Sunbeam Bread
{{Short description|Franchised brand of baked goods owned by the Quality Bakers of America}}
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| currentowner = Quality Bakers of America
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| country = United States
| introduced = {{start year|1942}}
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Sunbeam Bread is a franchised brand of white bread, rolls, and other baked goods owned by the Quality Bakers of America cooperative.[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-8959 Sunbeam Truck.] New Georgia Encyclopedia. The bread products are produced and distributed by regional bakeries.
History
The brand was launched in 1942 and was first marketed in New Bedford, Massachusetts.{{cite web|url=http://www.qba.com/all-about-miss-sunbeam/little-miss-sunbeam-story/ |title=Little Miss Sunbeam Story – Quality Bakers of America |publisher=Qba.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115181650/https://www.qba.com/all-about-miss-sunbeam/little-miss-sunbeam-story |archive-date=2018-01-15 |date= |url-status=dead |access-date=2019-09-06}} Annual sales of the branded bread products exceed $400 million.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}
Little Miss Sunbeam
Sunbeam's long-time mascot is called Little Miss Sunbeam. In 1942, illustrator Ellen Barbara Segner was commissioned by the Quality Bakers of America to create a marketing symbol of a young child. Over six months she submitted hundreds of sketches before coming across the girl who would become the first Miss Sunbeam in Southern Indiana.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VQojAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4n8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1105,3435234&dq=sunbeam-bread&hl=en Miss Sunbeam Nationally Famous Trademark.] The Modesto Bee. 19 April 1962.
{{cns|date=November 2024|text=The image of the holiday Little Miss Sunbeam first appeared on a billboard in the 1950s. Flowers Foods, the largest distributor of Sunbeam bread, has used this image of Little Miss Sunbeam on billboards and bread bags during the holiday season, in their Sunbeam markets, since 2001. US soldiers in Vietnam would state that they were members of the "Little Miss Sunbeam Club," as they had no wounds as declared in the "batter-whipped" bread's promotional claim of "no holes" ensuring freshness and firmness.}}
Licensees
- Aunt Millie’s
- Bimbo Bakeries USA
- Flowers Foods
- Lewis Bakeries{{cite web|url=http://www.lewisbakeries.net|title=Lewis Bakeries|date=2016|accessdate=6 February 2016}}
- Schmidt Baking Company
- Wolf Bakeries
See also
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References
External links
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- [http://www.qba.com/ Quality Bakers of America Cooperative website]
Category:Economy of the Eastern United States