killer bread company founder dave dahl type subsidiary founded 2005 founder dave dahl headquarters milwaukie oregon united states area served western u.s. 2005 2012 nationwide december 2012 key people john tucker ceo 1 revenue 53 million 2012 2 number of employees 280 2012 2 website www.daveskillerbread.com dave s killer bread is an american company based in milwaukie oregon which makes organic whole grain breads . it was founded in 2005 by dave dahl 2 who learned the baking trade growing up in his family bakery . the company has steadily grown expanding from 30 employees to more than 190 by 2010 3 and to 280 by the end of 2012 and has been covered by the new york times 3 and msnbc . 4 as of 2012 its bread was being sold at stores in 11 western states . 2 in july 2015 flowers foods purchased the company for 275 million . 5 see also edit list of brand name breads references edit row d.k. april 25 2013 . dave s killer bread announces new chief executive john tucker as it expands . the oregonian . retrieved may 26 2013 . a b c d mortenson eric december 27 2012 . dave s killer bread brings in a partner to take its loaves and story to a national market . oregonlive.com . retrieved 19 april 2016 . a b kuczynski alex january 20 2010 . obsessions dave s killer bread . the new york times . retrieved april 24 2011 . silverstein frank april 19 2010 . killer bread rises in popularity oregon company takes a chance comes up with winner . msnbc . retrieved december 28 2012 . theen andrew august 12 2015 . dave s killer bread bought by flowers foods for 275m . the oregonian . retrieved 13 august 2015 . external links edit the illustrated odd and true tale of dave s killer bread retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dave % 27s killer bread & oldid 727527162 categories 2005 establishments in oregonbakeries of the united statesbrand name breadscompanies based in milwaukie oregon navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 june 2016 at 15 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view