Baking & Snack - January 2009 - 75

Bread and Cake Producers

CALIFORNIA
Type: wholesale. Method: straight dough. Sweet
goods: sweet yeast goods (sweet rolls, coffee cakes,
etc.).
Personnel: Chief executive officer - Craig Olson; Vicepresident, research and development - Nancy Kirksey.
GOLD COAST BAKING CO., INC.
1590 E. St. Gertrude Place,
Santa Ana, CA 92705-5310
Phone (714) 545-2253 * Fax (714) 751-2253
Route Trucks: 8. Transport Trucks: 4. Type: wholesale,
retail, private label. Method: conventional. Bread: white
hearth, including French, Italian. 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). Other baked
foods produced: hearth rolls.
Personnel: Office clerk - Nellie Weber.
JACQUES BAKERY, INC.
3215 W. Warner Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92704-5314
Phone (714) 979-5322 * Fax (714) 546-0941
Sales: $3,000,000. Employees: 42. Route Trucks:
6. Transport Trucks: 9. Type: wholesale. Method:
conventional, brew, pre-ferment. Bread: white hearth,
including French, Italian, whole-wheat, cracked wheat, other
wheat. Specialty bread: raisin bread.
Personnel: President - Jacques Lagourgue.

SANTA CRUZ
BECKMANN'S OLD WORLD BAKERY LTD.
104 Bronson St., Suite 6, Santa Cruz, CA 95062-3487
Phone (831) 423-9242 * Fax (831) 426-3548
Type: wholesale, retail. Method: conventional. 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: brown 'n serve rolls. Sweet
goods: sweet yeast goods (sweet rolls, coffee cakes),
cake-type donuts (chemically leavened), cakes (all types,
including pound, layer, fruit, snack), pies (all types, plus
frozen). Other baked foods produced: muffins, bread
stuffing, croissants, croutons.
Personnel: Vice-president - Sharon May.
STAFF OF LIFE NATURAL FOODS
1305 Water St., Santa Cruz, CA 95062-1517
Phone (831) 423-8068 * Fax (831) 423-8065
E-mail: staflife@pacbell.net
Internet: www.staffoflifemarket.com
Sales: $300,000. Type: retail. Method: conventional.
Bread: whole-wheat, cracked wheat, other wheat, dark
wheat bread. Specialty bread: raisin bread, other
specialty bread (diet-type, potato, salt-rising, salt-free,
canned). Buns and rolls: hamburger and hot dog buns.
Sweet goods: sweet yeast goods (sweet rolls, coffee
cakes), cakes (all types, including pound, layer, fruit,
snack), pies (all types, plus frozen). Other baked foods
produced: muffins, croissants.
Personnel: President, owner - R. Josephson.

SANTA FE SPRINGS
*JON DONAIRE DESSERTS
(Rich Products Corp.)
9505 Ann St., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Phone (562) 941-1856 * Fax (562) 946-4143
E-mail: shartiling@rich.com
Internet: www.jondonaire.net
(*Indicates part of multiple-unit)

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Sales: $85,000,000. Employees: 400. Type: wholesale,
grocer-owned, private label, hotel, restaurant,
institutional. Sweet goods: cakes (all types, including
pound, layer, fruit, snack).
ROMERO'S FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.
15155 Valley View Ave.,
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670-5323
Phone (562) 802-1858; (800) 719-2690
Fax (562) 921-7240
E-mail: rich@romerosfood.com
Employees: 120. Route Trucks: 31. Transport Trucks:
6. Type: wholesale, retail, private label, hotel, restaurant,
institutional. Method: conventional, straight dough. Other
baked foods produced: muffins, croissants.
Personnel: Chief executive officer - Richard
Scandaliato; General manager - Robert Romero.

Type: wholesale. Method: conventional. Bread: white
hearth, including French, Italian, whole-wheat, cracked
wheat, other wheat.

SEASIDE
PALERMO BAKERY CO., INC.
1620 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA 93955
Phone (831) 394-8212 * Fax (831) 394-0184
Sales: $1,500,000. Employees: 21. Route Trucks: 5.
Type: wholesale. Method: conventional. Bread: white
hearth, including French, Italian. Specialty bread: raisin
bread. Buns and rolls: hamburger and hot dog buns.
Other baked foods produced: bread crumbs.

