PORTLAND, Ore. (Map) - PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Franz Bakery, the largest independent, family-owned bakery on the West Coast, is bringing fresh baked bread, buns, bagels, cookies, and pastries to Boise area Albertsons, Costco, Fred Meyer, Wal-Mart and WinCo stores. Known for its variety and fresh quality baked goods, Franz Bakery has been a trusted part of Northwest family meals since 1906. From its San Juan Island Nine Grain to the Healthy Kid's Loaf to Old Fashioned Donuts, Franz Bakery offers a wide variety of tasty choices to satisfy everyone at the table.

"As a family bakery committed to bringing fresh, quality baked goods to families throughout the Northwest, we've had our eye on Boise for quite some time and we're very excited about serving this community," said

Marc Albers, president of Franz Bakery.

Always Fresh. Always Franz.

To ensure that consumers are always bringing the freshest Franz baked goods home, the bakery leads the industry in getting its product to store shelves and replaces it with fresh product more frequently than anyone else. Following is a tasty selection of the fresh new choices Boisonians will now find on store shelves:

* For the sandwich lover: 100% Whole Wheat, Cracked Wheat, Net 4 Reduced Carb High Fiber, Old Fashioned Buttermilk, and Crater Lake All Natural Whole Grain Oat & Nuts, among many others. * For parents looking for kid-healthy choices: Franz Whole Grain White, Kids Healthy White Bread and Mini Bagels. * For the BBQ and tailgating fanatic: Sesame, Whole Wheat, Onion, Potato, San Juan Island Nine Grain, and Original Hamburger Buns; Jumbo, Potato, and Eight-Inch Original Hot Dog Buns; Hoagie, Old Fashioned, and Butter Flake Rolls. * For the early riser: Blueberry, Cinnamon-raisin, Onion, Plain and Whole Wheat 'New York Bagel Boy' Bagels; Apple-Cinnamon, Sourdough, Raisin, Whole Wheat, and Original English Muffins; Cinnamon and Cinnamon Vanilla Raisin Swirl Bread. * For the sweet tooth: Old Fashioned, Chocolate, and Powered Donuts; Chocolate Chip, Ginger Snap, Lemon Snap, Macaroons, and Iced Oatmeal cookies, among many others.

Baking Fresh, Healthy Choices

From its Whole Grain White bread to its Sweet Dark Multi Grain, Franz Bakery has made it a priority to provide consumers with a wide variety of healthy baked goods. Ensuring freshness and quality in every bite, Franz Bakery's all-natural blends are made with whole grains, without high fructose corn syrup, are low in fat and are a good source of fiber, calcium, iron and folic acid.

Franz Bakery Gives Back

Over the years Franz Bakery has gone beyond just baking quality bread. Franz Bakery values each individual employee and takes pride in their contribution to bringing great, fresh bread to families throughout the Northwest. Moreover, Franz Bakery gives back to the communities it serves as a regular contributor to food banks, shelters and other non-profit groups as well as supporting colleges and universities.

About Franz Bakery

Based in Portland, Ore., Franz Bakery is the largest baking company in the Northwest and largest family-owned baking company in the Western United States. With a rich baking history, Franz Bakery has been bringing fresh bread, buns, bagels, cookies, and pastries to the Northwest since 1906. Today Franz Bakery has six baking facilities throughout the Northwest and delivers fresh baked goods to grocery, restaurant, food service and institutional customers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Northern California and Montana. For more information visit www.franzbakery.com.