United States Bakery, better known as Franz Family Bakeries, is a bread and pastry manufacturer headquartered in

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, United States. Franz Bakery was founded in 1906. U.S. Bakery also owns the

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regional bread brands Williams', Gai's, and Snyder's.

History

In collaboration with Engelbert Franz of Franz Bakery, W.P. Yaw of Yaw's Top Notch Restaurant invented the diameter

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bun in the late 1920s. 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.

Acquisitions

United States Bakery has a long history of growth through acquisition. In 2006, the Williams' factory, which had operated on the same site near the

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(UO) since 1908, was closed and the site sold to UO, which eventually built its current basketball venue,

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at that location. Williams' relocated to a new plant in the Glenwood area of neighboring Springfield. It was the first new bakery the firm had built from the ground up since 1906. In 2013, United States Bakery paid $28.85 million for Hostess' Sweetheart, Eddy's, Standish Farms, and Grandma Emilie's brands.

Guinness World Record

In July 2006, Franz baked a

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long, breaking the

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. The previous record was just over and set in 2005.

References

External links

Franz Family Bakeries
(official website)
United States Bakery profile
from

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Historic images of Franz Bakery
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History

Acquisitions

Guinness World Record

See also

References

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