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Sweetmore Bakeries Adds Azteca Bakeries to Its Family of Businesses

Jan. 16, 2025

Phoenix, Ariz.-based Azteca becomes the fifth bakery under the Sweetmore umbrella, all acquired since 2020, expanding the company’s product offerings in retail and foodservice.

Andy Hanacek

Chicago-based Sweetmore Bakeries is adding to its family of specialty bakery businesses with the acquisition of Azteca Bakeries, a wholesale manufacturer of authentic Mexican pastries and baked goods, according to a release announcing the deal. Azteca is the fifth bakery to be folded into the Sweetmore business, following Akron, Ohio’s Main Street Gourmet and Biscotti Brothers of Greensburg, Pa., in 2020, Meurer Brothers Bakery in Fond du Lac, Wis., in 2021, and Sweet Eddie’s of Smyrna, Ga. in 2024.

Azteca was founded in Phoenix, Ariz., in 1954, and offers a variety of pan dulce including pastries, cookies, breads and muffins. Sweetmore believes Azteca’s differentiated product assortment complements its portfolio, making it a great match for the business.

In addition to the product lines Azteca brings to the portfolio, Sweetmore also offers consumers biscotti, brownies, cinnamon rolls, cookies, danish, dessert bars, Mexican pastries, muffins, granola, icings, fillings and more, through retail in-store bakery and foodservice channels. Sweetmore is owned by Shore Capital and operates five facilities, employing more than 500 people.

About the Author

Andy Hanacek | Senior Editor

Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.