Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc. started out as Log Cabin Bakery in 1898. It was located at 621 5th street, Eureka California and was owned by Ira S. Mulford. The 1898 Eureka City Directory also lists the same address as his place of residence.
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Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc. started out as Log Cabin Bakery in 1898. It was located at 621 5th street, Eureka California and was owned by Ira S. Mulford. The 1898 Eureka City Directory also lists the same address as his place of residence.
Log Cabin Bakery, under the direction of Arthur Hunting, was incorporated on February 15th, 1923. At one point, Log Cabin Bakery suffered a disastrous fire that demolished the bakery. They were able to continue baking through the generosity of the Casagrande Family, owners of the Humboldt Bakery. They were also able to bake at the Roma Bakery (later the Butternut Bakery) owned by the Pinochi Family.
Log Cabin Bakery moved into the present site in the early 1930’s. This site was originally built to house a creamery.
On August 19, 1939, William “Heine” Fluhrer and his wife Margaret sold 6/10 interest in Fluhrer’s Log Cabin Bakery to F. A. Schoenlen, W. T. Molloy, and Grover Hillman for the sum of $33,786.82. It was incorporated as Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc. Lucien “Dick” Koenig was brought in from Klamath Falls, as General Manager of the Eureka facility in 1937. Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc., at the time, consisted of a chain of bakeries including locations in Medford, Klamath Falls, Salem, Portland, Roseburg, Grants Pass, and Walla Walla Washington.
On August 22, 1948, William “Heine” Fluhrer along with three other State of Oregon GOP leaders was killed in an airplane crash. The Eureka facility was eventually purchased by a group of investors led by Lucien “Dick” Koenig, the General Manager.
The Butternut (Roma) Bakery in Eureka was purchased by Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc. from the Pinochi Family on April 6th, 1955 for the sum of Ten ($10.00) and “other valuable considerations”. The Butternut, Roam, and Logger Loaf brands as well as the routes, and employees were incorporated into the Fluhrer system.
he Koenig family operated the bakery until 1973, and during their tenure instituted a number of improvements including the shipping building that was completed in 1962. Fluhrer Bakeries started the move to automation in the 1960’s with the installation of a “State of the Art” Baker-Perkins Model 970 Single Lap Oven at the cost of $75,000. Further improvements included cooling conveyors, and other efficient machinery. Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc. was one of the first bakeries to use poly bags; now the industry standard.
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Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc. started out as Log Cabin Bakery in 1898. It was located at 621 5th street, Eureka California and was owned by Ira S. Mulford. The 1898 Eureka City Directory also lists the same address as his place of residence.
Log Cabin Bakery, under the direction of Arthur Hunting, was incorporated on February 15th, 1923. At one point, Log Cabin Bakery suffered a disastrous fire that demolished the bakery. They were able to continue baking through the generosity of the Casagrande Family, owners of the Humboldt Bakery. They were also able to bake at the Roma Bakery (later the Butternut Bakery) owned by the Pinochi Family.
Log Cabin Bakery moved into the present site in the early 1930’s. This site was originally built to house a creamery.
On August 19, 1939, William “Heine” Fluhrer and his wife Margaret sold 6/10 interest in Fluhrer’s Log Cabin Bakery to F. A. Schoenlen, W. T. Molloy, and Grover Hillman for the sum of $33,786.82. It was incorporated as Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc. Lucien “Dick” Koenig was brought in from Klamath Falls, as General Manager of the Eureka facility in 1937. Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc., at the time, consisted of a chain of bakeries including locations in Medford, Klamath Falls, Salem, Portland, Roseburg, Grants Pass, and Walla Walla Washington.
On August 22, 1948, William “Heine” Fluhrer along with three other State of Oregon GOP leaders was killed in an airplane crash. The Eureka facility was eventually purchased by a group of investors led by Lucien “Dick” Koenig, the General Manager.
The Butternut (Roma) Bakery in Eureka was purchased by Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc. from the Pinochi Family on April 6th, 1955 for the sum of Ten ($10.00) and “other valuable considerations”. The Butternut, Roam, and Logger Loaf brands as well as the routes, and employees were incorporated into the Fluhrer system.
The Koenig family operated the bakery until 1973, and during their tenure instituted a number of improvements including the shipping building that was completed in 1962. Fluhrer Bakeries started the move to automation in the 1960’s with the installation of a “State of the Art” Baker-Perkins Model 970 Single Lap Oven at the cost of $75,000. Further improvements included cooling conveyors, and other efficient machinery. Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc. was one of the first bakeries to use poly bags; now the industry standard.
As the result of a labor strike that closed down the bakery for 6 months, Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc. was sold to a partnership including Robert A. Dunaway and Darrel Norberry in 1973. Mr. Dunaway, a local attorney, gradually bought out his other partners and presided over the company until his death in 1989. The heirs of Mr. Dunaway sold the assets of the bakery to an investment group in August of 1990.
Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc., the largest wholesale bakery north of San Francisco and south of Eugene, Oregon, is located behind the Redwood Curtain, in Eureka, California. Eureka is located 265 miles north of San Francisco, California, and 100 miles south of the Oregon border. Our market area includes: Humboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino, Shasta, Trinity, Tehama, Siskiyou, Butte, Sutter counties in California, and Curry County in Southern Oregon.
We bake a full range of pan breads, hearth breads, rolls and buns daily. We serve the retail trade as well as carry a full line of restaurant and institutional products. Fluhrer Bakeries has four well-known registered brands (Big Loaf, Humboldt Bay, Ferndale Farms, and Logger). We are also a licensed baker for Roman Meal and Poulsbo.