Case Study: Tartine Bakery achieves streamlined collaboration and scalable cookbook production with Dropbox

Tartine's approach to growing a sustainable food business

Tartine is an award‑winning artisan bakery founded by Chad Robertson and Elizabeth Prueitt, known for its slow‑fermentation breads, focus on nutrition and sustainability, and influential cookbooks. As the business grew, Tartine faced the challenge of scaling those hands‑on techniques and values—coordinating recipes, photos and edits across a busy, distributed team—without losing quality or its commitment to sustainable sourcing.

They met that challenge by making open experimentation and shared learning core to their culture and by using Dropbox as a central workspace for recipes, notes, images and schedules. The approach streamlined cookbook production (six published, a seventh underway), helped train more bakers in their methods, and extended Tartine’s influence—bringing award‑winning products and sustainable practices to more communities while keeping daily operations aligned and efficient.

Tartine Bakery

Chad Robertson

Co-founder