private industry food processing founded 1906 founder englebert and joe franz headquarters portland oregon united states website www.usbakery.com united states bakery better known as franz family bakeries is a bread and pastry manufacturer headquartered in portland oregon . franz bakery was founded in 1906 . u.s. bakery also owns the northwest regional bread brands williams gai s and snyder s. contents 1 history 2 acquisitions 3 guinness world record 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit a delivery wagon painted to look like the wagons at williams bakery a franz bakery truck in seattle in collaboration with e. e. franz of franz bakery w.p. yaw of yaw s top notch restaurant invented the 5 inch 130 mm diameter hamburger bun in the late 1920s . 1 though others are credited with creating a bread product to use for the first hamburgers known to the world franz is credited for inventing the hamburger bun in its current worldwide accepted form . citation needed acquisitions edit united states bakery has a long history of growth through acquisition . 2 date company 000000001906 01 01 00001906 ann arbor bakery portland oregon 000000001907 01 01 00001907 united states bakery namesake portland oregon 000000001976 01 01 00001976 buttercup bakery gresham oregon 000000001977 01 01 00001977 pioneer bakery bend oregon 000000001979 01 01 00001979 snyder s bakery yakima washington 000000001980 01 01 00001980 langendorf bakery portland oregon 000000001981 01 01 00001981 smith bakery salem oregon 000000001985 01 01 00001985 boge bakery spokane washington 000000001991 01 01 00001991 william s bakery eugene oregon 000000001994 01 01 00001994 smith cookie company mcminnville oregon 000000001997 01 01 00001997 gai s bakery seattle washington 3 000000002010 01 01 00002010 harvest classic bakery nampa idaho 000000002013 01 01 00002013 sweetheart eddy s standish farms and grandma emilie s brands from hostess brands in 2006 the williams factory which had operated on the same site near the university of oregon uo since 1908 was closed and the site sold to the uo which as of 2007 planned to use it as the location of a new basketball arena . 4 5 williams relocated to a new plant in the glenwood area of neighboring springfield . 5 it was the first new bakery the firm had built from the ground up since 1906 . 6 in 2013 united states bakery paid 28.85 million for hostess sweetheart eddy s standish farms and grandma emilie s brands . 7 guinness world record edit a hot dog and bun 104 ft 32 m long in front of franz bakery at ne 12th and flanders in portland in july 2006 franz baked a hot dog bun 104 feet 9.5 inches 31.941 m long breaking the guinness world record for the world s longest hot dog . the previous record was just over 57 feet 17 m and set in 2005 . 8 see also edit list of food companies references edit mayfield mitch . cruisin yaw s . historical highlights of hollywood portland state university students and multnomah county library . franz timeline . retrieved 2013 04 24 . solomon christopher february 25 1997 . gai s bakery sold to firm in portland . the seattle times . bolt greg november 10 2007 . state board approves uo arena plan . retrieved 2007 11 23 . a b welch bob september 21 2006 . campus missing that bakery bliss . register guard via goliath.ecnext.com . retrieved 2007 11 23 . franz family bakeries opens new bakery in springfield . united states bakery press release . august 28 2006 . retrieved 2007 11 23 . stock market & financial investment news . the fly on the wall . retrieved 28 january 2013 . kgw staff july 7 2006 . 104 foot giant hot dog displayed in pioneer square . kgw . archived from the original on march 11 2007 . retrieved 2008 05 02 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to united states bakery franz . franz family bakeries official website united states bakery profile from hoover s historic images of franz bakery from salem public library v t e oregon based companies nyse listed greenbrier 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