Taste of Scandinavia

What Taste of Scandinavia does

Taste of Scandinavia is a privately held, woman-owned bakery, cafe, and catering business operated as Aarthun Enterprises, LLC, founded in 1990 and headquartered in North Oaks / Vadnais Heights, Minnesota. The company operates three physical bakery-cafe locations across the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro (Bloomington, Little Canada, and North Oaks), an owned e-commerce storefront at cart.tasteofscandinavia.com supporting in-store pickup and local delivery, and a separate wholesale customer portal at wholesale.tasteofscandinavia.com for business buyers. It serves individual consumers, celebration and event customers, and corporate/event catering clients in Minnesota only.

The product portfolio is anchored in traditional Scandinavian baking craft and spans 334+ SKUs across bakery items (breads, buns, cookies, pastries, muffins, scones, lefse), cakes and tortes (Scandinavian Strawberry Torte, Princess Torte, Chocolate Symphony, custom celebration and wedding cakes, kransekake pyramids in 9-ring and 18-ring configurations), cheesecakes, cupcakes, gluten-aware items, holiday and seasonal specialties, and a cafe menu (Taste To Go) of breakfast items, sandwiches, wraps, soups, and salads. Core production technology is handcrafted, made-from-scratch preparation using traditional recipes, real butter, hand-rolled potato lefse, and almond-paste kransekake assembly; there is no disclosed software, AI, or proprietary digital technology layer.

The business operates four revenue streams: in-store and online retail bakery and cafe sales (unit pricing from $1.99 cookies to $155 kransekake), full-service catering with pickup, delivery, and on-site options (transaction-based with custom quotes), online ordering for pickup and delivery, and a wholesale bulk-order program. Distribution is multi-channel across physical retail, owned e-commerce, and a dedicated wholesale portal, with regional Minnesota-only reach. The company has 21 employees, no disclosed funding rounds, no institutional investors, and no parent company; ownership and catering operations are led by Tiina Nordlie as the primary point of contact.

Name

Taste of Scandinavia

Legal name

Aarthun Enterprises, LLC

Website

https://tasteofscandinavia.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Taste of Scandinavia is a woman-owned, Minneapolis-St. Paul bakery, cafe, and catering business (founded 1990) operating three retail locations, an online ordering platform, and a wholesale portal, serving Minnesota consumers and event clients with traditional handcrafted Scandinavian baked goods and custom celebration cakes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bakery and Cafe Services

NAICS

Retail Bakeries (311811), Bread and Bakery Product Manufacturing (31181), Caterers (722320), Limited-Service Restaurants (722513)

SIC

Bakery Products (2050), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAFAFAG

Cafe-Bakeries (Bakery + Coffee/Foodservice)

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Bakeries & Patisseries

SECONDARYTHAFAFAA

Retail Bakeries (Bread & Daily Bakery)

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Bakeries & Patisseries

SECONDARYTHAFAFAJ

Ethnic & Regional Bakeries (e.g., Middle Eastern, Asian, Latin)

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Bakeries & Patisseries

Keywords

• Scandinavian bakery products
• Custom celebration cakes
• Event catering services
• Artisan breads pastries
• Scandinavian cafe meals

Headquarters

HQ city

Vadnais Heights

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Retail Bakery and Cafe Sales: In-store and online sales of Scandinavian baked goods including breads, pastries, cookies, tortes, cheesecakes, and seasonal items. One-time purchases at point of sale.
2. Catering Services: Full-service catering for breakfast, lunch, and dinner events. Services include pickup, delivery, and full-service options. Custom options available beyond standard online ordering.
3. Online Ordering - Pickup and Delivery: E-commerce platform allowing customers to order products for pickup at cafe locations or local delivery. Includes same-day ordering for Taste To Go menu items until 1:30pm.
4. Wholesale Accounts: Separate wholesale customer portal for business customers to place bulk orders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Taste of Scandinavia operates three bakery-cafe locations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, producing and selling traditional Scandinavian baked goods, custom celebration cakes, and cafe-style meals while providing full-service catering. Products are handmade from scratch using traditional recipes and quality ingredients, including specialty items such as hand-rolled potato lefse, kransekake pyramid cakes, Swedish meatballs, and pulla cardamom bread. The company sells through retail cafes, an online ordering platform, a wholesale customer portal, and event catering services.

Product overview

Taste of Scandinavia is a Scandinavian bakery, cafe, and catering business with multiple locations in Minnesota (Little Canada, Bloomington, and North Oaks). The company offers a unified portfolio of products centered around Scandinavian baking traditions. Core offerings include bakery products (breads, pastries, cookies, muffins), specialty cakes and tortes (wedding cakes, graduation cakes, Kransekake), cheesecakes, cupcakes, and seasonal items. The cafe services include Taste to Go meals with breakfast items, sandwiches, wraps, soups, and salads. Catering services provide full-service options for events of any size. The business also offers gluten-aware products and operates a wholesale program for bulk orders. All products are made from scratch using traditional recipes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bakery Products Handcrafted baked goods including artisan breads, buns, rolls, cookies, pastries, muffins, scones, bars, brownies, European breads, and Scandinavian specialties such as cardamom pulla, coffee cakes, Danish, and kolaches.
• Cakes and Tortes Handcrafted celebration cakes and tortes made from scratch including Scandinavian Strawberry Torte, Chocolate Symphony Torte, Princess Torte, Baileys Irish Cream Torte, German Chocolate Torte, Chocolate Raspberry Torte, English Lemon Torte, Carrot Cake, and Strawberry Shortcake.
• Cheesecakes Classic and specialty cheesecakes including Cookie Dough Cheesecake, Classic Cheesecake, and a cheesecake of the month rotating seasonally.
• Cupcakes Custom cupcakes available in various flavors with customizable frosting and decorations, sold in two-packs starting at $4.99.
• Graduation Cakes Custom graduation cakes featuring school logos, cap and diploma designs, and customizable school colors; priced from $39 for a quarter-sheet.
• Kransekake Pyramid Cakes Traditional Scandinavian pyramid cakes made from almond paste, sugar, egg white, and icing, available in 9-ring and 18-ring configurations with traditional or special occasion decorations, priced from $85 to $155.
• Wedding Cakes Custom hand-decorated wedding cakes made from scratch with customizable designs and flavors by in-house decorators.
• Lefse Traditional Scandinavian potato flatbread made by hand with real potatoes, rolled the old-fashioned way, served with butter and cinnamon sugar or lingonberry spread.
• Catering Services Full-service catering for breakfast, lunch, and dinner events including appetizers, entrees (meat, poultry, fish), side dishes, salads, soups, sandwiches, party platters, boxed lunches, desserts, and dips, available with pickup, delivery, and on-site serving options.
• Taste to Go Cafe Meals Online ordering for cafe-style meals including breakfast items (Swedish pancakes, omelettes, waffles, breakfast combos), deli-style sandwiches, wraps, grilled items, soups, salads, combo meals, and frozen soup at home, available for same-day pickup or delivery until 1:30pm daily.
• Holiday and Seasonal Favorites Seasonal baked goods, holiday cakes, and catered holiday dinners and side dishes for occasions including Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, and spring celebrations.
• Gluten Aware Products Gluten-aware bakery items made with precautions for gluten-sensitive customers including flourless chocolate cake, brownies, and cookies.
• Gift Cards Physical and digital gift cards redeemable at any Taste of Scandinavia location for bakery items, cafe meals, and catering.
• Wholesale Program Wholesale customer portal for business accounts to place bulk bakery orders through a dedicated login at wholesale.tasteofscandinavia.com.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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