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Southeastern Retail Bakers Association started out as
the Southeastern Master Retail Bakers Association
in the fall of 1972. The association was formed with the vision of sharing ideas
and helping the retail baker be a better baker and manager. Our forefathers were
bakers from North & South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, who felt this area
needed to have an association for bakers, governed by bakers. These wise and
industrious bakers were Gene & Lil Wilson, Joe & Phyllis Cinotti, Jim
& Winnie Freeman, George & Winnie Rhodes, James & Willie Mae
Lary. Two of these original ten, and family members of the others, are
still active in our association and the baking industry. |
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In January of 1992, SMRBA
merged with the Carolina Retail Bakers Association to form the Southeastern
Retail Bakers Association. The idea, that a bakery
association should be run by and for the retail baker, is still upheld by SRBA's
by-laws. Retail bakers hold the elected offices and plan all of the programs for
the workshops and conventions, but our Allied Advisors contribute valuable input
and advise on the SRBA Board. |
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SRBA has one
convention a year, at which we have an extensive and informative program along
with an allied exhibit and some type of decorating competition. We also have two
or more hands-on workshops a year, held in different member's bakeries rotating
throughout the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Check out the dates,
locations, programs, and pictures of this year's convention and workshops on our
other web pages. |
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SRBA co-hosted our
first RBA convention with the Carolina Retail Bakers Association in March
of 1973. We were the host of RBA's 75th Diamond Jubilee Convention in
Atlanta, Georgia, in 1993. Once again, SRBA was the host association for RBA's
Orlando Convention in 2004. SRBA also went together with the Deep South
Retail Bakers and Greater Southwest Retail Bakers Associations, to have the
Southern Regional Bakers EXPO 2002, in New Orleans. |
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The fall of '99 RBA
became partners with SRBA and the other local affiliate associations
throughout the United States, and established Universal Memberships. These
memberships make the retail baker part of the national and local associations,
enabling them to benefit from the programs and services offer by both. In 2010, RBA
decided to no longer offer the Universal Memberships, but you can join
both associations separately. |
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Because SRBA is an
active and prosperous association with over 175 members, we are one of the top
four local affiliates nationally. In addition to the Carolinas, Georgia, and
Florida, SRBA serves Tennessee and Alabama; plus we have members from
other states that have chosen to be members of our association. We hope that if
you are not already a member, that you will decide to be an active part of our
growing association. |
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