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Dewey's Bakery

Bakeries of the United States

Dewey's Bakery is an American retail bakery offering fresh baked goods including custom cakes, Moravian cookies, cheese straws, and artisan cheese biscuits. Dewey's Bakery originated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1930. The company's classic Moravian Cookies are known to many as “the world’s thinnest cookie," and were selected by O: The Oprah Magazine to be featured on the coveted "O List."2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1930Founded1

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Dewey's Bakery is an American retail bakery offering fresh baked goods including custom cakes, Moravian cookies, cheese straws, and artisan cheese biscuits. Dewey's Bakery originated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1930. The company's classic Moravian Cookies are known to many as “the world’s thinnest cookie," and were selected by O: The Oprah Magazine to be featured on the coveted "O List."2

The story

Since opening in 1930, Dewey's has been baking traditional favorites, such as Moravian Sugar Cake, Grandma and Grandpa Coffee Cakes, Moravian Lovefeast Buns, and Moravian Cookies. They are made in the homemade tradition with a centuries-old recipe from the ancient region of Moravia, located in what is now the Czech Republic.

In 1992 Dewey's Bakery expanded, creating Salem Baking Company to focus on national distribution of their Moravian spice cookies. Since then, Salem Baking has added additional artisan products including Classic Southern Style Cheese Straws and Cheese Straw Petites, Cheese Biscuits, and Shortbread Cookies.

From Wikipedia’s article on Dewey's Bakery, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1930Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$1.4M 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $1.4M in all. PPP loans $1.4M.$0$500K$1M$1.5M2020 · PPP loans: $1.4M2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$1.4M$1.4M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 6, 2020$1.4M PPP loan (first draw) from Triad Business Bank4To DEWEY'S BAKERY, INC, Winston Salem NC; $1.4M forgiven Apr 6, 2021

Sources

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