- United States Bakery
Infobox Company
company_name = United States Bakery
company_
company_type =Private
foundation = 1906
founder = Englebert and Joe Franz
location =Portland, Oregon USA
industry =Food processing
homepage = [http://www.usbakery.com/ www.usbakery.com/]United States Bakery, better known as Franz Family Bakeries, is located in
Portland, Oregon . Franz Bakery was founded in 1906. U.S. Bakery also owns the Northwest regional bread brands Williams', Gai's, and Snyder's.History
In collaboration with E. E. Franz of Franz Bakery, W.P. Yaw of
Yaw's Top Notch Restaurant invented the five-inch diameter hamburger bun in the late 1920s. [cite web |last=Mayfield |first=Mitch |url=http://hollywood.pdx.edu/html/cruisin__yaw_s.html |title=Cruisin' Yaw's |publisher=Historical Highlights of Hollywood:Portland State University students andMultnomah County Library ] 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 world-wide accepted form.Fact|date=November 2007U.S. Bakery acquired Eugene-based Williams' Bakery in 1991, and the
Seattle, Washington -based Gai's Bakery in 1997.cite web |url=http://www.usbakery.com/index.php?page=historical-timeline |title=Historical Timeline |publisher=U.S. Bakery |accessdate=2007-11-23] [cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Feb_24/ai_19146764 |publisher=United States Bakery (press release) viaBusiness Wire |title=United States Bakery Acquires Gai's Bakery |date=February 24 1997 |accessdate=2007-11-23]In 2006, the Williams' factory, which had operated on the same site near the
University of Oregon (UO) since 1908, was closed and the site sold to the UO, which as of 2007 planned to use it as the location of a new basketball arena. [cite news |last= Bolt |first=Greg |url=http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=16344&sid=4&fid=2 |title=State board approves UO arena plan |date=November 10 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-23] cite news |last=Welch |first=Bob |authorlink=Bob Welch (author) |title=Campus missing that bakery bliss |url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5818694/Campus-missing-that-bakery-bliss.html |publisher="Register-Guard (via goliath.ecnext.com) |date=September 21 2006 |accessdate=2007-11-23] 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. [cite web |url=http://www.usbakery.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=6&cntnt01returnid=104 |title=Franz Family Bakeries Opens New Bakery in Springfield |date=August 28 2006 |publisher=United States Bakery (press release) |accessdate=2007-11-23]Guinness World Record
In July 2006, Franz baked a 104-foot, 9.5 inch
hot dog bun in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for theWorld's longest hot dog . The previous record was just over 57 feet and set in 2005. [cite web |url=http://www.kgw.com/mostpopular/stories/kgw_070706_life_giant_hot_dog___.35ab578b.html |title=104-foot giant hot dog displayed in Pioneer Square |accessdate=2008-05-02 |last=KGW Staff |date=July 7, 2006 |publisher=KGW]References
External links
* [http://www.usbakery.com/ Franz Family Bakeries] (official website)
* [http://www.hoovers.com/united-states-bakery/--ID__114338--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml United States Bakery profile] fromHoover's
* [http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Franz&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=audiena&CISOROOT=all Historic images of Franz Bakery] from Salem Public Library
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