Zingerman's, or Zingerman's Community of Businesses, is a gourmet food business group headquartered in
Ann Arbor, Michigan. The original business and current flagship operation is Zingerman's Delicatessen.
Starting from the original deli, Zingerman's Community of Businesses (ZCoB) has expanded to nine Ann Arbor based businesses with over 500 total employees. Each business has shared ownership between original founders Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig, and the managing partners who started each business. Each business has its own organizational structure but they carry out the same standards and commit to the company's values.
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History
Zingerman's Delicatessen was founded in 1982, by Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig, and began serving non- kosher traditional Ashkenazi Jewish delicatessen
Traditionally, a delicatessen or deli is a retail establishment that sells a selection of fine, exotic, or foreign prepared foods. Delicatessen originated in Germany (original: ) during the 18th century and spread to the United States in the m ...
dishes and sandwich
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es.[ The Deli was originally to be named Greenberg's Delicatessen after a regular customer at Monahan's Fish Market, where Saginaw had been a partner with Mike Monahan, but another business that had that name objected.
In the early 1990s, the co-founding partners generated a plan for their company to 2009, which called for 15 individual businesses generating $20 million in revenue.][
In 1997, Monahan sold his share of the company to Saginaw to focus on his original business venture, Monahan's Seafood Market.]Avalon International Breads
Avalon International Breads is a bakery located in Detroit, Michigan, that produces a wide variety of baked goods, including breads, rolls, pizzas, cookies, and pastries, as well as sandwiches and coffee. It was established in June 1997 by Ann ...
with a substantial discount on the purchase of its old steam-powered oven as well as its original business plan
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when Ann Perrault and Jackie Victor established the Detroit
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-based bakery in 1997.
See also
* List of delicatessens
This is a list of notable delicatessens. A delicatessen is a retail establishment that sells a selection of unusual or foreign prepared foods. Delicatessens originated in Germany during the 1700s. They later spread to the United States in the m ...
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References
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External links
Zingerman's website
Companies based in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jewish delicatessens in the United States
Jews and Judaism in Michigan
Restaurants in Michigan
Restaurants established in 1982
1982 establishments in Michigan