Case Studies

Invest during bad times to prepare for when things go well.  Ideally, that's a motto every industry should follow.  In reality, however, it's easier said than done.  Most businesses tend to pour money into thier operations during good times and cut capital expenditures when the going gets tough.  For many companies, doing the opposite goes against all business principles, let alone human nature.

But not Turano Baking Co. Just like a good stockbroker who knows to buy low and sell high, the company invested millions of dollars in its Berwyn, Ill. bakery two years ago -- adding a 30,000-sq. ft. addition -- when many executives thought the industry                                                                      had hit rock bottom, notes Renato "Ron Turano, the company's chairman.

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Stepping outside the box for innovative processing allows Anthony and Sons’ Greenfield bakery to combine traditional practices with state-ofthe-art manufacturing. For some, the love of good bread dwells in their blood and in their heart. They treasure their heritage of artisan bread, shaped by hand and labored over, one piece at a time.  Today, many small entrepreneurial bakers maintain this dedication to authenticity.  Those with vision and drive, take their business quickly yet carefully to progressively expanded levels. Such is the past, present and future for Anthony & Sons Bakery, Denville, N.J.
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Licios Italian Bakery moves into a new plant, six times larger than its previous site, and doubles volume in two years, while continuing to meet its goal to be…Consistently Fresh. Nothing beats fresh Italian bread with its crispy crust and tender crumb for making the sub, hoagie, grinder and cheese-     steak sandwiches that define “good eats” to residents of Philadelphia, New York City and New Jersey.  The key attributes of the bread being “fresh” and “crispy” …and consistently so.                       >> Click Here to Read Full Story

Flower's Specialty Bakery  

"Big" doesn't begin to describe the new hearth bread plant opened by Flowers Specialty Bakeries at Suwanee, GA., during mid-2000.  By every measure -- from the 170,000-sq-ft structure to the $35-million investment in buidling and equipment, from the 6,000 lb per hour line of product baked to the three million cases per year shipped -- the new plant

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   Fresh Start Bakeries

Back in the old days, when E.F. Hutton talked, people listened.  Maybe it was a simpler time when stockbrokers were respected and office managers and business travelers wore pocket protectors instead of wireless telephones attached to their ears and a BlackBerry constantly in tow.  More likely than not, the Huttons of the world represented the corporate management model of the previous century, whree patriarchal, if not ironfisted, executives ran thier companies with limited employee feedback.  That's not the way business is managed at Fresh Start Bakeries, producer of hamburger buns, English muffins and a host of other baked goods primarily for the foodservice industry. 

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