Founded by Swiss immigrant Alfred Nickles in 1909, Alfred Nickles Bakery makes a broad range of fresh-baked goods. Products include bagels, bread, breadsticks, dinner rolls, hoagies, hot dog and hamburger buns, cakes, pastries, sweet rolls, and donuts. Its lineup is sold to retail food and foodservice businesses, located mainly in the Midwest. Alfred Nickles, as a result, operates nearly 40 distribution branches in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The bakery's wholesale routes are supported by a fleet of more than 600 delivery trucks.
Geographic Reach
Alfred Nickles provides its bakery items to customers in the Midwest from facilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
Sales and Marketing
The bakery business serves grocery stores, restaurants, and institutions through its more than 500 delivery routes. Alfred Nickles has reached into the public sector, as well, for growth. It has won a handful of federal contracts to supply bread products to the
Strategy
Since its founding, Alfred Nickles Bakery has morphed its business from a bakery operation that delivers products directly to homes to a regional wholesale bakery with 500-plus routes.
Company Background
Alfred Nickles Bakery was originally named Navarre Bakery and Ice Cream Company, a reference to its founding city Navarre, Ohio. In 1934 the company changed its name and incorporated.
26 MAIN ST N
Navarre, OH 44662-1158
Phone: 1 (330) 879-5635
Employer Type: Privately Owned
Corporate Quality Control Manager: Mary Brideweser
President: David A. Gardner
Vice President: Wesley J Webber
Employees (This Location): 500
Employees (All Locations): 1,600
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