Baking & Snack - January 2009 - 91

Bread and Cake Producers

INDIANA
- John F. Popp; Vice-president, human resources
- Chris Popp; Fleet manager - Walt Stevens; Vicepresident, labor - Jim Skurzewski; Vice-president,
sales - Tim Baumann; Vice-president, engineering -
Joe Steele; Vice-president, marketing - John B. Popp.
*LEWIS BROS. BAKERIES, INC.
(Holsum of Fort Wayne, Inc.)
136 Murray St., Fort Wayne, IN 46803
Phone (219) 456-2130
Sales: $25,000,000. Employees: 200. Route Trucks:
16. Transport Trucks: 10. Type: wholesale. Method:
conventional. Bread: white pan bread, whole-wheat,
cracked wheat, other wheat, rye bread (all varieties).
Specialty bread: raisin bread. White pan bread
brands: Holsum, Bunny. Other bread brands: Healthy
Life, Roman Meal. Other product brands: Lewis Bake
Shop, Hartford Farms.
Personnel: Vice-president, general manager - Wayne
Davidson.

FREMONT
*NEW HORIZONS BAKING CO., INC.
(Fremont)
5700 N. West St., P.O. Box 695, Fremont, IN 46737
Phone (219) 495-9834 * Fax (219) 495-2307
E-mail: bob.creighton@nhbco.com
Sales: $35,000,000. Employees: 80. Type: wholesale.
Method: conventional, brew, pre-ferment. Buns and
rolls: hamburger and hot dog buns, English muffins.
Other baked foods produced: muffins.
Personnel: President, chief executive officer - Tim
Brown; Vice-president, manufacturing, Fremont -
Robert Creighton.

INDIANAPOLIS
*INTERSTATE BAKERIES CORP.
2929 N. Shadeland Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46219
Phone (317) 547-9421 * Fax (317) 547-2330
Employees: 750. Route Trucks: 200. Transport
Trucks: 30. Rail: Yes. Type: wholesale. Method:
conventional, continuous. Bread: white pan bread,
whole-wheat, cracked wheat, other wheat, dark wheat
bread. Specialty bread: other specialty bread (diettype, potato, salt-rising, salt-free, canned). Buns and
rolls: hamburger and hot dog buns, brown 'n serve rolls.
Sweet goods: cake-type donuts (chemically leavened),
cakes (all types, including pound, layer, fruit, snack).
White pan bread brands: Wonder, Country Fair. Other
bread brands: Beefsteak, Home Pride, Wonder, Wonder
Light. Bun and roll brands: Wonder County Fair, Home
Pride. Sweet good brands: Hostess.
Personnel: General manager - John Campbell.
*THE KROGER CO.
6801 English Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46219
Phone (317) 322-5000 * Fax (317) 357-7938
E-mail: george.clark@kroger.com
Employees: 99. Rail: Yes. Type: grocer-owned.
Method: conventional, continuous, brew, pre-ferment.
Bread: white pan bread, whole-wheat, cracked
wheat, other wheat, dark wheat bread, rye bread (all
varieties). Specialty bread: other specialty bread (diettype, potato, salt-rising, salt-free, canned). Buns and
rolls: hamburger and hot dog buns, brown 'n serve
rolls. White pan bread brands: Kroger, Sungold, Cost
Cutter. Other bread brands: Kroger, Natural Grains.
Bun and roll brands: Kroger, Cost Cutter. Sweet

good brands: American Home, Country Oven, Royal
Viking, Village Bakery.

*KLOSTERMAN BAKING CO.
2618 East U.S. 52, P.O. Box 277, Morristown, IN 46161
Phone (765) 763-6114; (800) 428-6536

Personnel: Plant manager - George Clark.
*HARLAN BAKERIES-GT, LLC
(Harlan Bakeries, LLC)
7575 Georgetown Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268
Phone (317) 272-3600; (800) 435-2738 * Fax (317)
272-8910

Rail: Yes. Type: wholesale. Buns and rolls: hamburger
and hot dog buns. Bun and roll brands: Klosterman.
Personnel: Manager - Todd Crow.

Type: wholesale, retail, private label. Method:
conventional, continuous, brew, pre-ferment, straight
dough, no-time dough. Bread: white hearth, including
French, Italian, whole-wheat, cracked wheat, other
wheat. Specialty bread: raisin bread. Buns and rolls:
hamburger and hot dog buns, brown 'n serve rolls, other
bread-type rolls (Parkerhouse, Kaiser), English muffins.
Sweet goods: cake-type donuts (chemically leavened),
cakes (all types, including pound, layer, fruit, snack),
pies (all types, plus frozen).
Personnel: President - Hugh Harlan.

