Heiner's Bakery (est. 1905) is a commercial bakery located in
Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Cabell County, and the largest city in the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as the Tri-State Area. A h ...
which distributes baked goods within a range of about 200 miles from that location.
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
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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
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, which is based in
Mexico City
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.
Today the bakery markets under the "Heiner's", "Earthgrains", "Sara Lee" and "Bimbo" brands.
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Buildings and structures in Huntington, West Virginia
Bakeries of the United States
Grupo Bimbo brands
Grupo Bimbo subsidiaries
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