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Tastykake factory!

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Tastykake factory!

By Olivia Barker

Location

  • In Philadelphia, PA
  • At the Naval Business Center
  • Smaller facility located in Oxford, PA

the TASTYKAKE FACTORY

  • 345,000 square feet
  • Takes up 25 acres of space
  • Made out of recycled building materials
  • Inside are stainless steel machines that make 4 million food products a day

Important Facts

  • Helped to bring Naval Yard back to life.
  • It is 100 years old.
  • Shipped free desserts to soldiers during World War II
  • 203 employees served in World War II
  • They are a sponsor of Philadelphia Flyers and the Phillies.

Struggles of the factory

  • Production problems when they opened the factory at the Naval Yard.
  • They did bad in the stock market in 2011 and lost 7.4% in sales. 

FUN FACTS

  • 14,080 TastyKake pies laid end to end to form a mile.
  • Their oven is 1/2 the length of a football field - 300 feet.
  • They bake 250,000 pies a day.
  • 172,800 TastyKake Juniors to cover Flyers hockey rink.
  • Named when wife tried cake & said, "What a tasty cake!"

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