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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. [3]
The company makes Schmidt's Blue Ribbon and Schmidt's Old Tyme Breads and, as a licensee of the Quality Bakers of America Cooperative, bakes and distributes Sunbeam Bread in its territory. It was founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1886 by Elizabeth and Peter Schmidt at their house using recipes from their native Germany.
Sunbeam Bread started operations here in the 1930s and employed 180 workers when it eventually stopped production in 2005. Previous owner Marianna Dimercurio sold the property to Parallel 1260 ...
Main bakery in Thomasville, Georgia. In 1919, brothers William Howard and Joseph Hampton Flowers opened Flowers Baking Company in Thomasville, Georgia. [4] They made their first acquisition, of Tally Maid bakery, in 1937, and in 1942, became the sixth bakery in the U.S. to franchise Quality Bakers of America’s Sunbeam brand and Little Miss Sunbeam for its white bread.
The mixers are still made at the company's flagship plant in Greenville, Ohio, even as KitchenAid has come to make many non-American-made appliances, as well. The iconic stand mixers are noted for ...
The SEC also argued that the purchases of Coleman, Signature, and First Alert were made to conceal Sunbeam's growing problems. Sunbeam never recovered from the scandal and was forced into bankruptcy in 2002. [22] The shareholder lawsuit against Dunlap dragged on until 2002, when he agreed to pay $15 million to settle the allegations. [30]
From dinner rolls to sourdough, Sam's Club has everything you need, both from its own in-store bakery and the name brands you love.
Flowers Foods won the bid to purchase five of the six bread brands (except Beefsteak, purchased by Grupo Bimbo) on February 28. [75] The deal went through a bankruptcy court in March and was completed on July 22, 2013. [80] [81] The five brands are Butternut Bread, Home Pride, Merita Breads, Nature's Pride and Wonder Bread. [54]