Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02
oMAHANS BIG BREAD EATERS
Big Bakeries of Omaha supply Most
of the Smaller cities of
the state.

The total output OF Otnahas bakeries
during last year reached the stupendous
figures of 100000 OF this amount APP
proxImately $780, 900 went to the jobbers Of
bread and pastry. the remainder falling to
the lot OF the smaller bakers, whose es-
Establishments are found In all parts OF the
city.
There are two large wholeSaling estab-
lishments for bakery products in Omaha,
the Union Pacific Steam Baking company.
whose plant IL located at $50 North Thir-
tieth street and covers almost q block of
ground, and the New England Pie COM
pany at 2421 Grant street. In addition to
these larger companies there are a few Of
the bakeries which put their main energies
into the retailing OF their products, who
dAbble q bit In the Wholesale trade, but Of
| the $4,000 which represents Omaha's job
bling trade In bakery products for the year
the greater part was brought in through
| these larger companies.
The larger part Of the product Of these
large wholesalers is consumed within the
city and Is retailed to the public through
the grocery stores. However. there has
grown up recently a very hearty bread
trade outside the city and local wholesalers
are beginning to make = strong bid for
the business OF a considerable part of
western Iowa and eastern Nebraska.
The retailing business is mostly in the
! hands of the smaller bakeries about the
city. who manufacture, as well as retail,
| their product and OF the smaller grocery
stores where is retailed tho product of To-
| cal wholesalers. And II In interesting to
note from the figures given above that the
smaller bakeries manufacture practically
the same amount of bread in year as dc
the wholesaling establishments.
The craze for specialized products which
has been felt in the manufacturing and re-
falling OF other foodstuffs has made itseli
manifest also In the baking business, For.
meriy the prospective purchaser who
! rushed into the corner grocery TO secure 9
DIT Of the staff Of life for the next mea
asked merely for bread and was satisfied
with almost any product which bore tina
name.
But nowadays II IL all changed. Tn.
bread buyer demands his Rose Bouquet
or Paragon" bread in no uncertain tonet
and with the same inability to be pleased
II he must take any other brand that Il
shown by those who crave specialized
products in other lines The local factories
have met this demand and each baker ha
his special brand OF pie or cake or bread
AS was previously stated, the total out
put of the local bread and pastry manu-
factories will total almost S,SOOOOO De
year. or this approximately 10000 4
realized from the manufacture OF pastrl
products, such as pie, cake, doughnuts
cinnamon rolls and the like. This leave
100000 which goes for bread alone. Tn
{ immensely OF this amount may be thor
! Oughiy realised only when one stops I
! think that, at cents a loaf and fisurin
Omaha's population at 176,OOe persons. thi
amount is enough to supply one loaf q
bread every day in the year to every tire
! persons IN the city s.
The bakers supply business in Omaha I
] also Of considerable extent and the tots
income from jobbIng these supplies las
year to Omaha concerns was close TO 500
2 600, This business is handled almost e1
clusively in the city by the Omaha Baker,
I supply company.