Gray's Grocery opens new bakery for Sharbot Lake

Jeff Green | Jan 14, 2015

Gray's Grocery, a long-standing business located at the junction of Highway 7 and Road 38, has been making changes over the last year by adding meat from Gilmore's Meats of Harrowsmith and changing the layout of the store.

The store's owner, Jonathan Desroche, has been working lately on building an in-store bakery and this past Monday the bakery opened for business.

“Ever since the Rising Bun Bakery closed, people have been looking for fresh baked breads, pies and tarts, and homemade breakfasts and lunches,” Desroche said when interviewed at the store last week.

He was waiting for a final visit from a KFL&A Public Health inspector to sign off on the kitchen and said that he anticipated opening on January 12, which he did.

Although the product line will be enhanced in the coming months, Gray's Bakery is already offering breakfast sandwiches as well as loaves of bread, pies and other treats. With the cold weather this week, they also sold Beaver Tails

They are contemplating adding items such as pizza later this winter.

The new asset to their grocery business is being run by family members as well as new employees.

“With fresh-baked goods, Gilmore's Meats, local honey and our own relishes and sauces, along with the cold cuts and Wilton cheese we have always offered, things are going well for the future,” said Desroche.

The bakery, which has been busy since opening this week, will only increase in popularity in the coming months.

“We think we complement everything else that is available in Sharbot Lake,” said Desroche.