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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food processing |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Founder | Englebert and Joe Franz |
| Headquarters | Portland, Oregon United States |
| Website | www.usbakery.com/ |
United States Bakery, better known as Franz Family Bakeries, is located in Portland, Oregon. Franz Bakery was founded in 1906. U.S. Bakery also owns the Northwest regional bread brands Williams', Gai's, and Snyder's.
In collaboration with E. E. Franz of Franz Bakery, W.P. Yaw of Yaw's Top Notch Restaurant invented the 5-inch (130 mm) diameter hamburger bun in the late 1920s.[1] Though others are credited with creating a bread product to use for the first hamburgers known to the world, Franz is credited for inventing the hamburger bun in its current worldwide accepted form.[citation needed]
United States Bakery has a long history of growth through acquisition. [2]
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 1906 | Ann Arbor Bakery, Portland Oregon |
| 1907 | United States Bakery (namesake), Portland Oregon |
| 1976 | Buttercup Bakery, Gresham Oregon |
| 1977 | Pioneer Bakery, Bend Oregon |
| 1979 | Snyder's Bakery, Yakima Washington |
| 1980 | Langendorf Bakery, Portland Oregon |
| 1981 | Smith Bakery, Salem Oregon |
| 1985 | Boge Bakery, Spokane Washington |
| 1991 | William's Bakery, Eugene Oregon |
| 1994 | Smith Cookie Company, McMinnville Oregon |
| 1997 | Gai's Bakery, Seattle Washington |
| 2010 | Harvest Classic Bakery, Nampa Idaho |
| 2013 | Sweetheart, Eddy's, Standish Farms, and Grandma Emilie's brands from Hostess Brands |
In 2006, the Williams' factory, which had operated on the same site near the University of Oregon (UO) since 1908, was closed and the site sold to the UO, which as of 2007 planned to use it as the location of a new basketball arena.[3][4] Williams' relocated to a new plant in the Glenwood area of neighboring Springfield.[4] It was the first new bakery the firm had built from the ground up since 1906.[5]
It was announced January 28, 2013, that United States Bakery will pay $28.85 million dollars for Hostess' Sweetheart, Eddy's, Standish Farms, and Grandma Emilie's brands.[6]
In July 2006, Franz successfully baked a hot dog bun 104 feet 9.5 inches (31.941 m) long in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the World's longest hot dog. The previous record was just over 57 feet (17 m) and set in 2005.[7]
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