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From Corporate to Cookies: How Alexa Ryan Built Bakr into the Midwest’s #1 Dough Brand

From Corporate to Cookies: How Alexa Ryan Built Bakr into the Midwest’s #1 Dough Brand

Update: 2025-10-29
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Alexa Ryan left a decade-long career at P&G to launch Bakr, a frozen cookie dough brand built on real butter, clean ingredients, and bakery-quality flavor. What began with Alexa and her husband’s hand-scooping dough for 14-hour shifts has grown into the Midwest’s #1 frozen cookie dough brand. In this interview - originally recorded at the 2025 Midwest Dairy Pitch Competition in September of this year, Alexa shares how winning the 2023 Midwest Dairy Pitch Contest jumpstarted Bakr’s journey and opened doors to major retail expansion. She also reveals the biggest challenges of scaling, the importance of partnerships, and her advice for fellow founders. Tune in to hear how grit, vision, and a love of baking turned one woman’s idea into thousands of store shelves nationwide.
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From Corporate to Cookies: How Alexa Ryan Built Bakr into the Midwest’s #1 Dough Brand

From Corporate to Cookies: How Alexa Ryan Built Bakr into the Midwest’s #1 Dough Brand

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