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Harlan Bakeries, Inc.
(Harlan) named 2006 Wholesale Baker of the Year
by Snack Food &
Wholesale Bakery Magazine.
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AVON, INDIANA –Harlan
Bakeries, Inc. is honored to accept the title of Wholesale
Baker of the Year for 2006. Harlan was previously named
the Intermediate Wholesale Baker of the Year in 2003,
and is the first company to be awarded both honors.
The September 2006 issue of Snack Food & Wholesale
Bakery magazine feartures three articles about Harlan
which profile various aspects of the business.
For more than 15 years, Harlan has
fostered strategic and sustainable growth through innovative
systems, technologies
and products, and strategic acquisitions. Acquisitions
include the purchase of Kyger Bakery Products in 2001
and Ace Baking Company (now Harlan Bakeries - Colorado,
LLC) in 2002, along with the recent purchase of Meyer's
Bakeries in 2005 by the Harlan subsidiary Southern Bakeries,
LLC. Additional characteristics that make Harlan highly
successful include highly efficient production, flexibility
and speed to market for new products.
"We're very flexible in developing
processes and systems," said Doug Harlan, Executive
Vice President and co-owner of Harlan Bakeries, Inc.
"As everybody knows, things change very quickly
in this industry, so being flexible is a strength in
this market."
In the first of three feature articles,
Running Down a Dream,
Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery Editor Dan
Malovany further explains the strategies that have made
Harlan Bakeries, Inc. a national leader in wholesale
baking.
"Through strategic acquisitions
and internal growth since 2000, Harlan Bakeries has
transformed itself from a specialty bagel producer into
a major, diversified wholesale baking operation with
a full ine of products ragning from frozen breads, pies,
cakes and other desserts to frozen muffins, cookie dough
and, yes, bagels for its contract manufacturer customers,
hundreds of in-store bakeries and thousands of national
foodservice operations."
The two additional cover staries:
Hitting the Sweet Spot and
Bagels by the Millions detail
Harlan's growth into the sweet goods sector and outline
the innovative techniques the bakery employes to manage
its enormous bagel production operations. To read all
three articles in entirety, please visit www.snackandbakery.com.
Harlan Bakeries,
Inc., established in 1991, produces Harlan Bigger Better
Bagels® and Harlan Giant Gourmet Bagels® brands,
private-label bagels, and products for in-store bakeries.
Harlan now produces more than just bagels and supplies
our customers with pies (meringue, crème, fruit
and specialty); cakes; cookies; muffins; and breads.
In addition, Harlan is a contract manufacturer for many
national companies. Harlan operates six production facilities,
including it's 300,000+ square foot facility and corporate
office in Avon, Ind. Other production facilities are
located in Indianapolis, Ind.; Denver, Colo.; Hope,
Ark.; Wichita, Kan.; and Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
For sales information,
please contact: Joseph E. Latouf, Executive Vice-President
of Sales and Marketing at jlatouf@harlanbakeries.com
or send correspondance to the address below:
Harlan Bakeries, Inc.
7597 East US Highway 36
Avon, IN 46123-7171
Phone: (317) 272-3600
Fax: (317) 272-1110
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