General Host

General Host Corp.
FormerlyGeneral Baking Company
Company typePublic
IndustryBakery
Predecessor
  • Brunner Baking Company
  • Ontario Baking Company
  • Collins Baking Company
FoundedJune 1911 (1911-06) in New York City
FounderWilliam B. Ward
Headquarters
New York City
,
US
Key people
  • Harris J. Ashton (chairman, 1977)
  • Richard Pistell (president, 1969)
ProductsBond Bread
SubsidiariesFrank's Nursery & Crafts

General Host Corp. (formerly known as General Baking Company) was a New York-based food and food-related company. It was also the owner of Frank's Nursery & Crafts until the company's bankruptcy in 2004.

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