Huntington Edition: Heiner's Bakery

By Candace Nelson - 10:00 AM

Heiners Discount Bakery

Heiner's Bakery
is a Huntington favorite.

Heiners Discount Bakery

The commercial bakery distributes baked goods within about 200 miles of Huntington.

Heiners Discount Bakery

As per Wikipedia, "the bakery was privately owned by the Heiner family, and marketed exclusively under the "Heiner's" label until it was acquired by the Earthgrains division of Anheuser-Busch in 1994. Six months later, A-B spun off its bread business as the stand-alone Earthgrains Corporation. In 2000, Earthgrains merged with the Sara Lee Corporation. In 2011, Sara Lee sold its bread business, including the trademark Sara Lee, to the worldwide Grupo Bimbo, which is based in Mexico City. Today the bakery markets under the "Heiner's", "Earthgrains", "Sara Lee" and "Bimbo" brands."

Heiners Discount Bakery

They have a surplus store, where you can get some products for half or more off, so I wanted to check it out. I remember going to a "bread store" growing up. I think it was likely an outlet store - and I know of others that exist around the state. Outlet bakery stores are kind of their own little category of the market.

Heiners Discount Bakery

"A bakery outlet is a shop where regional bakeries (the ones bake the name-brand goods for grocery stores, not the mom-and-pop spots) take their nearly-expired foods and offer them at a greatly reduced price. There's not a lot of information about these stores and how they work available online; most are truly bare bones operations with wire shelving, a cash register, and a sign on the door.

Bakery outlets, or bakery thrift stores, are the last stop for baked goods before they hit the dumpster. Employees that stock shelves at the grocery stores will remove items that are nearing their best-by code, and they'll bring them to these stores.

The markdowns range by company and by product, but average savings fall between 25 and 50 percent of retail price. Serious markdowns can be 75 percent or more. (SOURCE)"

Heiners Discount Bakery

The Heiner's surplus store had tons of bread, some muffin packages and even some chips. What do you like to get here?

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