Schmidt Baking Company
Schmidt Baking Company is a bakery in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. 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
Its 1970s and 1980s advertising
There was a major fire at an empty building owned by the company on Fitch Lane in Fullerton, Maryland, in April 2008.[2]
In 1941, the company was cited by the National Labor Relations Board for failing to engage in collective bargaining with its employees.[3]
The company sponsored the Preakness Stakes pre-race parade in Baltimore for three years.[4]
In 1996, the company was the subject of an
In 2012 Schmidt acquired the rights to Holsum and Milano in Harrisburg and Scranton from Bimbo Bakeries USA.[7]
During an Early January 2022 winter storm in Virginia when travelers were trapped in their cars, some for more than 24 hours, a driver hauling bread for Schmidt was asked to open the truck and distribute the bread to drivers stranded on the highway.[8][9]
See also
References
- ^ Harrison, David (September 4, 1998). "The song remains the same". Baltimore Business Journal. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
- ^ Floor Collapses in Baltimore County Fire. WBAL TV, MD - 19 Apr 2008 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 122 F.2d 162 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. SCHMIDT BAKING CO., Inc. No. 4798. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. June 18, 1941.]
- ^ Reed, Keith T. (February 23, 2001). "Gearing up for the Preakness". Baltimore Business Journal. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
- ^ Schmidt Baking Co., Inc., 107 T.C. 271 (1996)
- ^ Hitt, Greg (May 14, 1998). "A Baker Beats IRS, but GOP Wants to Roll Back the Clock". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
- ^ Regional bakers approved to purchase Bimbo brands
- ^ Da Silva, Chantal (January 4, 2022). "I-95 closure in Virginia ends after nearly 30 hours of driver despair". NBC News. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ "Local bakery truck gives out bread to stranded drivers in I-95 traffic jam". Yahoo. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
External links
- Schmidt Baking Company
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MD-80, "Schmidt Baking Company, 1301 Laurens Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD", 14 photos, 41 data pages, 1 photo caption page