Tastykake factory!

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!"

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Internet Resources
• www.tastykake.com
• Wikipedia - TastyKake

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