Entenmann's

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| type = Subsidiary

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| founded = {{Start date and age|1898}} in Brooklyn, New York, United States

| founder = William Entenmann

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| area_served = United States

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| industry = Packaged foods

| products = Baked goods

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| owner = Grupo Bimbo

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Entenmann's is a formerly American-owned company, now owned by the Mexican conglomerate, Grupo Bimbo, that manufactures baked goods and delivers them throughout the United States to supermarkets and other retailers for public sales.{{cite web |url=https://www.entenmannsdirect.com/history.cfm |url-status=dead|title=Entenmann's History |accessdate=July 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619101158/https://www.entenmannsdirect.com/history.cfm|archive-date=2013-06-19}} Often, they are known to have display cases at the end of store aisles.{{Cite web |title=Breaking: Entenmann's to pull chocolate donuts from shelves |url=https://247sports.com/college/michigan-state/board/93/Contents/breaking-entenmanns-to-pull-chocolate-donuts-from-shelves--148097674/ |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=247Sports |language=en}} The company offers dessert, cup, loaf, and crumb cakes, and donuts, cookies, pies, cereal bars, muffins, Danish pastries, and among other baked goods, buns.{{cite web |url=http://www.entenmanns.com/op-main.cfm |title=Entenmann's Products |accessdate=March 4, 2013}} In the past several years, they have added designer coffee flavors along with scented candles to their product line in an effort to broaden its appeal.

Today, more than 100 different items carry the Entenmann's brand, which is currently owned by Bimbo Bakeries USA.{{cite web |last1=Hiatt |first1=Anna |title=Iconic Entenmann's factory set to shut down in NY|url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Iconic-Entenmanns-factory-set-to-shut-down-in-NY-372707 |newspaper=Jerusalem Post |accessdate=10 May 2017 |date=August 28, 2014}}

History

Entenmann's is a {{years ago|1898}} year old company originating in New York City. William Entenmann learned the trade of baking from his father in Stuttgart, Germany, and used his acquired skills to work in a bakery in the U.S., eventually opening his own bakery in 1898 on Rogers Avenue in Brooklyn. Later, William moved his bakery to Bay Shore, Long Island. Home delivery was a substantial part of the bakery that William owned, eventually turning into 30 home delivery routes by the time his son, William Jr., took over the bakery. While William Jr. headed the bakery, it flourished; Frank Sinatra was a weekly customer.

William Jr. died in 1951, leaving the bakery to his wife Martha and their sons, Robert, Charles, and William.{{cite news |last=Barron |first=James |title=Charles E. Entenmann, Last of a Storied Baking Family, Dies at 92 |newspaper=New York Times |date=March 10, 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/obituaries/charles-e-entenmann-dead.html}} The family phased out bread in order to focus on pastries and cakes, and began supplying grocery stores rather than offering home delivery. In 1959, the Entenmann family invented the "see-through" cake box used by many bakeries today.{{cite web |url=https://www.entenmannsdirect.com/funFacts.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810040916/http://www.entenmannsdirect.com/funFacts.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 10, 2009 |title=Entenmann's Fun Facts |accessdate=July 20, 2012}} In 1961, the business grew, with new bakeries and factories in Bay Shore, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Charles helped turn the company into a nationally known symbol of sweetness. He excelled at administration and engineering and he presided over the automation of the company’s cake lines. He oversaw the design of a computer-controlled system that delivered ingredients to the mixing vats.

Plans to expand nationally stalled in 1970. Entenmann's Bakery, with the assistance of new product consultants at Calle and Company, reformulated from heavier New England–style baked goods to lighter offerings more suitable for hotter, more humid test markets such as Miami and Atlanta. Entenmann's successful national expansion quickly followed. In 1972, Entenmann's started to sell chocolate chip cookies, and has since sold more than 620 million cookies. Since its first opening in 1898, Entenmann's has been selling an "all-butter loaf cake", and has sold more than 700 million to date.

The pharmaceutical company Warner-Lambert purchased Entenmann's in 1978, and then sold it to General Foods in 1982.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/13/business/general-foods-wraps-up-a-winner.html |title=General Foods wrap up a winner |first= James |last=Barron |date=October 13, 1982 |page=D4 |newspaper=New York Times}} General Foods merged with Kraft in 1990.{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-02-18-8903060404-story.html |title=General Foods is united with Kraft |first=Janet |last=Key |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=February 18, 1989}} Kraft General Foods sold its bakery business to CPC International (later Bestfoods) in 1995.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/08/business/kraft-selling-baking-lines-to-cpc-for-865-million.html |title=Kraft Selling Baking Lines To CPC for $865 Million |first=Saul |last=Hansell |date=August 8, 1995 |page=D1 |newspaper=New York Times}} Bestfoods was purchased by Unilever in 2000,{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2000/06/06/deals/bestfoods/ |title=Unilever wins Bestfoods |date=June 6, 2000 |first=Tom |last=Johnson |work=CNN Money}} which sold its baking division to George Weston, a Canadian baked goods and supermarket business, the following year.{{cite news |url=https://www.deseret.com/2001/2/19/19570477/unilever-to-sell-bestfoods-to-weston-for-1-77-billion |title=Unilever to sell Bestfoods to Weston for $1.77 billion |newspaper=Deseret News |date=February 19, 2001}} Weston sold its United States interests including Entenmann's, in 2008 to Mexican conglomerate Grupo Bimbo.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-georgeweston-bimbo/bimbo-to-buy-george-weston-unit-for-2-38-billion-idUSTRE4B93F420081210 |title=Bimbo to buy George Weston unit for $2.38 billion |first=Cyntia |last=Barrera Diaz |date=December 10, 2008 |work=Reuters}} Other Bimbo Bakeries USA holdings include Thomas', Brownberry, Boboli, Arnold, Oroweat, Freihofer’s, and Stroehmann.{{cite web |url=http://www.entenmanns.com/au-otherbrands.cfm |title=Entenmann's - Other Brands |accessdate=2012-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919231442/http://www.entenmanns.com/au-otherbrands.cfm |archive-date=2012-09-19 |url-status=dead}}