*FRESH START BAKERIES, INC.
920 N. Shaw Rd., Stockton, CA 95215
Phone (209) 462-3610 * Fax (209) 462-3618

Personnel: Plant manager - Brent Minardi; Production
superintendent - David Jimenez; Chief engineer -
John Slater; Quality assurance manager - Virginia
Taylor; General manager - Scott Parker.

Rail: Yes. Type: wholesale. Method: conventional.
Bread: white pan bread, whole-wheat, cracked wheat,
other wheat. Buns and rolls: hamburger and hot dog
buns. Sweet goods: sweet yeast goods (sweet rolls,
coffee cakes), cakes (all types, including pound, layer,
fruit, snack). Other bread brands: Earth Grains. Buns
and roll brands: Earth Grains. Sweet good brands:
Break Cake.
Personnel: Plant manager - Keith Dexter.

Personnel: Co-owner, manager - Erasmo Aiello.

TORRANCE

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
*BIMBO BAKERIES USA
264 S. Spruce Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080
Phone (650) 875-3121
Employees: 175. Rail: Yes. Type: wholesale. Method:
conventional. Bread: white pan 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: brown 'n serve rolls, other
bread-type rolls (Parkerhouse, Kaiser), English muffins.
Other baked foods produced: hearth rolls. White
pan bread brands: Northridge. Other bread brands:
Bran'nola, Oroweat. Bun and roll brands: Francisco.
Personnel: Plant manager - Damian Gautan.
GOLDILOCKS BAKESHOP
3535 Callan Blvd., South San Francisco, CA 94080
Phone (650) 871-2253 * Fax (650) 873-1301
Type: wholesale, retail. Method: conventional. Sweet
goods: cakes (all types, including pound, layer, fruit, snack).

Sales: $3,000,000. Employees: 40. Route Trucks:
15. Transport Trucks: 2. Type: wholesale, retail,
hotel, restaurant, institutional. Method: conventional,

STOCKTON

*SARA LEE FOOD & BEVERAGE
2651 S. Airport Way, Stockton, CA 95206
Phone (209) 946-0772 * Fax (209) 463-5017

Personnel: Plant manager - Scott Kock.

WEDEMEYER BAKERY
314 Harbor Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080
Phone (650) 873-1000 * Fax (650) 873-3170
E-mail: lstrain@wedemeyerbakery.com

Personnel: Plant manager - Tim Albrecht; Sales
manager - Howard Hubbard; Sales supervisor -
Diane Conn.

Sales: $15,601,000. Employees: 67. Type: wholesale.
Method: brew, pre-ferment. Buns and rolls: hamburger
and hot dog buns.

*SPECIALTY BAKING
10603 S. Painter Ave.,
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670-4029
Phone (562) 944-7371 * Fax (562) 903-9992

Personnel: General manager - Johann Yuzon.

continuous, 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,
salt-free, canned). Buns and rolls: hamburger and hot
dog buns, brown 'n serve rolls, other bread-type rolls
(Parkerhouse, Kaiser), English muffins. Other baked
foods produced: bagels, bread crumbs, hearth rolls.

KING'S HAWAIIAN BAKERY WEST, INC.
19161 Harborgate Way, Torrance, CA 90501
Phone (310) 533-3250 * Fax (310) 533-3262
Internet: www.kingshawaiian.com
Type: wholesale. Method: conventional, continuous.
Specialty bread: other specialty bread (diet-type,
potato, salt-rising, salt-free, canned). Buns and rolls:
other bread-type rolls (Parkerhouse, Kaiser).
Personnel: Chief executive officer - Mark Taira.

UNION CITY
CARAVAN TRADING CO.
33300 Western Ave., Union City, CA 94587-2211
Phone (510) 487-2600 * Fax (510) 487-4100
E-mail: will@caravantrd.com
Internet: www.caravantrd.com
Sales: $45,000,000. Employees: 300. Route Trucks:
3. Type: wholesale. Method: conventional. 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), cakes
(all types, including pound, layer, fruit, snack). Other
baked foods produced: bagels, muffins, pita. Other
bread brands: Pangea World Bakers. Sweet good
brands: Pangera World Bakers. Other product
brands: Panderia Mi Colonia.
Personnel: President - Joe Maroun; Chief financial
officer - Carmen Maroun; Vice-president, operations

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