Bi-Rite Family of Businesses

Bi-Rite has been a San Francisco institution for nearly 80 years. Under the leadership of second-generation owner Sam Mogannam since 1998, Bi-Rite has embarked on a mission of Creating Community Through Food, striving every day to cultivate meaningful relationships with each part of the community, from their staff, to their guests, producers and partners, and the environment. Over the past 20 years, the Bi-Rite Family of Businesses has grown to include two neighborhood Markets, a world-renowned Creamery and solar-powered Creamery Truck, a full-service catering operation, a small Sonoma farm, and the Bi-Rite Cafe at Civic Center Plaza, a new street cafe featuring fresh, flavorful homemade meals and soft serve ice cream. The Bi-Rite family also includes 18 Reasons, a nonprofit community cooking school that hosts classes and dinners at the 18th Street classroom and runs a Cooking Matters program which offers free nutrition and cooking classes to low-income kids, teens, and adults throughout the Bay Area. Bi-Rite first became a Certified B Corporation in 2015, and was inducted as a San Francisco Legacy Business by the San Francisco Small Business Commission in March 2019.