Did you know that Golden Krust was born in 1989, when Hawthorne father gathered the family together and suggested they "set up a little place" to sell Jamaican breads and buns?
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Published 11:31 a.m. ET Dec. 3, 2017 | Updated 5:41 p.m. ET Dec. 3, 2017
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Did you know that the
New York City Medical Examiner's office has ruled the Golden Krust
CEO's death a suicide, saying the cause was a gunshot wound to the
head?
Did you know that the successful Caribbean food chain
Hawthorne created now reaches from East Coast storefronts and ShopRites
to Costcos in California, with more than 120 franchises selling Jamaican
beef patties, jerk chicken, sauces and authentic breads of the island?
Did you know that Golden
Krust planned to build a $37 million world headquarters on Route 303 in
Orangetown, and had signed papers with the Rockland County Industrial
Development Agency to create more than 80 new manufacturing jobs there?
Did you know that Hawthorne
established the Mavis and Ephraim Hawthorne Golden Krust Foundation,
which for a dozen years has given out excellence awards and scholarships
to those with roots in the Caribbean and beyond?
Did you know that Hawthorne, who lived in Greenburgh, liked to talk about challenges he had overcome to become a successful businessman?
Did you know that Hawthorne stocked inventory at the NYPD, studied at Bronx Community College and
became an accountan?
Did you know that Hawthorne later became an accountant in the NYPD pensions
department?
Did you know that Golden Krust was born in 1989, when Hawthorne father gathered the family
together and suggested they "set up a little place" to sell Jamaican
breads and buns?
Did you know that in 30 years, the family-run business has grown to occupy an entire
city block on Park Avenue in the Bronx, between Yankee Stadium and the
Bronx Zoo, plus it was there that Hawthorne took his life?
Founded:
In the 1980s in St. Andrew, Jamaica, by Ephraim and Mavis Hawthorne.
U.S. operations, with Lowell Hawthorne as CEO, began in 1989 on Gun Hill
Road in the Bronx.
First factory: Opened in 1996 on Park Avenue in the Bronx.
Franchises: More than 120 in nine states.
Planned world headquarters: 17 acres at Route 303 at Al Foxie Way, Orangetown.
Scale: 100,000-square-foot, with bakery, corporate and distribution.
Bottom line: Facility is projected to cost $37.2 million
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Did you know that Golden Krust was born in 1989, when Hawthorne father gathered the family
together and suggested they "set up a little place" to sell Jamaican
breads and buns?
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