Schmidt Baking Company is a bakery in

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, U.S. The company makes Schmidt's Blue Ribbon and Schmidt's Old Tyme Breads and, as a

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of the Quality Bakers of America Cooperative, bakes and distributes Sunbeam Bread in its territory. It was founded in

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, in 1886 by Elizabeth and Peter Schmidt at their house using recipes from their native

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. The company now has more than 800 employees and makes several varieties of bread, most prominently

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. Its 1970s and 1980s advertising

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was "I like bread and butter, I like toast and jam, I like Schmidt's Blue Ribbon Bread, It's my favorite brand", which was derived from The Newbeats 1964

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, " Bread and Butter". There was a major fire at an empty building owned by the company on Fitch Lane in Fullerton, Maryland, in April 2008. In 1941, the company was cited by the

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for failing to engage in collective bargaining with its employees. The company sponsored the

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pre-race

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in Baltimore for three years. In 1996, the company was the subject of an

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regarding when vacation pay and

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can be considered

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by a company in its tax returns. The resulting ruling on this case was used in proposed changes to the law. In 2012 Schmidt acquired the rights to Holsum and Milano in Harrisburg and Scranton from

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. Regional bakers approved to purchase Bimbo brands
/ref> During an Early January 2022 winter storm in Virginia when travelers were trapped in their cars, some for more than 24 hours, a driver hauling bread for Schmidt was asked to open the truck and distribute the bread to drivers stranded on the highway.

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