We run our bakery out of shipping containers. It was an unexpectedly cost-effective solution to scaling our business.

Chrissy and Ben Salif Traore began using shipping containers as their business expanded.

Nina Roberts

• Chrissy Traore and her husband started a bakery in Upstate New York after leaving the city.
• When they ran out of space as business boomed Traore started utilizing shipping containers.
• Shipping containers provided a quick solution and ended up being cost-effective.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Chrissy Traore, 41, who opened See &...