Tour of the Franz Bread Outlet Photo Story

Tour of the Franz Bread Outlet

Front view of the Franz bread outlet in Albany Oregon on November 30, 2023. It has been here for 70 years at this same location on Waverly drive . They also have other outlets around Oregon in Portland, Nappa, Springfield and other areas scattered around to bring you quality bread at an affordable price. They have cookies, donuts, and all kinds of different breads to choose from. Being a family owned business since 1906 it is a great way to get your bread. At this outlet in Albany have trucks delivering bread to Tangent, Sweet Home, and Scio. The Albany store welcomes close to 100 customers everyday. The store consists of all kinds of breads when you go into the store. Also, there is a warehouse that has two warehouse style doors that pull up for the trucks to bring the product to the outlet . The trucks bring the bread products to the outlet as early as 2 am and are stacked into the warehouse so the store trucks can divide them to what they need so they can have you covered for affordable fresh bread around the area.

Jasmine Bottels, clerk and managers assistant at the Franz bread outlet standing in front of a few crates of bread for sale at the store in Albany Oregon on November 30, 2023. She has been working here for 3 years and loves the environment and co workers. 

Jennifer Ostrom, Manager and clerk standing at the door leading into the office area of the store. Some of her duties also include keeping schedules, ordering the the products, and other tasks that come up like filling for people that can't work. She has been at the store for 3 years and likes the close-nit coworkers that she works with.  She works from 9 to 5 and keeps everything that needs to be done in order. 

A photo of the inside of the store on November 30, 2023 looking toward the check out area and the variety of affordable quality bread you can buy. At the outlet you can get a bigger selection of Franz breads than at the local grocery stores at a cheaper price. The Albany outlet store is open 6 days a week and closed on Sundays.

Aikman showing the laid back and easy going atmosphere at the warehouse portion of the store. Aikman is supervisor of the store and is heading back to his office to get some work done.  Mark Pool the other supervisor says they call him Troy Aikman, the former hall of famer from the Dallas cowboys and it also shows the informal and fun culture of the coworkers behind the scenes.

2 Franz bread trucks parked outside the store ready for the next delivery that are used to deliver quality affordable bread to nearby places on November 30, 2023.  These trucks come in the mornings and each delivery person takes the stack they need from the pile and deliver to where they need to go around the area. 

Franz Bread Company is a fourth generation family owned company based in Portland Oregon. The outlet store in Albany is a great place to buy bread and treats. Ostrom says they like to offer their low prices to the community. Right now they accepting non parishable food for a food drive. You can drop donations off to the Albany outlet store located at 946 Waverly drive.