Northwest Baking Limited Partnership started as a joint venture between two local, multigenerational, family owned wholesale baking competitors; United States Bakeries, dba Franz Family Bakeries, and Gai’s Seattle Baking Company. Both companies had great success in independently serving QSR and retail customers in the region for several decades prior to coming together as Northwest Baking Limited Partnership Dba Pacific Northwest Baking Co. The driving force behind the formation of their partnership was a common customer served by both companies, McDonald’s. In 1987, McDonald’s wanted a single dedicated bakery to manufacture buns and soft rolls to serve their restaurants in the Pacific Northwest. Members of the McDonald’s Bakery Council and Supply Chain teams helped facilitate discussions between the two competitors, and construction of a dedicated McDonald’s bun bakery was started in 1988. Pacific Northwest Baking Co. started serving McDonald’s restaurants as a company in 1989. Our company has grown quite a bit through our nearly 30 years of service to the McDonald’s system. While we continue to serve more than 580 McDonald’s restaurants in six Western States with high quality buns and rolls, we have expanded our customer base to include some additional retail and restaurant businesses in the region.