On March 27, 2014, it was reported that Entenmann's was ceasing baking operations at their Bay Shore, New York location. Other operations, such as sales, the store, and distribution were to continue.{{cite news |url=http://longisland.news12.com/news/entenmann-s-bakery-in-bay-shore-closing-down-1.7525086 |title=Entenmann's bakery in Bay Shore closing down |newspaper=News 12 Networks |date=March 27, 2014 |accessdate=2014-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523015133/http://longisland.news12.com/news/entenmann-s-bakery-in-bay-shore-closing-down-1.7525086 |archive-date=2016-05-23 |url-status=dead}}

Product line

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{{As of|2010|08}}, Entenmann's products include donuts, loaf cakes, pies, Danish, cookies, Enten-minis—Brownies, and desserts that are packed in smaller servings,{{cite web |url=http://www.entenmanns.com/op-subcat.cfm/subcatId/19 |title=Enten-minis |accessdate=July 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605171410/http://www.entenmanns.com/op-subcat.cfm/subcatId/19 |archive-date=June 5, 2012 |url-status=dead}} cereal bars, and 100 Calorie Little Bites.

In 2007, Entenmann's added a line of coffee products. Coffee Holding Company, Inc. made a three-year licensing agreement with Entenmann's Products, Inc. that gave Coffee Holding Company national rights to the sale and production of coffee that is branded Entenmann's.{{cite press release |url=https://www.irdirect.net/prviewer/release_only/id/34802 |title=Coffee Holding Co., Inc. Announces Three-Year Licensing Agreement With Entenmann's Products, Inc. |date=July 1, 2007 |work=Coffee Holding Co., Inc. |via=iR Direct}} The agreement was terminated in 2011.{{cite press release |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2011/03/25/442983/10422/en/Coffee-Holding-Co-Inc-Announces-Expiration-of-Entenmann-s-License-Agreement.html |title=Coffee Holding Co., Inc. Announces Expiration of Entenmann's License Agreement |date=March 25, 2011 |work=Coffee Holding Co., Inc. |via=GlobeNewswire}}

Entenmann's licensed their first non-edible product in September 2008 with the sale of scented candles. The candles were scented as coffee cake, all-butter loaf cake, and raspberry Danish. Other scents such as pumpkin pie and warm gingerbread were added for the holidays, and chocolate chip cookie was made available in spring of 2009.{{cite news |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/business/2008/06/01/entenmann-s-has-calories-to/52393825007/ |title=Entenmann's has calories to burn |date=June 1, 2008 |newspaper=Cape Cod Times}}

In 2012, Entenmann's partnered with White Coffee Corporation for a new collection of flavored coffees and cocoa. The 100% arabica coffee is sold at Burlington Coat Factory, Dollar Tree, and Entenmann's Outlets, with expected sales in mass market, supermarkets, club stores, drug stores, and food service nationwide.{{cite press release | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2011/12/08/DC19854 | title=Two Long Island Companies Partner to Provide Entenmann's Coffee: Entenmann's Announces Partner White Coffee as Licensee for Flavored Coffee and Cocoa | date=December 8, 2011 | accessdate=July 20, 2012}}

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Source:{{cite web|title=Entenmann's|url=https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/entenmanns|publisher=Fat Secret|accessdate=10 May 2017}}

All Butter Loaf Cake
Angel Food Loaf Cake
Chocolate Chip Crumb Loaf Cake
Marble Loaf Cake
Banana Cake
Black & White Cake
Black & White Cookies
Carrot Iced Cake
Choc Chip Iced Cake
Chocolate Fudge Cake
Chocolate Truffle Iced Cake
Corn Muffins
Donuts
Hot Cross Buns
Lemon Coconut Cake{{cite web|last1=Palermo|first1=Leandra|title=A Brief Guide to the Wonderful World of Entenmann's Doughnuts|url=http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2014/04/a-brief-guide-wonderful-world-entenmanns-doughnuts.html|publisher=Serious Eats|accessdate=10 May 2017}}
Lemon Crunch Cake
Lemon Loaf
Little Bites Snacks
Louisiana Crunch Cake
Marshmallow Iced Devil's Food Cake
New York Crumb Cake
Raisin Loaf Cake
Party Cake
Rugelach
Sour Cream Loaf Cake
Sour Cream Oval
Swiss Chocolate Chip Cake
Thick Fudge Iced Golden Cake
Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies
Original Recipe Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft Baked Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Pop 'Ems
Raspberry Danish Twist
Cheese Danish Twist
Cheese Filled Crumb Coffee Cake
Dark Chocolate Cake with Dark Chocolate frosting
Chocolate Eclairs