{"id":15,"date":"2015-07-02T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgford.com\/bread\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T15:59:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:59:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgford.com\/bread\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>About<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-115 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgford.com\/bread\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bridgford-sons.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"163\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bridgford Foods Corporation\u00a0<\/strong>traces its roots back 93 years to 1932, when our founder Hugh H. Bridgford (1908-1992) opened a retail meat market in San Diego, California.\u00a0 Our business first evolved into several retail meat markets, and later to meat wholesaling, frozen food distribution, meat processing and frozen food manufacturing.\u00a0 The Company is now headquartered in Dallas, Texas.\u00a0 The Company has five production facilities: two in Dallas, and one each in Anaheim, California, Chicago, Illinois, and Statesville, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgford.com\/bread\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Bridgford-FirstStore.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bridgford Foods\u00a0<\/strong>pioneered the manufacture and sale of frozen bread dough to supermarkets and institutional customers, beginning in 1962.\u00a0 The first products were made at the Anaheim meat-processing facility.\u00a0 Additional frozen bread plants were added in Dallas in 1968 and 1985, and in Statesville, North Carolina in 1996.\u00a0 In 1975, we acquired our Chicago meat processing facility, which has a heavy emphasis on dry and semi-dry sausage, as well as beef jerky. In 2017, we acquired an additional processing plant in Chicago, and we completed the transition to this new facility in late 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-113 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgford.com\/bread\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Bridgford-AMI1997Award.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: inherit;\">Our principal product lines include Bridgford Frozen Bread Dough and Buttermilk Biscuits, Monkey Bread, Beef\u00a0 Jerky, Shelf-Stable Dry and Semi-Dry Sausage, and Shelf-Stable Sandwiches. We cater to both the retail and foodservice trade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bridgford Foods Corporation<\/strong> currently has nearly 700 employees.\u00a0 Our products are sold in all 50 states, Canada and several overseas markets. The Company\u2019s common stock (9.1 million shares outstanding) is traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol \u201cBRID.\u201d\u00a0 There are approximately 700 shareholders.\u00a0 Members of the Bridgford family own or control more than 80% of the common stock, and many members of the extended Bridgford family hold key management positions in the Company.\u00a0 Financial information is available at www.bridgford.com.<\/p>\n<h2>Our Staff<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Bridgford Foods Corporation<\/strong> is managed by a three-member Executive Committee which reports to the Board of Directors. Members are Michael W. Bridgford, Chairman of the Board, Baron R.H. Bridgford II, President, and Cindy Matthews, Chief Financial Officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directors<\/strong>\u00a0Todd C. Andrews, former Vice President and Controller, Public Storage, Inc.; Allan L. Bridgford, Consultant; William L. Bridgford, Vice President; Raymond F. Lancy, Former Chief Financial Officer; Keith A. Ross, President, KR6, Inc.; Mary Schott, Financial Services Consultant; D. Gregory Scott, Managing Director, Peak Holdings, LLC; John V. Simmons, Vice President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Officers<\/strong>\u00a0Baron R.H. Bridgford II, President and Chairman of the Executive Committee; Michael W. Bridgford, Chairman; William L. Bridgford, Vice President; Chris Cole, Senior Vice President; Bob Delong, Vice President, Information Technologies; Cindy Matthews, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary, and Controller; John V. Simmons, Vice President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Division Managers<\/strong>\u00a0Baron R.H. Bridgford, President Bridgford Foods of Illinois; Blaine K. Bridgford, President, Superior Foods Division; Monty Griffith, Vice President, Bridgford Foods of North Carolina; Jeffrey D. Robinson, Bakery Co-Manager, Anaheim Bread Division; Nick Bridgford, Bakery Co-Manager, Anaheim Bread Division.<\/p>\n<p><em>Allan Bridgford Sr., former Vice President and Chairman of the Executive Committee, retired in late 2021 after more than 64 years of service and will continue to provide consulting services to the Company and serve on the Board of Directors.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Value Statement<\/h3>\n<p>For over 90 years, the mission of Bridgford Foods Corporation has been to develop, produce, sell and distribute superior quality food products that provide a consistent value to our customers. We strive to provide gainful and rewarding careers for our employees, and are in the enviable position of having many long-time employees with a passion for our business and a determination to keep it successful. We work to achieve a fair return for our shareholders. We adhere to the highest ethical standards. We treat our customers and employees with honesty, respect, dignity and appreciation. We believe that <em><strong>we wrap our future in every package<\/strong><\/em>, and stand behind the products we sell 100%. We are proud of our company and are committed to enhancing its assets and resources. We strive to be responsive, dependable and accountable to our associates, and view our relationships with customers and suppliers as partnerships. We believe that innovation is essential to the future success of our business, and strive to be industry trendsetters in the development of new products. We are enthusiastic and communicate openly and honestly in our dealings with all of our stockholders.<\/p>\n<h2>Locations<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"locations heightEQ\">\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-190 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgford.com\/bread\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/plant_chicago.jpg\" alt=\"plant_chicago\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<h4>Bridgford Foods<br \/>\nof Illinois<\/h4>\n<p>1415 W. 44th St.<br \/>\nChicago, IL 60609<br \/>\n312.733.0300<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-191 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgford.com\/bread\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/plant_statesville.jpg\" alt=\"plant_statesville\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<h4>Bridgford Foods of<br \/>\nNorth Carolina<\/h4>\n<p>112 Progress Place<br \/>\nStatesville, NC 28677<br \/>\n704.878.2772<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-192 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgford.com\/bread\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/plant_superior.jpg\" alt=\"plant_superior\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<h4>Superior<br \/>\nFoods Division<\/h4>\n<p>9001 Chancellor Row<br \/>\nDallas, TX 75247<br \/>\n214.631.7970<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-193 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgford.com\/bread\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/plant_frozenrite.jpg\" alt=\"plant_frozenrite\" width=\"310\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<h4>Frozen<br \/>\nRite Division<\/h4>\n<p>1707 S Good-Latimer Expwy<br \/>\nDallas, TX 75226<br \/>\n214.428.1535<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-194 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgford.com\/bread\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/plant_anaheim.jpg\" alt=\"plant_anaheim\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<h4>Bridgford Foods<br \/>\nof California<\/h4>\n<p>1308 N Patt Street<br \/>\nAnaheim, CA 92801<br \/>\n714.526.5533<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Bridgford Foods Corporation\u00a0traces its roots back 93 years to 1932, when our founder Hugh H. 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