Grandma's Bakery

What Grandma's Bakery does

Grandma's Bakery is a privately held, for-profit bakery and cake shop based in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, United States. According to firmographic data, the business was founded in 1978 and employs between 51 and 100 people. Its stated product offering spans cupcakes, pastries, breads, donuts, and custom cakes — a category mix consistent with a traditional retail bakery that also serves event-driven, made-to-order customers.

At the time of data capture, the company's web presence (grandmasbakery.com) displays only a "Launching Soon" placeholder page with an email subscription signup and a 2024 copyright notice. No products, pricing, menu, e-commerce functionality, store hours, management team, ownership disclosures, or operating history are surfaced on the site. There are no disclosed social media profiles, app listings, partnerships, certifications, or technology stack details. The contrast between the 1978 founding date and the pre-launch state of the digital property suggests either a relaunch, a transition to new ownership, or an established offline operation that has not yet built out its public-facing digital channels. The revenue model is not disclosed, but the product mix and headcount range are consistent with a combination of walk-in retail sales, custom cake orders, and possibly light wholesale or catering revenue.

Name

Grandma's Bakery

Legal name

Grandma's Bakery

Website

https://grandmasbakery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Grandma's Bakery is a privately held retail bakery in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, founded in 1978 and employing 51–100 people. It offers cupcakes, pastries, breads, donuts, and custom cakes to local consumers, with its current website in pre-launch status.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Bakery

NAICS

Retail Bakeries (311811)

SIC

Bakery Products (2050)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAFAFAA

Retail Bakeries (Bread & Daily Bakery)

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Bakeries & Patisseries

SECONDARYTHAFAFAC

Cake Shops & Custom Celebration Cakes

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Bakeries & Patisseries

SECONDARYTHAFAFAH

Dessert-First Bakeries (Cupcakes, Cookies, Brownies)

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Bakeries & Patisseries

Keywords

• Bakery products
• Custom cakes
• Cupcakes pastries
• Breads and donuts
• Retail bakery

Headquarters

HQ city

White Bear Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Grandma's Bakery is a bakery and cake shop that plans to sell cupcakes, pastries, breads, donuts, and custom cakes directly to consumers from its White Bear Lake, United States location. The business is currently in pre-launch status, with its website displaying a 'Launching Soon' placeholder and an email signup for launch updates.

Product overview

Grandma's Bakery is a bakery business currently in pre-launch status. The website displays a 'Launching Soon' placeholder page with an email subscription signup, indicating the business has not yet publicly launched its products or services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cupcakes Individually portioned baked cupcakes intended for individual consumers and households purchasing bakery items for personal consumption or small gatherings.
• Pastries Baked pastry items offered by the bakery for everyday consumer purchase.
• Breads Baked bread products intended for retail consumer purchase from the bakery.
• Donuts Fried donut products sold by the bakery to individual consumers.
• Custom cakes Made-to-order custom cakes for individual consumers and households purchasing cakes for celebrations and special events.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Sprinkles Cupcakes: Pioneering cupcake and dessert retailer offering cupcakes, custom cakes, and baked treats. Overlaps directly with Grandma's Bakery's cupcake and custom cake lines and operates under a similar single-brand retail bakery model.
• Gigi's Cupcakes: Cupcake-focused franchise offering specialty cupcakes and custom celebration cakes. Directly overlaps with Grandma's Bakery's cupcake and custom cake SKUs and the celebration/occasion customer use case.
• Nothing Bundt Cakes: National franchise specializing in bundt cakes and custom celebration cakes. Directly competes with Grandma's Bakery on the custom/occasion cake side of the portfolio, sharing similar product, customer occasion, and retail bakery model.
• Magnolia Bakery: Iconic bakery chain known for cupcakes, banana pudding, and assorted pastries. Directly comparable to Grandma's Bakery in cupcake/dessert assortment, retail bakery model, and occasional/celebration cake offerings.
• Insomnia Cookies: Dessert retailer specializing in cookies, brownies, and baked treats with strong late-night delivery and online ordering. Comparable to Grandma's Bakery as a single-category-to-multi-category dessert retailer competing for impulse and occasion purchases.
• Crumbl Cookies: Fast-growing specialty cookie franchise with rotating flavors and a digital-first ordering experience. Comparable to Grandma's Bakery as a branded dessert retailer competing for share of dessert and treat occasions.

Broad incumbents

• Dunkin': National donut and coffee chain with thousands of locations and broad bakery assortments. Competes for breakfast/quick-bite occasions that overlap with Grandma's Bakery's donut and pastry traffic.
• Panera Bread: National bakery-café chain offering breads, pastries, sandwiches, and coffee. Overlaps with Grandma's Bakery on breads, pastries, and the bakery-café shopper occasion, but at vastly greater scale and menu breadth.
• Corner Bakery Cafe: Multi-unit bakery-café chain offering breakfast pastries, custom cakes, and lunch items. Closely comparable to Grandma's Bakery in bakery-café positioning and product breadth (breads, pastries, desserts, custom cakes).
• Krispy Kreme Doughnuts: National donut and sweet-baked-goods chain with retail locations and broad distribution. Overlaps with Grandma's Bakery on the donut/pastry side while operating at national scale with stronger brand awareness.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/grmasbakery
• Facebookfacebook.com/GrandmasBakeryWBL

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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