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Ohio State President, Students Tour Schwebel‘s
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Ohio State University students learned something Wednesday about of the bread they eat on campus.
On Ohio State’s Friend Raising Tour, they, OSU President Gordon Gee and mascot Brutus Buckeye stopped at Schwebel's bakery on Midlothian Boulevard.
The visit was part of Gee's annual tour to educate students about Ohio beyond Columbus. Schwebel's director of marketing, Lee Schwebel, led the tour during which he related the history of the family-owned business and showed how bread is made.
"Our tour right now is really focusing on jobs, keeping jobs here in Ohio, keeping our kids here in Ohio, and growing homegrown businesses such as Schwebel's," Gee said afterward.
State Rep. Ron Gerberry, D-59 Austintown and state senators Capri Cafaro, D-32 Hubbard, and Joe Schiavoni, D-33 Canfield joined the tour. "It's a great opportunity to show off the Mahoning Valley," Cafaro remarked. "It really displays what we have to offer."
Said Cafaro, "11.6 million students have a stake in the university, so we want to look at our partnerships with Youngstown State University and a variety of other institutions. Most importantly, we just want to tell the people that we love them."
Earlier stops on the Friend Raising Tour included the American Mug and Stein in East Liverpool and Stark State where Gee signed a partnership agreement with community colleges.
The bakery was founded in 1906 by Lee Schwebel's great-grandparents, Joseph and Dora Schwebel, to support their family of six children by selling the 40 loaves of bread they baked each day.
Schwebel's bread has been the official bread and buns of the Ohio State University Athletics Department since 2005. It remains the best-selling bread in Columbus.
“The reason that we're No. 1 in Columbus is because of the quality and because of the freshness," Lee Schwebel told the tour. "It's baked today, delivered tonight, and in your store by tomorrow."
Copyright 2012 The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.