


There's not a lot of information about these stores and how they work available online most are truly bare bones operations with wire shelving, a cash register, and a sign on the door.īakery outlets, or bakery thrift stores, are the last stop for baked goods before they hit the dumpster. In 1991 Apple Annie’s opened as a small, family-owned sandwich counter with freshly baked desserts and a few small tables. "A bakery outlet is a shop where regional bakeries (the ones bake the name-brand goods for grocery stores, not the mom-and-pop spots) take their nearly-expired foods and offer them at a greatly reduced price. Outlet bakery stores are kind of their own little category of the market. I think it was likely an outlet store - and I know of others that exist around the state. I remember going to a "bread store" growing up. They have a surplus store, where you can get some products for half or more off, so I wanted to check it out.

Today the bakery markets under the "Heiner's", "Earthgrains", "Sara Lee" and "Bimbo" brands." In 2011, Sara Lee sold its bread business, including the trademark Sara Lee, to the worldwide Grupo Bimbo, which is based in Mexico City. In 2000, Earthgrains merged with the Sara Lee Corporation. Six months later, A-B spun off its bread business as the stand-alone Earthgrains Corporation. The commercial bakery distributes baked goods within about 200 miles of Huntington.Īs per Wikipedia, "the bakery was privately owned by the Heiner family, and marketed exclusively under the "Heiner's" label until it was acquired by the Earthgrains division of Anheuser-Busch in 1994. Heiner's Bakery is a Huntington favorite.
