Vachon Bakery

{{Short description|Canadian pastry company}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Vachon Bakery

| logo = Logo of Vachon Bakery.svg

| type = Subsidiary

| industry = Pastries

| fate =

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| founded = {{start date and age|1923}}

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| hq_location_city = Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, Quebec

| hq_location_country = Canada

| area_served = Canada

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| owner = Grupo Bimbo

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| parent = Canada Bread

| website = {{URL|www.vachon.com}}

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Vachon Bakery is a Canadian maker of popular snack pastries. The company was part of Saputo Inc. from 1999 to 2015. It has been owned by Canada Bread, part of Grupo Bimbo since 2015.{{cite news|title=Canada Bread buys Saputo bakery unit for $120M|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-bread-buys-saputo-bakery-unit-for-120m-1.2877801|work=CBC.ca|agency=Canadian Press|date=18 December 2014}}

Vachon was founded by Joseph-Arcade and Rose-Anna Vachon Giroux in 1923 when the couple left their home village of Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage to develop a bakery in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce in Quebec.

Brands include:

  • May West{{cite web|url=http://www.vachon.com/en/pastries/may-west/#regulier|title=MAY WEST : White sponge cake filled with our incomparable creme and coated in a fine chocolatey layer.|website=Vachon.com|access-date=14 August 2019}}
  • Jos. Louis{{cite web|url=http://www.vachon.com/en/pastries/jos-louis/#regulier/|title=JOE LOUIS|website=Vachon.com|access-date=14 August 2019|archive-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228004052/http://www.vachon.com/en/pastries/jos-louis/#regulier/|url-status=dead}}
  • Billot Log Jelly Rolls{{cite web|url=https://www.vachon.com/en/pastries/rolls/#billotGelee|title=BILLOT LOG JELLY ROLL}}
  • Passion Flakie
  • Ah Caramel!{{cite web|url=http://www.vachon.com/en/pastries/ah-caramel/#regulier|title=AH CARAMEL! : Spongy white cakes coated in a chocolatey layer and overflowing with luscious caramel and pastry creme.|website=Vachon.com|access-date=14 August 2019}}
  • ½ Lune Moon
  • Hostess (Canada only) - including Twinkies

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