Bakery Product Manufacturing Industry Overview

Excerpt from Bakery Product Manufacturing Report

Companies in this industry make fresh and frozen bread as well as cakes, pies, and doughnuts. Major companies include Flowers Foods and McKee Foods (both based in the US), along with ARYZTA (Switzerland), Grupo Bimbo (Mexico), Weston Foods (Canada), and Yamazaki Baking (Japan).

Competitive Landscape

Demand is driven by consumer preferences and by the extent to which grocery stores choose to operate their own bakeries rather than buy from commercial bakeries. Profitability for individual companies is determined by efficiency of operations. Large companies have scale advantages in procurement, production, and distribution. Small companies can compete by offering specialty goods or superior local distribution services.

Products, Operations & Technology

Major products include baked breads, mainly white, wheat and rye, which account for 40 percent of commercial bakery sales. About 20 percent of sales come from rolls, buns, muffins, bagels and croissants; 10 percent from soft cakes; and the rest from pies, pastries, donuts and a variety of sweet goods.