Ordering and Pickup Instructions
(Links for the online order forms are on this page)
Four Worlds bakery is re-defining what a retail bakery looks like. We structured this business to provide you the freshest and most flavorful products possible using the best ingredients available; and to provide you the best value in the market. To do this we had to create our own grass-roots distribution and sales system; a system that allows us to receive the highest revenue margins on our products. These margins allow us to make the products at a relatively low volume; the only way possible to make such quality handmade products.
Please read this page carefully to get a feel for how the system works.
(1) Get on the weekly email list.
First,
click this link to get to the automated email list sign up form. You will automatically add yourself to the weekly email list which includes news, specials and will remind you to order each week. The weekly email creates a consistent connection between the baker and you and give us the means to communicate changes in products; and this is a central aspect of the Four Worlds Bakery vision.
The auto form is easier for us, but you can
email us here and request to be put on the list manually. Pre-ordering our breads saves you money, gives you the best selections possible, guarantees your bread is baked fresh the day you get it, cuts down on waste, and allows us to make the superior quality breads that we do.
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FourWorldsBakery@mail.vresp.com. This action will help prevent your spam filter from taking your weekly email. We use an email service which sends the weekly email from this address.***
(2) Baking Schedule, Pre-order Forms and Ordering Deadlines (w/ links to order forms)
**Pricing note: prices on some products are lower for the Wednesday and Thursday bakes than the normal prices for the Friday bake. Save money by ordering for the Wednesday or Thursday bakes.
Daily Bakes. You can now get fresh croissant at the bakery/cafe everyday, beginning at 10am, 7 days a week; no need to pre-order. Also, there is walk-in retail sales of bread and babka everyday in the cafe; fresh bread comes out just after 12pm on Wed. through Saturdays; discounted unsold breads available Sunday through Tuesday. But get what you want by pre-ordering from the forms below.
Thursday Bake and Pickup. Pre-order by Tuesday. Available for pickup at the Bakery, Center City, and Upper Darby. (specific pickup info below).
Click here for Thursday Order form.
Friday Bake and Pickup. Pre-order by Wednesday. Available for pickup at the Bakery, West Philly (Walton Ave), Mt. Airy, Center City, and Pennypack Farm in Horsham (specific pickup info below).
Click here for Friday Order form.
(3) Ingredients.
(4) Other Options to Buy
(1) Ordering late. Please fill out the online order forms even if you are ordering late. Assume I can fill the order unless you hear from me otherwise.
(2) Retail (not pre-ordered) Bread for Sale.We offer bread for sale at Four Worlds Bakery, 4423 Chestnut (same retail counter as Kaffa Crossing) everyday beginning at about 1pm and continues until the products are sold out. The store is open from 10am to 9pm. I am not accepting payment through buyers club unless you pre-order. And we charge an additional $.75 transaction fee if you choose to pay at the store with a credit card; which might be waived if you buy things from Kaffa Crossing with your bread purchase.
(3) Stores that Sell Four Worlds Bakery products:
Fair Food Farmstand, set up by the White Dog Foundation, is a non-profit store selling only local foods located in Reading Terminal in Center City. I am delivering there on Thursday afternoons at around 3 pm. If you go there, let the staff know what breads you want them to stock. You can also preorder online through the bakery and pickup at the Farmstand. The store publishes a weekly email which lists all their current products for sale; and it's amazingly seasonal. Follow the link to see their current newsletter online.
Farm Fresh Express sells a whole menu full of locally produced foods and delivers to your home in protected coolers. You can now get some Four Worlds Bakery products through this outlet. Visit their web page for details and info on whether they can deliver to your home or work. It's an amazing service; especially for people who don't have time or the ability to shop.
Mariposa Coop, in West Philly stocks FWB bagels and croissant, baked fresh everyday of the week. Loaf breads are delivered on Thursdays only. Mariposa is a members only coop at 47th and Baltimore Ave in West Philly.
Satellite Cafe, in the Firehouse at 50th and Baltimore, stocks FWB croissant, baked fresh everyday of the week. They also use FWB breads for some of their sandwiches.
Cream and Sugar Sweet Shop, near Penn campus on 40th & Spruce, stocks FWB croissant, baked fresh everyday of the week. This shop is a must see if you have a sweet tooth.
Earth Cup, 45th and Pine: fresh daily croissant & babka.
Lovers & Madmen. 40th St between Ludlow and Chestnut; daily fresh croissant, bagels and sandwich bread.
Ultimo Cafe. 14th and Mifflin in South Philly; serving daily croissant, baguettes, and sandwiches with FWB products.
Milk & Honey. 45th and Baltimore; serving daily FWB croissant and weekend baguettes.
(5) Options Regarding Your Order
Anonymous Gift Certificates for Hungry Philly families. We offer you the opportunity to feed hungry people in Philadelphia with top quality breads. When you order through the online order forms, you can select to buy an anonymous gift certificate; the full amount of your purchase will be given away, in bread, to hungry families. You donations can be tax deductible.
