America's Largest Bakery Company Is Behind Many Of Your Favorite Grocery Brands - Tasting Table

Bimbo is the largest commercial baking company in the United States, operating over 11,700 sales routes. A large share of U.S. households has a Bimbo product at home, and the company produces many types of baked goods beyond sweet items, including bagels, buns, breads, and English muffins. Its products appear under many grocery store and consumer brands, including well-known names across categories such as hot dog buns and bagels. Bimbo Bakeries supplies products for more than 30 popular grocery store brands in the U.S. The company traces its origins to a small operation in Mexico City in 1945, and it later adopted its teddy bear mascot and globally recognizable branding.

"Bimbo is the largest commercial baking company in the United States, with over 11,700 sales routes. According to its official website, a whopping 92.5% of U.S. households have a Bimbo product in their kitchen right now. While many foodies might recognize the company's iconic Bimbo bear cartoon mascot from the packaging of their favorite sweet baked goods, Bimbo also produces bagels, buns, breads, and English muffins."

"The company's bakery handiwork shows up in brands that consumers might not expect, from Ballpark hot dog buns to Thomas' bagels, Sara Lee, Entenmann's, Little Bites, Nature's Harvest, the Texas-based Mrs. Baird's, and more. In total, Bimbo Bakeries provides products for more than 30 popular grocery store brands in the U.S."

"Bimbo's story begins on December 2, 1945 in Mexico City, with a small operation of 34 workers at a plant in the district of Santa Maria Insurgentes. The original Grupo Bimbo sold only loaves of white, rye, and toasted bread wrapped in cellophane."

"The same year it was founded, Grupo Bimbo adopted its now-iconic teddy bear mascot, Osito Bimbo, as well as its globally-recognizable title: A friendly portmanteau of Disney's "Bambi" character and the well-known, retro American tune "Bingo." Bimbo Bakeries USA is just one part of Grupo Bimbo, which serves 39 countries across the Amer"

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