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Posted By bruhaha 10 months, 3 weeks ago in ReligionGREENVILLE, R.I. — To the Cavanagh family, the product they make at a nondescript plant here is just bread and water. But to millions at churches around the world, it is a sacred offering.
Some customers say the Cavanaghs have such a big market share because their product is about as close to perfect as earthly possible.
From a purely economic point of view, it is something that is almost as rare: a seemingly recession-proof business.
With the exception of a decline during recent Roman Catholic Church priest scandals, the Cavanagh Company’s business of making communion bread has been growing steadily for the last 65 years.
The bread is used as a sacramental offering that, for Catholics and some other Christians, represents the breaking of the bread at the Last Supper and the body of Christ.
The family-owned company makes about 80 percent of the communion bread used by the Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran and Southern Baptist churches in the United States. It has a similar market share in Australia, Canada and Britain, and is now looking to expand to West Africa.
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