Baking & Snack - January 2009 - 65

Bread and Cake Producers

ARIZONA - CALIFORNIA
HOMESTYLE BREAD LLC
(Homestyle Bakery)
3305 E. Broadway, Phoenix, AZ 85040
Phone (602) 268-0677 * Fax (602) 276-1468
E-mail: jb2680677@msn.com

UPPER CRUST BAKERY, INC.
3655 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85009
Phone (602) 255-0464 * Fax (602) 255-0433
E-mail: info@ucbakery.com
Internet: www.uppercrustbakeryusa.com

Sales: $1,500,000. Employees: 32. Transport Trucks:
1. Type: wholesale. Method: conventional. Bread: white
pan bread, whole-wheat, cracked wheat, other wheat.
Specialty bread: raisin bread, sourdough. Buns and
rolls: hamburger and hot dog buns, other bread-type
rolls (Parkerhouse, Kaiser). Sweet goods: sweet yeast
goods (sweet rolls, coffee cakes), cakes (all types,
including pound, layer, fruit, snack). Other baked foods
produced: bagels, muffins, croissants. White pan bread
brands: Homestyle. Bun and roll brands: Homestyle
Products. Sweet good brands: Homestyle Bakery.

Employees: 150. Transport Trucks: 5. Type: wholesale.
Method: conventional. Bread: white hearth, including
French, Italian, whole-wheat, cracked wheat, other
wheat, dark wheat bread, rye bread (all varieties).
Specialty bread: other specialty bread (diet-type,
potato, salt-rising, salt-free, canned). Buns and rolls:
brown 'n serve rolls, other bread-type rolls (Parkerhouse,
Kaiser). Sweet goods: sweet yeast goods (sweet rolls,
coffee cakes), cakes (all types, including pound, layer,
fruit, snack), eclairs, pies (all types, plus frozen). Other
baked foods produced: muffins, croissants, hearth
rolls. Sweet good brands: Upper Crust.

Personnel: President - James R. Boots.
KARSH'S BAKERY
5555 N. Seventh St., Suite 116, Phoenix, AZ 85014
Phone (602) 264-4874 * Fax (602) 264-7986
E-mail: wayne@karshsbakery.com
Internet: www.karshsbakery.com
Sales: $1,600,000. Route Trucks: 3. Type: wholesale,
retail. Method: straight dough. Bread: white pan bread,
white hearth, including French, Italian, whole-wheat,
cracked wheat, other wheat, dark wheat bread, rye
bread (all varieties). Specialty bread: raisin bread, other
specialty bread (diet-type, potato, salt-rising, salt-free,
canned). Buns and rolls: hamburger and hot dog buns,
other bread-type rolls (Parkerhouse, Kaiser). Sweet
goods: sweet yeast goods (sweet rolls, coffee cakes),
cakes (all types, including pound, layer, fruit, snack),
cheesecake, eclairs, pies (all types, plus frozen). Other
baked foods produced: bagels, muffins, bread stuffing,
croissants, hearth rolls.
Personnel: Owner - Wayne Kindig.
LA PATISSERIE, INC.
1317 W. McKinley, Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone (602) 254-5868 * Fax (602) 253-7430
Sales: $10,000,000. Employees: 150. Transport
Trucks: 12. Type: wholesale, private label. Method:
conventional, straight dough, no-time dough. Bread:
white pan bread, white hearth, including French, Italian,
whole-wheat, cracked wheat, other wheat, dark wheat
bread, rye bread (all varieties). Specialty bread:
raisin bread, other specialty bread (diet-type, potato,
salt-rising, salt-free, canned), sourdough. Buns and
rolls: hamburger and hot dog buns, other bread-type
rolls (Parkerhouse, Kaiser). Sweet goods: sweet yeast
goods (sweet rolls, coffee cakes). Other baked foods
produced: bagels, muffins, croissants, hearth rolls.
Other bread brands: Organic Breads/Grain Breads.
Personnel: Bakery contact - Eduardo Teixidor.
*SARA LEE FOOD & BEVERAGE
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 2040, Phoenix, AZ 85001),
738 W. Van Buren St., Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone (602) 252-6881 * Fax (602) 252-9512
Type: wholesale. Method: conventional. Bread: white
pan bread, whole-wheat, cracked wheat, other wheat.
Buns and rolls: hamburger and hot dog buns. White
pan bread brands: Rainbo, Iron Kids. Other bread
brands: Country Hearth, Grant's Farm. Bun and roll
brands: Rainbo.
Personnel: Plant manager - Gary Battenfield.

