Episode 25

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3rd Jun 2020

Lee's Bread | Passion for Quality + Amazing Work Ethic

Lee Utsumi runs the tiny Lee's Bakery in the small town of Oiso (Kanagawa) Japan. Lee has an amazing work-ethic and passion to find the perfect bread recipes to share with her customers. There are issues with finding the right work-life balance, working 24/7 with one's life partner, and never really having enough of a break.

here we talk about her passion, training and work ethic, difficulties of running a small business during the Coronavirus, making her own flour from local ingredients, efforts and challenges in running and sustainable bakery, as well as her marketing tactics which she puts to good use in building customer loyalty.

Buy your bread from Lee's Bread today for pickup or delivery during the Coronavirus crisis:

https://leesbread.stores.jp/

Lee Utsumi is part of the #SeekingSustainabilityLIVE series episode 25 #SSL25

See all the videos in the series here on the SeekingSustainabilityLIVE playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcyYXjRuE20GsvS0rEOgSiQVAyKbEFSRP

#sustainablebakery #bakerybusinessjapan #leesbakery

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Seek Sustainable Japan
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Seek Sustainable Japan is a positive view of sustainable Japan through discussions with "Good People Doing Great Things" as a way to share ideas worth preserving and building on. Everything from community building to Japanese culture, art, crafts, trades, reuse & renovation, farming, entrepreneurship, sustainable business & products, events, organizations, travel & traditions. All of the guests on the show are creating a more sustainable Japan [i.e. better people-planet-profits balance] through their work, projects and way of life.
JJWalsh is founder of the Inbound-Ambassador co. as well as founder & host of the talkshow-podcast Seek Sustainable Japan. JJ is originally from Hawaii, but now a 30 year+ Japan resident. JJ is a sustainability-focused guide, educator and consultant based in Hiroshima Japan.

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Hi I'm Joy (JJ) originally from Hawaii & long-time Hiroshima-jin (jin=person). My work and content is focused on sustainability & how we can make better choices to balance the needs of people, planet and profits in our lives, work and travel. Join me as I talk with wonderful people and visit interesting places in Japan.
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