A Fresh Start
When was the Tastykake company founded.
1914
How long did it take before they found a building for their bakery?
3 Long Days
What did the Tastykake company use to deliver?
Horses
What is the Krimpet made of?
A finger shaped cake with a thick layer of icing.
What year did Tasty Baking Company go public?
In 1961.
What amount of money did The founders start with
$50,000
What was the problem that the two men faced when they moved to Philadelphia?
Philadelphia was more humid than Pittsburgh, so the icing wouldn't thicken.
When was the last delivery horse retired?
1941
What was the men's biggest idea for a product?
Pies individually wrapped to fit in lunch boxes.
How much money did Tasty Baking Company make in it's first four years of public Business?
$40 Million on it's first 4 years.
What were the founders names?
Philip Baur and Herbert Morris
How did Tastykake get its name?
Herbert's wife Willavene bit in to one of the cakes and said, "what a Tasty cake".
Where did the Tastykake company move to in 1922?
Hunting Park Avenue
What was TastyKakes best product according to the people who bought their products.
Tandy Kakes; now known now as Kandy Kakes.
What large baking company did Tasty Baking Company merge with?
They merged with Flowers Foods.
Where did the men move there business to after Baurs dad sold the bakery?
Philadelphia
How much money did Tastykake make at the end of its first year.
$300,000
How long did Tastykake stay at Hunting Park Avenue?
90 years
How did the Krimpet get it's name?
When the bakers tried to pick up the cake it was so moist it fell apart between their fingers. Someone recommended that the bakers "crimp it" it worked, and so did they name.
When did Tasty Baking Company merge?
In 2011.
What was the deal that Baurs dad made with the buyer of his bakery.
The deal was that no member of the Baur family could open a bakery within 100 miles of Pittsburgh.
How much money did Tastykake make after it's first day?
$28
In Tastykakes new building, they had many "futuristic devices". What is one of those devices?
A gravity fed ingredient system.
What was the Kandy Kake made out of?
The Kandy Kake was made out of a layer of vanilla cake, a layer of Peanut butter, and to top it all off, the ENTIRE cake is dipped into chocolate.
How did Tasty Baking Company show it's stars and stripes during WWll (World War 2)?
Over 200 employees served overseas, and the company donated TENS of THOUSANDS of TastyKakes and Kandy Kakes to Europe and Asia to give soldiers from Philadelphia a little taste of home.