(*Indicates part of multiple-unit)

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ROGERS

ARKANSAS
BATESVILLE

OZARK EMPIRE DIST., INC.
(Harris Baking Co.)
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 129, Rogers, AR,
72757-0129), 2301 S. First St., Rogers, AR 72756
Phone (479) 636-3313 * Fax (479) 631-3895
Sales: $12,000,000. Employees: 125. Transport
Trucks: 15. Type: wholesale, grocer-owned. Method:
conventional, brew, pre-ferment. Bread: white pan
bread, white hearth, including French, Italian, wholewheat, cracked wheat, other wheat, rye bread (all
varieties). Specialty bread: other specialty bread (diettype, potato, salt-rising, salt-free, canned). Buns and
rolls: hamburger and hot dog buns, other bread-type
rolls (Parkerhouse, Kaiser). White pan bread brands:
Best Choice, Always Save, Ozark, Tendercrust. Other
bread brands: Ozark Hearth. Bun and roll brands:
IGA, Ozark, Tendercrust. Other product brands: Ozark
Hearth, Autumn Harvest. All product brands: Ozark,
Tendercrust, Best Choice, Ozark Hearth, Always Save.
Personnel: General manager - John Carosh;
Production manager - Mike Klingman; Assistant
manager - Kathy Evans.

*FLOWERS FOODS/FLOWERS BAKERIES
(Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville, LLC)
1223 S. St. Louis St., Batesville, AR 72501-7228
Phone (870) 793-6851 * Fax (870) 793-5696

SPRINGDALE

Type: wholesale. Method: conventional, continuous.
Bread: white pan bread, whole-wheat, cracked wheat,
other wheat, dark wheat bread, rye bread (all varieties).

*NEWLY WEDS FOODS, INC.
1111 Angell Dr., Springdale, AR 72764
Phone (479) 756-7300 * Fax (479) 750-1285

Personnel: President - Barry Hammers.

Rail: Yes. Type: wholesale, private label, hotel,
restaurant, institutional. Method: continuous. Other
baked foods produced: bread crumbs. All product
brands: Newly Weds Foods.

FORT SMITH
*FLOWERS FOODS/FLOWERS BAKERIES
415 N. Fourth St., Fort Smith, AR 72901
Phone (479) 782-7522

Personnel: Manager - Karen Horton.

Type: wholesale. Method: conventional, continuous.
Bread: white pan bread, whole-wheat, cracked wheat,
other wheat, dark wheat bread, rye bread (all varieties).

GENTRY
*MCKEE FOODS CORP.
555 McKee Dr., P.O. Box 39, Gentry, AR 72734-0039
Phone (479) 736-2601 * Fax (479) 736-8321
Internet: www.mckeefoods.com

TEXARKANA
*FLOWERS FOODS/FLOWERS BAKERIES
(Flowers Baking Co. of Texarkana, LLC)
#7 Jim Walter Dr., Texarkana, AR 71854-4840
Phone (870) 773-7523 * Fax (870) 772-2174
Type: wholesale. Buns and rolls: hamburger and hot
dog buns, brown 'n serve rolls.
Personnel: President - Debbie Broussard.

Employees: 1,500. Rail: Yes. Type: wholesale.
Sweet goods: yeast-raised donuts, cake-type donuts
(chemically leavened), cakes (all types, including pound,
layer, fruit, snack). Sweet good brands: Little Debbie,
Sunbelt.
Personnel: Vice-president, Gentry operations - Tim
Broughton.

HOPE
*HARLAN BAKERIES
(Southern Bakeries LLC)
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 687, Hope, AR 71802),
2700 E. Third St., Hope, AR 71801
Phone (870) 777-9031; (800) 643-1542
Fax (870) 777-6779
Internet: www.southernbakeries.com

CALIFORNIA
ANAHEIM
TINA'S, INC.
1401 N. Kraemer, Suite D, Anaheim, CA 92806
Phone (714) 630-4123 * Fax (714) 630-0650
E-mail: customerservice@tinasinc.com
Internet: www.tinasinc.com
Employees: 60. Transport Trucks: 4. Type: wholesale.
Specialty bread: other specialty bread (diet-type,
potato, salt-rising, salt-free, canned). Sweet goods:
sweet yeast goods (sweet rolls, coffee cakes), cakes (all
types, including pound, layer, fruit, snack). Other baked
foods produced: muffins.

Sales: $50,000,000. Employees: 400. Transport
Trucks: 50. Rail: Yes. Type: wholesale, private label.
Method: brew, pre-ferment. Bread: white hearth,
including French, Italian. Buns and rolls: hamburger
and hot dog buns, brown 'n serve rolls, other breadtype rolls (Parkerhouse, Kaiser), English muffins. Other
product brands: Nature's Grain Bagels.

Personnel: President - Tina Wilson;
Vice-president - Bob Wilson.

BALDWIN PARK
*MAMA BELLA
(Lancaster Colony Foods)
5100 Rivergrade Rd., Baldwin Park, CA 91706
Phone (626) 338-3000

Personnel: Vice-president, operations - Rickey
Ledbetter.

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