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It allstarted almost fifty years ago with a man who had a dream of making peoplesmile…

Justafter the World War II two Nikola Bukvic, by then already a schooled pastrychef came back home to Yugoslaviaafter spending four years as a forced laborer in Germany.  Nikola spent a number of years working in afew well know hotels in, but he always dreamt of having his own patisserie and servingpeople delicious pastries.  In 1956 Nikolaand his wife Zora moved to a new built suburb of Sarajevo, Grabavica to open theirJadrankaPastries.  At that time Grbavicaonly had four apartment buildings and was out of the way for most people.  

Nikolaand Zora worked very hard those first years. They struggled to sell their pastries and often had to give away theirBohems, Shamponez and other delicates to the neighboring kids rather than throwthem out, but they persevered.  As Sarajevo rebuilt after WWII and Grbavica grew so did JadrankaPastries. They made beautiful wedding cakes, tea cookies and their display grew tohouse numerous different kinds of decadent pastries.  JadrankaPastries became a place where youngand old alike gathered for delicious pastries. In time Nikola and Zora’spastries became the favorite among all the citizens of Sarajevo During the 1984Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo,Vucko the logo of the games was brought to chocolate life by Jadranka Pastries.  The chocolate Vucko made its way into thehearts and bellies all over the World. By the end of the 1980s Jadranka Pastries pastries had two locations andover 20 employees. 

In 1992was the war in Bosniabroke out Jadranka Pastries was forced to close after 36 of serving itscustomers.  Seven years later in 1999 Nikolaand Zora’s grandchildren decided to continue Nikola’s vision or making makepeople smile.

On February,07 2004 Jadranka Pastries had its grand opening in its new country. 

Inaddition to the JadrankaPastries retail shop, Jadranka Pastries now serves overa dozen specialty food shops, supermarkets and restaurants all over Western Ontario.  Jadranka Pastrieshas even filled special request for their Bohems and Shamponez to all overCanada, USA and even Europe.  

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