I have been looking forward to for months. If
It's the two-year birthday month of the Bread Winner Podcast — and I am celebrating from the road! My family and I are on an epic three-week road trip this July, and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to bring ba
This episode is one of my favorites I've ever recorded — and I think you're going to love it too. I handed the mic to my two kids, Jamey and Lila, and we had the most honest, sweet, and surprisingly insightful conversati
The Bread Winner Summit was incredible — and then I crashed. In this episode, I'm getting really honest about what happens after we give everything to something big: the pre-orders that don't pause, the follow-up emails
If you've ever wished you could sit in on a real, unfiltered business conversation with me, this episode is exactly that. I'm pulling back the curtain and sharing the live Q&A session from this year's Bread Winner Summit
In this short episode, I’m sharing why I believe the Bread Winner Summit is so much more than just another online business event for bakers. As I’ve been recording sessions and sitting in conversations with some of the m
In this episode, I’m talking all about navigating the transition into summer as a sourdough micro bakery owner and why this season can feel both exciting and incredibly overwhelming at the same time. Between changing fam
In this episode, I’m walking you through the three marketing channels I truly believe matter most for sourdough micro bakeries—and why trying to be everywhere at once is probably exhausting you more than it’s helping you
In this episode, I’m sharing one of the simplest shifts I’ve made in my bakery that has had a surprisingly powerful impact—and it has nothing to do with my bread, my menu, or anything I’ve purchased. It’s a small, intent
In this episode, I’m talking about one of the most important shifts you can make in your sourdough micro bakery—and it has nothing to do with your recipe, your oven, or even your sales. It’s the shift from thinking like
In this episode, I’m diving into one of the most common frustrations I hear from sourdough micro bakery owners—feeling like your marketing just isn’t working and that you’re not being seen. If you’ve ever sat down to pos
In this episode, I’m talking about something that almost every sourdough micro bakery owner runs into at some point—bottlenecks. Those moments where everything seems to be moving along and then suddenly… everything slows
In this episode, I’m sharing an honest, behind-the-scenes look at what it’s been like transitioning from a home oven setup to a dedicated bread oven in my sourdough micro bakery. After a few months of using the My Forno
In this episode, I’m talking about something that almost every sourdough micro bakery owner experiences at some point, but we don’t often say out loud—the plateau phase. This is the season where your business isn’t strug
In this episode, we’re wrapping up our three-part series on KPIs for sourdough micro bakery owners by talking about the how —how to actually look at your data and turn it into useful insights for your business. I walk yo
In this episode, I’m continuing our three-part series on KPIs for sourdough micro bakery owners, and today we’re getting practical. Last week we talked about why paying attention to your numbers matters. In this episode,
In this episode, I’m inviting you to step out of the kitchen and into the boardroom with me. If you’re selling bread to real people and taking real money in exchange for it—even if it’s just a handful of loaves a week—yo
In this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of my January and sharing what the numbers, the menu, and the day‑to‑day realities of brick‑and‑mortar life are teaching me. Revenue was up again (which is encouraging in
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The Bread Winner Podcast is hosted by Caroline Bower. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 138 episodes.
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