"It's a busy day at the Sugar Bowl Bakery plant, where thousands of flaky palmier cookies and dense duet bites, a madeleine-brownie hybrid, shimmy down conveyor belts by the second. The factory hums as the pastries move along an assembly line of mixed batter, baking, cooling, labeling and packaging en route to Costco, Safeway and Bi-Rite Market. After an eight-hour shift, a single conveyor belt line will yield more than 350,000 baked goods."
"Sugar Bowl Bakery's top-selling item happens to be the buttery madeleine cookie, which was added to production around 2008. Mark Ly, regional sales manager at Sugar Bowl Bakery, which has been in his family for two generations, told SFGATE that the Hayward factory can produce 30 million madeleine cookies annually. "We also have a much larger plant in Tucker, Georgia, which has two production lines that produce madeleines," Mark said."
"When you take a bite of a Sugar Bowl palmier or madeleine, it represents much more than a sweet treat - it's a family legacy. Sugar Bowl Bakery is deeply rooted in local history, having started as a humble doughnut shop in San Francisco's Richmond District. In 1984, five brothers combined their savings to purchase what began as a piece of the American dream a"
The Sugar Bowl Bakery plant in Hayward runs high-speed assembly lines that mix batter, bake, cool, label and package pastries for major retailers. A single conveyor belt line yields more than 350,000 baked goods in an eight-hour shift, and the Hayward facility can produce about 30 million madeleine cookies annually. The buttery madeleine was added to production around 2008 and became the top seller. The bakery remains family-owned across two generations and began as a Richmond District doughnut shop; five brothers purchased the business in 1984. Products ship to Costco, Safeway, Bi-Rite and include private-label items.
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