When the order to quarantine came in mid-March, Azariah C. Evans and his mom Ta'Meca Dunning were prepared. They went out and bought food in bulk and hunkered down.
"We grew up with very little to get by on," said Dunning, recalling her childhood as one of five children in northwest Rochester with only her mother Gloria Milner working. The shutdown was a test of her skills to have enough so that no one goes hungry.
Dunning taught her son to stretch a buck and that it was important to have bread and water in this shutdown. They bought a bread machine, and Evans took to baking in his mom's Wheatland home.
Evans, a 17-year-old junior at Spencerport High School, had a thought: "People need bread."
So he decided to sell his homemade bread. But not for too much money, charging only $1 a loaf, including delivery. There's a need for food out there, Evans decided.
His mother and his aunt, Shantel Brown, posted his bread for sale on their Facebook pages and business took off. Evans developed a second recipe with almond milk and honey, selling the honey-flavored loaf for $1.50, including delivery. He used his initials in naming his business ACE Breads.
With a list of customers, his mother is the grand organizer of the orders that come in. They deliver the bread on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Baking bread and helping people both give him joy, said Evans, who notes that he plans to study entrepreneurship in college. This is good practice, he said.
Evans is a football player at Spencerport High School and he lives part-time with his dad Christopher Evans in Gates. He also likes to sing and help his aunt with her food business. A self-proclaimed health advocate, Evans says he's very conscious of the ingredients he uses, and that's why he decided to develop a healthier bread with almond milk and honey.
Evans started at Spencerport High School this school year, transferring from Wheatland-Chili High School, and started on the new school's football team last fall. When he told a teammate about his new baking business during the shutdown, the teammate was supportive and thought it was a great idea.
The bread sales also make a little money for Evans. Because the family buys food in bulk, they are able to get the ingredients cheaper. He's hoping to save some money for the future. Mom is managing the bread orders on her Facebook page at facebook.com/tameca.nicole. A second bread machine is on its way for his growing business.
And like a true aspiring entrepreneur, Evans is coming up with new ideas for the business. Next up, watch for fresh banana bread — delivered right to your door.
Mary Chao is the retail and real estate reporter at Democrat and Chronicle. Email tips to mchao@Gannett.com.
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