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| Whole Foods’ bakeries offer home-style products, such as snickerdoodle cookies. Their natural image also carries through in clean packaging designs. |
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| Rank | Chain | Headquarters | Total Bakeries | Total U.S. Stores | New Bakeries in 2005 | Primary production methods |
| 1 | Kroger Co. | Cincinnati, OH | 2,223 | 2,531 | 20 | Thaw-sell/bake off |
| 2 | Albertson’s Inc. | Boise, ID | 1,809 | 2,462 | 30 | Bake-off |
| 3 | Wal-Mart Supercenters* | Bentonville, AR | 1,788 | 1,788 | 250 | Bake-off |
| 4 | Safeway Inc. | Pleasanton, CA | 1,433 | 1,800 | 30 | Bake-off |
| 5 | Food Lion | Salisbury, NC | 1,179 | 1,228 | 0 | Bake-off/thaw-sell |
| 6 | Publix Super Markets | Lakeland, FL | 854 | 854 | 48 | Bake-off |
| 7 | Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea | Montvale, NJ | 616 | 660 | 5 | Mix/scratch |
| 8 | Winn-Dixie Stores | Jacksonville, FL | 587 | 587 | 0 | Bake-off/mix |
| 9 | Sam’s Club | Bentonville, AR | 550 | 550 | 15 | Bake-off |
| 10 | Supervalu | Eden Prairie, MN | 528 | 1,458 | 62 | Bake-off |
| 11 | Costco Wholesale | Issaquah, WA | 382 | 382 | 54 | Bake-off |
| 12 | Stop & Shop Supermarkets | Quincy, MA | 350 | 365 | 15 | Bake-off/mix |
| 13 | Bi-Lo | Mauldin, SC | 282 | 278 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 14 | Giant Eagle | Pittsburgh, PA | 221 | 221 | 0 | Bake-off/mix |
| 15 | H.E. Butt Grocery | San Antonio, TX | 208 | 302 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 16 | Hy-Vee Food Stores | Des Moines, IA | 201 | 201 | 9 | Bake-off/mix |
| 17 | Ingles Markets | Black Mountain, NC | 196 | 203 | 0 | Mix/Bake-off |
| 18 | Giant Food | Landover, MD | 175 | 200 | 5 | Bake-off |
| 19 | Whole Foods | Market Austin, TX | 166 | 166 | 29 | Bake-off |
| 20 | Meijer | Grand Rapids, MI | 163 | 163 | 5 | Bake-off |
| 21 | Top's Markets | Williamsville, NY | 156 | 162 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 22 | Weis Markets | Sunbury, PA | 154 | 158 | 0 | Bake-off/mix |
| 23 | BJ’s Wholesale | Club Natick, MA | 146 | 154 | 4 | Fresh DSD dough, fully baked |
| 24 | Hannaford Bros. | Scarborough, ME | 142 | 142 | 19 | Bake-off |
| 25 | Harris Teeter | Matthews, NC | 140 | 140 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 26 | SuperTarget | Minneapolis, MN | 136 | 136 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 27 | Raley’s | Sacramento, CA | 135 | 135 | 1 | Thaw-sell/Bake-off |
| 28 | Bruno’s | Birmingham, AL | 132 | 148 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 29 | Pathmark Supermarkets | Woodbridge, NJ | 131 | 143 | 0 | Bake-off/mix |
| 30 | Bashas’ | Chandler, AZ | 130 | 130 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 31 | Roundy’s | Pewauki, WI | 123 | 123 | 10 | Bake-off/mix |
| 32 | Giant Food Stores | Carlisle, PA | 119 | 119 | 3 | Mix/Bake-off |
| 33 | Wild Oats Markets | Boulder, CO | 112 | 112 | 10 | Bake-off |
| 34 | Penn Traffic | Syracuse, NY | 109 | 109 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 35 | Save Mart Supermarkets | Modesto, CA | 108 | 119 | 6 | Bake-off |
| 36 | Schnuck Markets | St. Louis, MO | 107 | 107 | 3 | Bake-off |
| 37 | Price Chopper Supermarkets | Schenectady, NY | 106 | 106 | 3 | Bake-off |
| 38 | Kash n' Karry/Sweetbay | Tampa, FL | 104 | 104 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 39 | Marsh Supermarkets | Indianapolis, IN | 86 | 115 | 3 | Bake-off |
| 40 | Nash Finch | Minneapolis, MN | 83 | 83 | 1 | Mix/Bake-off |
| 41 | Lowe’s Food Stores | Winston Salem, MA | 80 | 106 | 4 | Bake-off |
| 42 | Fresh Brands | Sheboygan, WI | 75 | 94 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 43 | Stater Bros. | Colton, CA | 75 | 161 | 4 | Bake-off |
| 44 | K-VA-T Food Stores | Abingdon, VA | 67 | 89 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 45 | Wegman’s Food Markets | Rochester, NY | 67 | 67 | 2 | Bake-off/mix |
| 46 | Spartan Stores | Byron Center, MI | 60 | 60 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 47 | Super Kmart Centers | Troy, MI | 56 | 56 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 48 | Brookshire Brothers | Lufkin, TX | 56 | 72 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 49 | Big Y Foods | Springfield, MA | 53 | 53 | 0 | Bake-off/mix |
| 50 | Minyard Food Stores | Coppell, TX | 44 | 69 | 0 | Bake-off |
| 17,003 | 19,771 | 650 | ||||
| *includes Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market units | Source: Modern Baking estimates and actual data | |||||