LAFAYETTE

OSSIAN
*DAWN FOOD PRODUCTS
(Dawn Manufacturing)
1720 Baker Dr., Ossian, IN 46777
Phone (260) 622-6216 * Fax (260) 622-4803
Internet: www.dawnfoods.com
Sweet goods: sweet yeast goods (sweet rolls,
coffee cakes), yeast-raised donuts, cake-type donuts
(chemically leavened), cakes (all types, including
pound, layer, fruit, snack), eclairs. Other baked foods
produced: croissants, muffins.

RENSSELAER

*KYGER BAKERY, INC.
(Harlan Bakeries, Inc.)
3825 State Rd. 38 E., Lafayette, IN 47905
Phone (765) 447-1252

*WHITE CASTLE SYSTEM, INC.
809 N. Melville, Rensselaer, IN 47978
Phone (219) 866-4631

Sweet goods: cake-type donuts (Chemically leavened,
cakes (all types, including pound, layer, fruit, snack).
Personnel: Executive vice-president - Doug Harlan.

LA PORTE

Sales: $7,500,000. Employees: 34. Route Trucks: 5.
Transport Trucks: 5. Type: wholesale, private label.
Method: straight dough, no-time dough. Buns and rolls:
hamburger and hot dog buns.
Personnel: Manager - Stephan Duncan.

RICHMOND

*ALPHA BAKING CO.
(La Porte)
360 Fail Rd., La Porte, IN 46350
Phone (219) 324-7440 * Fax (219) 324-4271
E-mail: contact@alphabaking.com
Internet: www.alphabaking.com
Sales: $80,000,000. Employees: 300. Route Trucks:
30. Transport Trucks: 20. Type: wholesale. 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, saltrising, salt-free, canned). Buns and rolls: hamburger
and hot dog buns, brown 'n serve rolls. White pan bread
brands: Kreamo. Other bread brands: S. Rosen. Bun
and roll brands: Kreamo, S. Rosen.
Personnel: President - Larry Mitchell;
Plant manager - Dirk Peterson.
*LEWIS BROS. BAKERIES, INC.
(Bonnie Baking Co., Inc.)
800 Boyd Blvd., P.O. Box 426, La Porte, IN 46350
Phone (219) 362-4561
Sales: $20,000,000. Employees: 280. Transport
Trucks: 20. Type: wholesale. Method: brew, pre-ferment.
Bread: white pan bread, 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:
hamburger and hot dog buns, brown 'n serve rolls. White
pan bread brands: Bonnie, Olde Homestead, Bunny.
Other bread brands: Indiana Spud, Healthy Life. Bun
and roll brands: Bunny, Bonnie.
Personnel: Vice-president, general manager - John
West.

MORRISTOWN

*RICHMOND BAKING CO.
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 698, Richmond, IN 47375),
520 N. Sixth St., Richmond, IN 47374
Phone (765) 962-8535 * Fax (765) 962-2253
E-mail: sales@richmondbaking.com
Internet: www.richmondbaking.com
Bulk: flour, shortening. Employees: 120. Other baked
foods produced: bread crumbs, bread stuffing.
Personnel: Chairman - James R. Quigg; Director,
purchasing - Dean Fleenor; President - Bill Quigg.

VINCENNES
*LEWIS BROS. BAKERIES, INC.
(Lewis-Vincennes, Inc.)
2792 S. Old Decker Rd., Vincennes, IN 47591
Phone (812) 886-6533
Sales: $15,000,000. Employees: 190. Type: wholesale.
Method: brew, pre-ferment, straight dough. Specialty
bread: raisin bread. Buns and rolls: hamburger and hot
dog buns. Sweet goods: sweet yeast goods (sweet rolls,
coffee cakes), yeast-raised donuts, cake-type donuts
(chemically leavened), cakes (all types, including pound,
layer, fruit, snack). Other baked foods produced:
muffins. Bun and roll brands: Bunny, Southern
Country. Sweet good brands: Lewis Bake Shop, Bunny,
Sunbeam, Hartford Farms.
Personnel: General manager - Carl Finfrock.

WINCHESTER
WICKS PIES, INC.
217 Greenville Ave., P.O. Box 268,
Winchester, IN 47394
Phone (765) 584-8401; (800) 642-5880
Fax (765) 584-3700

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