Baking & Snack - January 2009 - 71

Bread and Cake Producers

CALIFORNIA
rolls: hamburger and hot dog buns. Other baked foods
produced: bread stuffing, hearth rolls. White pan
bread brands: Rainbo, Iron Kids. Other bread brands:
Roman Meal, Country Hearth.
Personnel: Plant manager - Steve Horner.
SVENHARD'S SWEDISH BAKERY, INC.
335 Adeline St., Oakland, CA 94607
Phone (510) 834-5035; (800) 333-7836
Fax (510) 839-6797
E-mail: ccare@svenhards.com
Internet: www.svenhards.net
Employees: 300. Route Trucks: 65. Transport Trucks:
4. Type: wholesale. Method: conventional. Sweet
goods: sweet yeast goods (sweet rolls, coffee cakes).
Sweet good brands: Svenhard's Swedish Bakery.
Personnel: President - Michelle Barnet; Chief
operating officer - David C. Kunkel; Secretary,
treasurer - Marianne Windham.

ONTARIO
*FRESH START BAKERIES, INC.
1220 S. Baker Ave., Ontario, CA 91761
Phone (909) 472-3500
Sales: $58,721,000. Type: wholesale. Method: brew,
pre-ferment. Buns and rolls: hamburger and hot dog
buns, English muffins.
Personnel: General manager - Rob Crawford; Plant
manager - Bob Mitchell; Engineering manager -
Gary Rosenblum; Quality assurance manager - Russ
Stemler; Production superintendent - Cesar Zamudio.

OXNARD
*MAPLE LEAF FOODS, INC.
(Canada Bread Co. Ltd.)
2701 Statham Blvd., Oxnard, CA 93030
Phone (805) 487-5191
Employees: 140. Type: wholesale, retail, grocer-owned,
private label, hotel, restaurant, institutional. Method:
conventional. Bread: white hearth, including French,
Italian, rye bread (all varieties). Specialty bread: other
specialty bread (diet-type, potato, salt-rising, salt-free,
canned). Other baked foods produced: bagels.
Personnel: Manager - Rod Wetmore.

PACOIMA
GLOBAL BAKERIES, INC.
13336 Paxton St., Pacoima, CA 91331-2339
Phone (818) 896-0525 * Fax (818) 896-3237
Internet: www.globalbakeriesinc.com
Sales: $18,000,000. Employees: 110. Route
Trucks: 8. Transport Trucks: 1. Type: wholesale,
private label, hotel, restaurant, institutional. Method:
conventional, straight dough, no-time dough. Bread:
whole-wheat, cracked wheat, other wheat. Specialty
bread: other specialty bread (diet-type, potato, saltrising, salt-free, canned). Buns and rolls: other
bread-type rolls (Parkerhouse, Kaiser). Sweet goods:
sweet yeast goods (sweet rolls, coffee cakes). Other
baked foods produced: bagels, bread crumbs,
hearth rolls, pita, croissants.
Personnel: President - Albert Boyajian;
Controller - Kamal.

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Sales: $18,000,000. Employees: 200. Type: wholesale.
Sweet goods: cakes (all types, including pound, layer,
fruit, snack), pies (all types, plus frozen). Other baked
foods produced: croissants. Sweet good brands:
Galaxy Desserts.

PALM SPRINGS
PALM SPRINGS BAKING CO.
1196 Montalvo Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262-5441
Phone (760) 320-7414 * Fax (760) 327-0331
Employees: 50. Route Trucks: 7. Transport Trucks:
1. Type: wholesale. Method: conventional, brew, preferment, straight dough, no-time dough. Bread: white
pan bread, white hearth, including French, Italian, wholewheat, cracked wheat, other wheat, dark wheat bread,
rye bread (all varieties). Specialty bread: raisin bread,
other specialty bread (diet-type, potato, salt-rising, saltfree, canned). Buns and rolls: hamburger and hot dog
buns, other bread-type rolls (Parkerhouse, Kaiser).
Personnel: Head baker - W. Nelson.

PETALUMA
ALVARADO STREET BAKERY
2225 S. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma, CA 94954
Phone (707) 283-0300 * Fax (707) 283-0350
E-mail: sales@alvaradostreetbakery.com
Internet: www.alvaradostreetbakery.com
Sales: $20,000,000. Employees: 117. Route Trucks:
30. Transport Trucks: 3. Type: wholesale, private label.
Method: conventional. Bread: 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
baked foods produced: bagels, bread crumbs, bread
stuffing, croutons, hearth rolls. Other brands: Alvarado
Street Bakery.
Personnel: President - Michael Girkout;
Chief executive officer - Joe Tuck.

