Bergey's Breadbasket

We are a family owned and operated Bakery, Deli, Creamery and more in Chesapeake, VA. Come and visit us for a taste of our famous cinnamon rolls, cream cheese danish, made to order sandwiches, fresh ice cream, made from scratch pies, breads, cupcakes, cookies and so much more! Be assured you will be offered only the most delicious products! It is our mission to provide you with products mixed from scratch, baked in our oven, and served on your plate, in the same day! The Bergey family has been providing the Greater Tidewater Area with fresh food for over 75 years. Clayton Bergey and his wife, Amanda, with their four young sons moved from Bucks County Pennsylvania in 1910 using a horse drawn covered wagon. He began farming a small plot of land in what is now Chesapeake VA. From the beginning there was focus on marketing products directly from the farm to the consumer. You could say that we were fresh and local before there was anything besides fresh and local. Clayton marketed meat and dairy products at the downtown Norfolk market, the milk in 10 gal cans, and the meat freshly prepared on the farm. In 1930 Claytons son Titus had a coveted job in the Ford Assembly plant in Norfolk, but starting a farm to raise and support his family was more important than the sought-after job at Ford. So in the middle of the Great Depression, Titus quit that job, combined his fathers, and father-in-laws small farms and began to develop Bergeys Dairy Farm. The operation expanded and before long the Bergeys were milking 25 cows and Titus began a door to door delivery service for the farm fresh milk and milk products. In the 60s many customers began to come to the farm to purchase their milk so Titus began to sell bottled milk to customers directly from the cold room. In 1961 Tituss son James Harold took over the operation and began an expansion that would continue over the next 30 years. James Harold and Mary Jane had seven children and through the years each child has been involved in