OUR STORY

Since 1906, families have been asking for Schwebel's breads by name. We've grown into a company proud to serve customers in a wide and ever-expanding marketing area. We've kept ahead of the competition by staying on top of new trends in the marketplace. But we still put the same family pride into every product we bake and every customer we serve.

Quality Baking Since 1906

More than 118 years ago, Joseph and Dora Schwebel began baking bread in their kitchen and selling fresh loaves door to door to their neighbors in Youngstown, Ohio. Their belief was by building their customers' trust, they could also build a successful business.

Their instincts were right. Today, Schwebel Baking Company is one of the fastest growing independent, family-owned wholesale bakers in America, producing more than 200,000 packages of bread products at its two baking facilities and 20 distribution centers across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Schwebel's services retail and foodservice customers, providing branded products under the Schwebel's, 'taliano, Millbrook, Country Hearth, Cinnabon, and Sun-Maid brand names.

Schwebel's success in an industry where competition and change are the norm lies in its commitment to continuing the traditional values that Dora and Joseph Schwebel established: quality, service that exceeds expectations, and innovation. Schwebel's product leadership comes from anticipating trends, developing strategies to meet consumer needs, and executing aggressive marketing plans and sales programs that maximize opportunities for its bread and bun product lines.

Throughout the past century, Schwebel's contributions to the baking industry have been recognized nationally; in many cases establishing benchmarks that have become the standards for excellence in product quality, bakery efficiency, packaging, advertising, and sales performance.

Schwebel's mandate for excellence has continued to present as a result of the Schwebel family's high standards and personal attention to every Schwebel product and customer account.

Schwebel's is dedicated to its leadership position by providing consumers with the freshest baked, best-tasting bread products on the market. As a result, Schwebel's is the market share leader in Cleveland, Youngstown and Columbus, Ohio, as well as Erie and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - a remarkable achievement for a regional company that competes daily with large, publicly-held national companies. This spirit extends to its employees by providing a stimulating work atmosphere including comprehensive benefits, training and incentive programs.

Currently, Schwebel's is completing major system-wide upgrades to its bakery operations, transportation fleet, distribution facilities, and information technology. Schwebel's is focused and poised to take advantage of the trends and opportunities in the 21st century.

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Proud heritage videos

Take a look back at a journey that started more than 118 years ago. Learn how one couple and one family's life's work became the Schwebel's that you know and love today!

Bakery Tour

With state-of-the-art bakeries in Youngstown and Hebron, Ohio, we produce close to a quarter of a million packages of bread daily. Take a peek inside one Schwebel's bakery with our photo tour below.

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We ONLY buy Schwebels WHITE bread, we have tried other bread and NOTHING COMPARES to the quality in your bread. My family loves it. thank you so much!


- Annette A.

I absolutely LOVE this bread, it's extremely DELICIOUS!


- Julie

I just wanted to drop a line and say that I love your 'TALIANO bread.
It always tastes great and I LOVE it.


- Jennifer

I love the SOFT DELI RYE bread.


- Liz

Thank you so much for the "WHOLE GRAIN WHITE"! It is the best of both worlds. I love the white & my husband the whole grain. YEA!!


- Claudia S.

The CRANBERRY ORANGE Bread is amazing, combining two of my FAVORITE flavors.


- Jodine

Recently tried the above bread & I must say, It was the BEST WHOLE WHEAT bread I've ever had. Great texture w/o being heavy. This is my new FAVORITE. Thanks!


- Arlene O.

WE want Schwebels, We want Schwebels...NO OTHER LABEL WILL DO!!!


- Diane H.

You have an EXCELLENT product, WONDERFUL customer relations and great contests...people telling people about your brand...great job, Schwebel's!


- Christine H.

Just wanting to say how much my family enjoyed the PUMPKIN SPICE and
CRANBERRY ORANGE bread. FANTASTIC!


- Janette

I remember when I was a little girl, living in Youngstown, OH, Mr. Schwebel would deliver our bread to our house. Most of the time we were eating breakfast and he would sit down and have a cup of coffee with us.


- Marilyn F.

One of the sweetest MEMORIES from my childhood is the wonderful scent of Schwebel's bread baking! I grew up near the bakery and that heavenly aroma often wafted through our NEIGHBORHOOD. I don't think any smell is as warm and comforting! Even today, it takes me back and always makes me happy!


- Lisa B.

Schwebel's scrapbook

It all started over a century ago in the family kitchen of Joseph and Dora Schwebel. Forty loaves of bread were delivered door to door each day in a wicker laundry basket.