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