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Baking Directory
Contains names, locations, key personnel and products for both multiple- and single-unit snack and baked food plants in North America.

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Industry Statistics, Company Profiles, Product & Industry Perspectives 1996-2004

Capital Expenditures Survey Baking & Snack 2006

Top 20 InStore ProfilesInStore Buyer 2005

Product & Industry Perspectives Milling & Baking News
• Product Perspective: Bagels
2005
• Product Perspective: Bread:
2006, 2005
• Product Perspective: Health Bars
2005
• Product Perspective: Low Carb, Low Cal Grain-based foods
2005
• Product Perspective: Whole Grains Grain-based foods:
2005

• Industry Perspective: Bread
2005
• Industry Perspective: Cookies
2005

Market Updates Baking & Snack
• Bars (Cookies/Energy/Nutrition)
2005
• Bread, Artisan
2005
• Bread, Premium
2005
• Cakes/Pastries
2005
• Cookies
2005
• Ethnic Trends
2005
• Frozen Baked Snacks and Sweet Goods
2005
• Par-baked, Frozen Dough
2005
• Pizza
2005
• Toaster Foods (Waffles, Pancakes, Pastries)
2005

Grain-based Foods Market 
Source: Economic Census of Food Manufacturing, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

BREAD/CAKE
Value of shipments: $23.8 billion
Companies: 2,247
Plants: 2,616
Plants (20+ employees): 886
Capital expenditures: $666.3 million
Ingredient/material costs: $7.2 billion

COOKIE/CRACKER
Value of shipments: $10.4 billion
Companies: 292
Plants: 351
Plants (20+ employees): 147
Capital expenditures: $220.1 million
Ingredient/material costs: $3.1 billion

SNACK FOOD
Value of shipments: $12.2 billion
Companies: 265
Plants: 338
Plants (20+ employees): 167
Capital expenditures: $357.3 million
Ingredient/material costs: $3.6 billion

FROZEN PIZZA*
Value of shipments: $1.6 billion
Companies: 24
Plants (20+ employees): 34
*Partial statistics a result of Frozen Pizza’s inclusion
within Frozen Specialty Food manufacturing report

BREAKFAST CEREAL
Value of shipments: $8.9 billion
Companies: 46
Plants: 66
Plants (20+ employees): 47
Capital expenditures: $253.2 million
Ingredient/material cost: $2.3 billion

TORTILLA
Value of shipments: $1.5 billion
Companies: 271
Plants: 297
Plants (20+ employees): 111
Capital expenditures: $53.2 million
Ingredient/material costs: $550.5 million

DRY PASTA
Value of shipments: $1.5 billion
Companies: 182
Plants: 193
Plants (20+ employees): 31
Capital expenditures: $51.3 million
Ingredient/material costs: $881.7 million

CANDY/CONFECTIONERY
Value of shipments: $8.9 billion
Companies: 1010
Plants: 1084
Plants (20+ employees): 177
Capital expenditures: $242.4 million
Ingredient/material costs: $3.1 billion

PREPARED FLOUR MIXES/DOUGH
Value of shipments: $4.3 billion
Companies: 180
Plants: 220
Plants (20+ employees): 113
Capital expenditures: $129.4 million
Ingredient/material costs: $2.1 billion

FROZEN BAKERY PRODUCTS
Value of shipments: $4.2 billion
Companies: 226
Plants: 259
Plants (20+ employees): 162
Capital expenditures: $179.0 million
Ingredient/material costs: $2.0 billion