Arizmendi Bakery & Pizzeria works hard to bring its customers the best products from local vendors. When the Kombucha craze hit, we decided to jump on the bandwagon… but not without ensuring it would support a small local business right here in Emeryville!

Rejuvenation Company has been brewing organic probiotic cultures for over 25 years. Family owned and operated, Rejuvenation is committed to creating a healthy, wholesome, consistent and delicately flavored drink in five flavors: mango, pomegranate, ginger,  superfoods and original. Rejuvenation products are USDA-certified 100% organic. They also meet FDA guidelines for sale of non-alcoholic beverages, although SF Weekly’s Drink of the Week blog stated, “the kombucha from the Rejuvenation Company tastes more like alcoholic apple cider than fungus.”

The fun and unique flavors are a great option for those that find most Kombucha products too funky, vinegary or high in alcohol. Mango is the sweetest, pomegranate has a subtle astringency, superfoods tastes fresh, ginger is fragrant with subtle warmth, and the original tastes honeyed and mild. 

Arizmendi’s Emeryville is proud to offer all five to our customers. For more information about Rejuvenation and the health benefits of Kombucha, visit: www.rejvenationcompany.com

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Arizmendi Bakery & Pizzeria will join hundreds and thousands of people across the Bay and all over the world to participate in a general strike on May Day. We will walk hand in hand in solidarity with workers and their families to speak out against the attack on working people and celebrate the struggle for economic justice.

May Day, also known as International Workers Day, commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Massacre when Chicago police attacked and murdered workers participating in a general strike and demanding an 8-hour workday.  In the U.S., it is a day for us to shine light on the injustices that working people face as a result of the ongoing crisis of capitalism: sky-rocketing rates of unemployment, worker abuses, foreclosures, budget cuts, school shut downs, police brutality, and massive deportations.  It’s an opportunity to highlight the struggles of low-income communities of color fighting to replenish their communities from a system that has created the largest wealth disparity of our times.

Arizmendi—along with other worker cooperatives in the Bay— has worked hard to advance a business model that is profitable without the exploitation of labor, that provides for the community, and that creates a culture of equity and cooperation. We believe another world is possible where working people can work and live in dignity and resources can be shared. We are proud to be part of a movement that is turning this vision into a reality.

Join us in the activities Bay Area activists have organized including a March and Rally for Dignity, starting at the Fruitvale Bart at 3 pm and concluding at Frank Ogawa Plaza (14^th and Broadway) in downtown Oakland.

For information about activities for May Day in the East Bay, please visit: www.MayDay2012.blogspot.com
http://strikemay1st.com/