Great Harvest Bread Company
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Great Harvest Bread Company is a franchise in the United States that sells fresh-baked bread and other items.
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[edit] History
With plans to earn money in the late 1970s, Pete and Laura Wakeman, college students and founders of Great Harvest, set up a road side stand and began baking fresh-ground whole-wheat bread in Durham, Connecticut. After graduation, they opened the first Great Harvest Company in Great Falls, Montana in 1976. On the first day of opening, they were able to sell all of their bread. In 1978, the second bakery opened near Kalispell, Montana, then Jacque Sanchez opened a third in Spokane, Washington, which is still in business today. Following this, a franchise office was established in 1983. Great Harvest became the nation's first whole grain bread franchise. Great Harvest is lead today by President and CEO Mike Ferretti.
[edit] Types of Bread
The Great Harvest Bread Company has different breads each day along with daily breads that differ depending on the location.[1]
[edit] Daily Breads
Listed below are some of the daily breads among the different stores, though because of the nature of the franchise, the names of breads vary for each location.
- Honey Whole Wheat made with 100% whole grains - Ground wheat flour mixed together with water, honey, yeast, and salt
- Farmhouse White - Fresh milled whole wheat and unprocessed white flour with water, yeast, honey, and salt
[edit] Specialty Breads
Listed below are some of the specialty breads that differ from day to day depending on the store.
- Dakota - Bread with pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, millet, and sesame seeds mixed into it
- Nine Grain – Made of whole wheat flour, barley, hulled buckwheat, corn, flax, millet, oats, red wheat, rye, and white wheat
- Cinnamon Raisin Walnut – Made of cinnamon, walnuts, raisins, and molasses
- Spelt – This is an Egyptian grain bread made of spelt flour mixed with water, honey, yeast, and salt
- Cranberry Orange – Bread with dried cranberries and fresh oranges rolled into it
[edit] Locations
Listed below are the states in which there is a Great Harvest Bread Company and the cities where they are located.
- Alaska: Anchorage
- Arizona: Tempe
- California: Yuba City, Thousand Oaks, Redding, Bakersfield, Oakland, Chico (2), Fresno, Folsom
- Colorado: Lakewood, Grand Junction, Ft. Collins (2), Denver (2), Longmont, Littleton, Colorado Springs (2), Boulder, Aravada
- Connecticut: Groton, Manchester
- Florida: Jacksonville
- Georgia: Atlanta, Rome, Duluth, Marietta
- Hawaii: Kailua, Aiea, Honolulu (2).
- Idaho: Idaho Falls (2), Rexburg, Pocatello, Boise, Coeur d’ Alene,
- Illinois: Palos Park, Oak Park, Rockford, Peoria, Shorewood, Champaign, Bloomington, Evanston, Naperville, Geneva.
- Indiana: Mishawaka, New Albany, Evansville, Lafayette,
- Iowa: Des Moines
- Kansas: Overland Park, Wichita, Lawrence, Prairie Village
- Kentucky: Louisville, Owensboro, Lexington (2)
- Louisiana: Lafayette
- Maryland: Colombia, Rockville, Annapolis
- Massachusetts: Newtonville, Lexington
- Michigan: Portage, Okemos, Northville, Shelby Township, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, Lansing (2), Brighton, Birmingham, Ann Arbor, Commerce Township, Grand Haven, Grand Blanc
- Minnesota: St. Paul, Rochester, Woodbury, Waite Park, Duluth, Burnsville, Minnetonka, Minneapolis
- Mississippi: Jackson
- Missouri: Olivette, St. Charles
- Montana: Missoula, Kalispelle, Dillon, Helena, Bozeman, Billings, Great Falls, Butte
- Nebraska: Omaha (3)
- Nevada: Reno (2), Las Vegas (2), Henderson,
- New Jersey: Cherry Hill
- New Mexico: Albuquerque
- New York: Rochester (2), Watkins Glen, Canandaigua, East Aurora
- North Carolina: Raleigh, Wilmington, Cary, Greensboro, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Fayetteville
- North Dakota: Fargo
- Ohio: Akron, Boardman, Mentor, Newark, Pickerington, Stow, Upper Arlington, Westerville
- Oklahoma: Tulsa
- Oregon: Portland (2), Salem (2), Medford, Clackamas, Bend, Corvallis, Hillsboro, Eugene
- Pennsylvania: Ardmore, Lititz, Newtown, Wayne
- South Carolina: Greenville
- Tennessee: Cookeville, Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, Nashville,
- Texas: The Woodlands, Amarillo, Flower Mound, San Antonio, Austin (2), Dallas
- Utah: St. George, Salt Lake City (2), Taylorsville, Clinton, Layton (2), North Ogden, Provo, Layton, Draper, Bountiful, Logan, Orem, Ogden (2)
- Vermont: Burlington
- Virginia: Vienna, Lorton, Herndon, Alexandria, Burke
- Washington: Seattle (3), Spokane, Everett, University Place, Bellingham, Bellevue, Federal Way, Seattle (Ballard), Redmond
- Wisconsin: Greendale, Neenah, Whitefish Bay, De Pere, Eau Claire, Elm Grove
