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MARTENSVILLE PHARMACY
Monday-Friday 9-8
Saturday 10-5
Sunday 12-5
Closed Holidays
17 Centennial Drive North
306-931-2868
Theodore’s Bakery
Continues To Innovate
Marcy Cross,
Martensville Messenger
Many changes have come to
local favorite, Theodore’s
Bakery; however the best
things have remained the
same. Lisa Buhler took
over Theodore’s from the
previous owner in 2015.
“I was actually working
at this bakery before Ted
bought it by about six
weeks. He literally taught
me the bakery from the
ground up. He never
stopped me from learning,
as long I was willing to
learn it he showed me all
aspects of it. Over the 10
years I worked for him,
he showed me everything.
When Ted decided he
wanted to slow down and
spend more time with his
family we were given the
opportunity to take over
the bakery.”
In December of 2015
Theodore’s held their first
Winter Wonderland. Lisa
said, “We’re pretty proud
of it. My mom raised us
and we grew up in a very
low income family. We all
struggled for food. She put
herself through university
raising two kids. That’s
not easy. We grew up
understanding the value of
helping others. Our Winter
Wonderland with Santa
Claus pictures was all done
by donations. Some people
donated money, some
people donated food. Then
we sent everyone their
digital pictures with Santa.
All of our staff and Santa
donated their time and my
friends are the ones who did
the pictures and donated
their time. We wanted
to give the kids goodie
bags and we approached
other local businesses
and our community is
breathtakingly generous.”
For a month Theodore’s did
breast cancer fundraisers.
They did coffee by
donation and donated
doughnuts to two different
groups that were selling
them to raise money. Staff
did a casual dress day and
they donated their tips
for the entire month. Lisa
explained “Our staff is our
family. We put an idea out
there and everybody’s on
board and in the end we
donated $600.00. It’s about
helping the community.”
Theodore’s also sells
a number of its fresh
made products around
the Saskatoon area. Lisa
commented,
“We’re
in Delisle, Pike Lake,
Vanscoy, just starting
in Saskatoon, Warman,
Langham,
Dalmeny.
People want what we sell
because they know it’s
local and they know what’s
in it. People love our bread.
We will never ever change
how we make the bread
because so many people
love it.”
Some of the cookies
haven’t been big sellers.
They’ve taken their time
experimenting with a
chocolate cookie with
greek yogurt chips and
have taken away the old
double chocolate cookie.
“We’re going to do a
mango flavour special for
a month. Many people
have been asking for the
hazelnut flavour back.
People are requesting the
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key lime to come back,”
Lisa explained.
Lisa was surprised by the
reaction they received
when they put out their new
brochure. They weren’t
doing anything different,
the new printed menu
simply outlined what the
bakery already offered for
meals. Suddenly they were
getting orders phoned in
and numerous catering
jobs. “The Martensville
Business Expo blew me out
of the water. People were
coming up and saying, ‘We
love that stuff’. We had the
meal menu’s there and we
also have the cake menu so
that people can take them
home and order from them.
People are hanging them
up in workplaces and then
calling in orders.”
You can find Theodore’s
Bakery at 135 Centennial
Drive South. You can call
(306)-933-4544 or email
bakery@theodoresbakery.
ca. Their website is www.
saskatoonbakery.ca.
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CUPE Saskatchewan Education
Workers Call For Adequate Funding
Through Social Media Storm
CUPE education workers
and supporters have taken
to social media to show
their support for adequate
funding for education.
“Many school divisions
are already feeling a
budget pinch. Many school
boards are dealing with
increased enrollment and
more complex student
needs,”
said
Jackie
Christianson, chair of the
CUPE Education Workers’
Steering Committee. “Even
a modest increase will not
be enough for some school
divisions to meet the need
for frontline support staff.
And
when
education
support staff get cut, it’s
our children who suffer.”
In Saskatchewan, there are
growing concerns about
what the approximately $260
million provincial budget
deficit will mean for school
boards across the province.
Though the premier has
said education will see a
“modest” increase, many
school boards are being told
to