PLACENTIA
*GEORGE WESTON BAKERIES, INC.
(Weston Foods, Inc.)
500 S. Placentia Ave., Placentia, CA 92870
Phone (714) 996-7910 * Fax (714) 524-5254

Personnel: General plant manager - Randy Wilson.

REDWOOD CITY
SAN FRANCISCO FINE BAKERY, INC.
2537 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City, CA 94063
Phone (650) 369-8573 * Fax (650) 369-8382
E-mail: order@sffinebakery.com
Internet: www.sffinebakery.com
Sales: $2,500,000. Employees: 35. Type: wholesale.
Method: straight dough. Buns and rolls: brown 'n serve
rolls. Sweet goods: cakes (all types, including pound,
layer, fruit, snack), eclairs, pies (all types, plus frozen).
Other baked foods produced: muffins, croissants.

RICHMOND
GALAXY DESSERTS
1100 Marina Way S., Unit D, Richmond, CA 94804
Phone (510) 439-3160; (800) 225-3523
Fax (510) 439-3170
E-mail: info@galaxydesserts.com
Internet: www.galaxydesserts.com

MAGGIORA BAKING CO.
1900 Garden Tract Rd., Richmond, CA 94801-1219
Phone (510) 235-0274 * Fax (510) 235-2427
E-mail: info@maggiorabaking.com
Internet: www.maggiorabaking.com
Sales: $8,000,000. Employees: 80. Route Trucks: 15.
Transport Trucks: 6. Type: wholesale, private label,
hotel, restaurant, institutional. Method: conventional,
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. Buns and rolls:
hamburger and hot dog buns, brown 'n serve rolls, other
bread-type rolls (Parkerhouse, Kaiser). Other baked
foods produced: bread crumbs, other, bread stuffing,
croissants, croutons, hearth rolls.
Personnel: President - Dennis Maggiora; Operations
manager - Don Jones; Sales manager - Robert
Bossi.
*MAPLE LEAF FOODS, INC.
(Canada Bread Co. Ltd.)
3200 G. Regatta Blvd., Richmond, CA 94804
Phone (800) 231-7200 * Fax (510) 231-7210
Employees: 172. Type: wholesale, retail, grocer-owned,
private label, hotel, restaurant, institutional. Method:
conventional. Bread: white hearth, including French,
Italian, dark wheat bread, rye bread (all varieties).
Specialty bread: other specialty bread (diet-type,
potato, salt-rising, salt-free, canned). Buns and rolls:
other bread-type rolls (Parkerhouse, Kaiser). Other
baked foods produced: bagels.
Personnel: Plant manager - Rick Vargas.

Employees: 82. Type: wholesale. Method: conventional.
Bread: white pan bread, whole-wheat, cracked wheat,
other wheat, dark wheat bread. Specialty bread: other
specialty bread (diet-type, potato, salt-rising, salt-free,
canned). White pan bread brands: Stroehmann,
Sunbeam.

Personnel: Owner - Clifford Chen.

Personnel: Chairman - Jean-Yves Charon;
President, chief executive officer - Paul Levitan.

*SAFEWAY, INC.
(Bakery)
905 S. 34th St., Richmond, CA 94804
Phone (510) 412-2700 * Fax (510) 412-2704
Employees: 125. Rail: Yes. Type: grocer-owned.
Method: conventional, brew, pre-ferment. Bread: white
pan bread, whole-wheat, cracked wheat, other wheat,
dark wheat bread, rye bread (all varieties). Specialty
bread: raisin bread. Buns and rolls: hamburger and hot
dog buns, brown 'n serve rolls, English muffins. White
pan bread brands: Safeway Premium, Mrs. Wright's.
Other bread brands: Nature's Cupboard, OBC. Bun
and roll brands: Mrs. Wright's, OBC.
Personnel: General manager - Kie Ong.

SACRAMENTO
*INTERSTATE BAKERIES CORP.
6801 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95823
Phone (916) 424-0572
Type: wholesale. Method: continuous. Buns and rolls:
hamburger and hot dog buns, brown 'n serve rolls.
Sweet goods: sweet yeast goods (sweet rolls, coffee
cakes). Other bread brands: Merita. Bun and roll
brands: Merita.

2009 BAKING/SNACK DIRECTORY & BUYERS GUIDE
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