Cryogenic Flour Chilling System Helps Coles Produce Quality Frozen Breads with a Twist
Founded as a neighborhood bakery in 1943, Coles Quality Foods, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich., became synonymous with frozen garlic bread. Today, Coles offers a complete line of frozen bread, including Big Texan toast, cheesesticks and breadsticks, “that goes from freezer to table in 10 minutes or less.”
Cold processing is critical to Coles’ product quality and coast-to-coast success. All Coles products have a 1-year frozen shelf life. Cases are shipped to national distribution centers and sold through major supermarkets such as Shop-Rite, Winn-Dixie, Wal-Mart, Piggly-Wiggly, Kroger, Food Lion, Meijer and others. Increasing demand for Coles’ unique frozen breads tested Coles’ North Liberty, Iowa, production operations in the summer of 2012.