Brockton's food industry is cooking like never before

The Enterprise of Brockton, Mass.
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It's 6 p.m., and at Liberty Bakery Kitchen, floor manager Manny Vieira is on Boston cream duty.

Vieira takes a hollow doughnut and presses it against a tube, filling it with custard. Other workers are baking, frosting, powdering with sugar.

The treats are being made for the region's ubiquitous doughnut chain, Dunkin' Donuts. It's a big operation: The Brockton factory supplies 132 of the chain's restaurants in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

"Made in Brockton" once applied primarily to shoes. Now the label might be more fitting for food, city advocates say.

Chicago-style pizzas for Uno's restaurants, Near East pita bread, caramel for major candy bar brands — they're all manufactured here.

And many of the largest businesses that have moved to the city in recent years are in food.

"We're not really surprised about the fact we're getting food manufacturers," said Mary Waldron, executive director of the 21st Century Corp., a city-funded development group.

"Brockton has affordability — much better prices compared to the region north of us," she said.

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