FatCat Bakery

What FatCat Bakery does

FatCat Bakery is a Sacramento, California-based specialty food manufacturer and wholesale bakery, founded in late 2002 by childhood friends Erik Finnerty (business and brand marketing background) and Anthony Van Rees (classically trained chef). The company produces artisan-quality frozen ready-to-bake bakery products — scones, cookies, muffin and cornbread batters, brownie batter, and whole grain oat bars — formulated with all-natural ingredients (100% pure butter, pure cane sugar, real lemon zest and oil) and locally sourced dairy and California wheat from within a 50-mile radius. Products are offered in three formats: raw pre-portioned dough pucks, ready-to-bake frozen dough, and baked frozen thaw-and-serve, with a 12-month frozen shelf life achieved by shipping all cases via frozen freight at 0°F or below.

The company's manufacturing facility is certified nut-free and sesame-free with FSMA/HACCP compliance, enabling access to allergen-sensitive school and healthcare accounts. Its product portfolio includes a distinct whole grain line meeting USDA school nutritional standards, whole grain requirements, and Smart Snack regulations — a meaningful compliance-based differentiator in K-12 foodservice. FatCat Bakery operates four product categories: scones (original and whole grain, including individually wrapped), cookies (dough and thaw-and-serve), muffin/cornbread/brownie batters in scoop-and-bake pails, and whole grain oat bars.

The business model is a B2B wholesale operation with quote-based, pay-as-you-go unit pricing sold in case quantities. Revenue streams include foodservice wholesale (hotels, hospitals, airlines, cruise lines, contract foodservice, colleges, QSR chains), school foodservice (K-12 districts), grocery/in-store bakery wholesale, and a fundraising program for schools, PTAs, sports teams, and clubs offering up to 50% profit return with no minimum orders. The company employs 1-10 people, operates from a single Sacramento, CA facility, and ships nationwide. No e-commerce storefront is available; sales are generated through direct contact forms, phone, and email.

Name

FatCat Bakery

Legal name

Fat Cat Scones

Website

https://fatcatscones.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FatCat Bakery is a Sacramento, CA wholesale bakery manufacturing all-natural, frozen ready-to-bake scones, cookies, muffin batters, and whole grain oat bars for B2B foodservice, K-12 schools, grocery in-store bakeries, and fundraising organizations across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Frozen Bakery

NAICS

Bread and Bakery Product Manufacturing (31181), Commercial Bakeries (311812), Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing (311412)

SIC

Bakery Products (2050), Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030)

akta.pro primary industry

Frozen Bakery Products Manufacturing (AFAKAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refrigerated & Frozen Doughs and Batters Manufacturing (AFAKACAM), Frozen Bakery Wholesale (AFAIAFAE)

Keywords

• Frozen bakery products
• Wholesale baked goods
• Ready-to-bake pastries
• Foodservice bakery
• Fundraising baked goods

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Wholesale B2B Foodservice Sales: Wholesale bakery products sold to foodservice professionals including schools, hospitals, hotels, airlines, cruise lines, and retail bakeries. Products sold as frozen dough pucks or thaw-and-serve items in bulk cases.
2. Fundraising Program: Schools and community organizations purchase bakery products for fundraising events. Program offers up to 50% profit return to organizations with no upfront costs or minimum orders.
3. Retail/Grocery Wholesale: Scones and cookies sold in bulk to grocery and in-store bakery departments. Products delivered frozen for on-site baking or as thaw-and-serve items.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

FatCat Bakery is a Sacramento, California-based wholesale manufacturer of frozen ready-to-bake baked goods, including scones, cookies, muffin batters, and bars. The company produces these items in a nut-free commercial facility and sells primarily to foodservice operators, K-12 schools, and fundraising programs, with a secondary channel serving individual home chefs.

Product overview

FatCat Bakery is a specialty food manufacturer and wholesale bakery offering artisan quality frozen Ready-to-Bake pastries. The product portfolio consists of four main categories: Scones (Original and Whole Grain School-Approved dough pucks with glaze, plus Individually Wrapped thaw and serve options), Cookies (Original and Whole Grain School-Approved in dough pucks and thaw and serve formats), Muffin Batters (Whole Grain varieties including muffin, cornbread, and brownie batters in scoop and bake pails), and Whole Grain Bars (individually wrapped oat bars). The company operates a nut-free facility and serves multiple channels including schools, foodservice professionals, and fundraising organizations. Products are available as raw dough, ready-to-bake, or baked frozen thaw and serve formats.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Frozen Ready-to-Bake Scones

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 50% profit margin for fundraising organizations
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Pillsbury (General Mills): Pillsbury is a mass-market frozen dough and bakery brand under General Mills with national foodservice and retail distribution — overlapping FatCat in scone and cookie dough but at vastly greater scale and brand recognition.
• CSM Bakery Solutions: CSM Ingredients (formerly CSM Bakery Solutions) supplies bakery ingredients, finished products, and frozen dough to industrial, retail, and foodservice — a broad incumbent with overlapping product formats to FatCat.
• Rich Products Corporation: Rich Products is a major frozen baked-goods manufacturer serving foodservice, retail, and in-store bakery — overlapping FatCat's wholesale foodservice channel with broader portfolio and larger scale.
• J&J Snack Foods: J&J Snack Foods manufactures frozen bakery, cookies, and snack items for foodservice and retail — a broader incumbent with overlapping product formats and a strong K-12 foodservice presence.

Emerging players

• Table Talk Pies: Table Talk Pies is a regional frozen pie and pastry maker serving retail and fundraising — comparable to FatCat's fundraising channel and frozen thaw-and-serve pastry format at a similar small-to-mid scale.

Direct peers

• Otis Spunkmeyer: Otis Spunkmeyer manufactures frozen cookie dough, muffins, and portioned baked goods for foodservice and fundraising — the most direct head-to-head peer in frozen portioned dough for non-commercial kitchens.
• Bridgford Foods: Bridgford manufactures and distributes frozen bread, rolls, dough, and other baked goods to retail and foodservice — a direct competitor in commercial frozen bakery manufacturing with a similar B2B wholesale motion.
• Bake'n Joy Foods: Bake'n Joy Foods is a commercial bakery specializing in frozen portioned cookie, muffin, and quick-bread batters for foodservice and in-store bakeries — a direct niche peer in scoop-and-bake and pre-portioned formats.
• Aunt Millie's Bakeries: Aunt Millie's is a regional commercial bakery producing breads, buns, and frozen baked goods for retail and foodservice — a comparable scale commercial bakery competing for similar DSD/foodservice accounts.
• Dawn Foods: Dawn Foods is a global commercial bakery supplier offering finished frozen baked goods, dough, and batters to retail in-store bakeries and foodservice — directly overlapping FatCat's core wholesale bakery proposition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fatcat_scones
• Facebookfacebook.com/fatcatscones
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fat-cat-scones

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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