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| == See also == | == See also == | ||
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Food processing |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Founder | Englebert and Joe Franz |
| Headquarters | Portland, Oregon USA |
| Website | 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 5-inch-diameter (130 mm) hamburger 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.
U.S. Bakery acquired Eugene-based Williams' Bakery in 1991, and the Seattle, Washington-based Gai's Bakery in 1997.
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. 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.
Guinness World Record
In July 2006, Franz baked a 104-foot, 9.5-inch (240 mm) hot dog bun in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the World's longest hot dog. The previous record was just over 57 feet and set in 2005.
See also
References
- Mayfield, Mitch. "Cruisin' Yaw's". Historical Highlights of Hollywood: Portland State University students and Multnomah County Library.
- "Historical Timeline". U.S. Bakery. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- "United States Bakery Acquires Gai's Bakery". United States Bakery (press release) via Business Wire. February 24, 1997. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- Bolt, Greg (November 10, 2007). "State board approves UO arena plan". Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ Welch, Bob (September 21, 2006). "Campus missing that bakery bliss". Register-Guard (via goliath.ecnext.com). Retrieved 2007-11-23.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - "Franz Family Bakeries Opens New Bakery in Springfield". United States Bakery (press release). August 28, 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- KGW Staff (July 7, 2006). "104-foot giant hot dog displayed in Pioneer Square". KGW. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
External links
- Franz Family Bakeries (official website)
- United States Bakery profile from Hoover's
- Historic images of Franz Bakery from Salem Public Library