Eco-Reusable Packaging System. We tag 3 reusable logo-printed bags (pictured) for your exclusive use and we will pack your orders in your bags only. The bakery will technically own the bags, but will grant you exclusive use of the bags tagged with your name. The bags are made of 100% recycled materials; are 100% recyclable, washable, large enough for big orders and small enough for single loaf orders, and reusable. You pay a one-time $10, non-refundable, fee to get into the system; you opt-in to the system via the online order form. Before deciding, please read about the
thinking behind the system on this blog post.
Every time you pickup an order, you return one of your tagged reusable bags (washed or cleaned if necessary) at the pickup site. If a bag is damaged or unusable because of our transportation system, we will replace it. The $.25 fee for optional plastic bread bags will still apply.
You can opt-out of the system and request disposable paper bags, but we will charge you a $.50 packaging fee plus another $.25 if you choose optional plastic bagging for the bread. The $.50 packaging fee is waived for first time customers. The disposable bagging fees cover the cost of the bags and the extra time to pack and handle the orders in transport; resusable bags are much more efficient.
Buyers Club. Save money and enjoy Four Worlds Breads more often by joining the buyers club. Every time you send in or drop off $36 to prepay for your bread, you get an additional $4 in credit on your account. This translates roughly to a 10% discount. Order the breads when you want and take as long as wish to use up your credit. But you must maintain a credit balance to get the free $4 credit. Join the Buyers club by selecting that option in the payment section on the order form. You must pre-order to use your buyers club account to purchase products.
Plastic Bread Packing. You can request your bread be packed in a plastic bag for a $.25 fee. Babka is automatically packed in plastic with no fee; baguettes are never packed in plastic; and Croissant is always packed in boxed containers. Challah, if you plan to eat it the day after it's baked, is best packed in plastic; same with other breads and pastry. Sometimes, however, the breads are too hot to pack in plastic, in which case we will include the plastic bags with a wire tie with your order, if you order plastic.
Bread slicing. You can select to have all your loaves pre-sliced for a small fee; to cover the labor to slice and bag the bread. Babka cannot be pre-sliced; the chocolate sticks to the machine blades.
(6) Specific Pickup and Payment Instructions
How to Pay (For All Pickup Sites). If you select to mail a check or money order, mail payment to me at the Four Worlds office located at 528 S. Melville St., Phil, PA 19143. Write checks payable to Four Worlds Bakery. Please do not leave money at the pickup sites. If you pickup in West Philly or at the Bakery, however, you may leave payment when you pickup (see instructions below). Please make sure you take only the bags (and all the bags) with your name on it. Call me about any lost orders or questions at 215-967-1458.
Four Worlds Bakery.. Wed., Thurs., & Friday. 4423 Chestnut, in Kaffa Crossing cafe. You may pay with cash or check at the Bakery (or credit cards for a $.75 transaction fee); pickups at the bakery will be ready by around 1pm on the bake day and you can pick them up until closing at 9pm. For Saturdays and Sundays, earlier pick is possible (ie for bagels or croissant, so please let us know if you need them earlier).
West Philly (Walton Ave). Friday. 4834 Walton Ave.; between Cedar and Baltimore Ave and between 48th and 49th. Please pick up after 4pm on Wednesdays and after 2pm on Thursdays and Fridays at 4834 Walton. Open the big brown box on the porch to get your order printed with your name. This is located near 48th and Baltimore. Please leave a check or cash in the mail slot, but make sure you indicate your name with the money. I will leave some envelops in the box that stores the bread. Please don't just drop cash in the mail slot as I need to keep track of accounts.
Mt. Airy. Friday only. Your pickup is at 7034 Greene, near the corner of Ellet. Walk around the house to the back covered section of the porch. The breads will be there after 2:30 on Friday.
Upper Darby. Thursday Only. Pickup at 635 Merion Avenue; 2 blocks off State Road, and there’s a little jog in Merion, so when you get to the “end” of 2 blocks of Merion, take a quick left and then right again, and you’ll be on Merion Ave. Pickup between 3 and 8 pm on Thursdays. Please park on the street; not on the shared driveway. Contact Marie for any issues regarding picking up here: Coop.orders.HUD [at] gmail [dot] com . You can also pre-order dairy, meat and eggs through
Hendricks Farm to pickup with your bread; contact Marie for more information.
Pennypack Farm in Horsham. Friday only. Pickup at 685 Mann Rd, Horsham, PA. (There is the Resurrection Lutheran Church on the corner of Welsh Rd and Mann Rd, we are just down past the housing development on the right). Pickup in the Harvest House (or if closed, the greehouse right outside the harvest house) between 3 pm to 7pm.
Center City. Thursday only. Your pickup is at Fair Food Farmstand in Reading Terminal, on the corner of 12th and Arch in Center City. They are open until 6:00. The breads will be there after 3pm on Thursdays. Please ask for your order at the front retail counter.
Contact Information:
Four Worlds Bakery
Michael "Challahman" Dolich, Owner and Head Baker
4423 Chestnut (sharing the location with Kaffa Crossing)Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-760-5832
Retail store hours: 10am to 9pm, everyday.
