FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The former headquarters of Aunt Millie’s Bakeries in Fort Wayne will lose its iconic Sunbeam sign after it has been on the roof since 1957.
The bakery moved its headquarters to Waynedale last year and no longer owns the property at 350 Pearl Street.
Aunt Millie’s Director of Marketing, Melissa Koeneman, says the Sunbeam sign is being refurbished and could be moved to their new headquarters at some point. The sign is 36 feet wide and over 15 feet tall and illustrates bread being served on a plate.
The following was released:
Aunt Millie’s Bakeries is removing the Sunbeam Bread sign from the downtown location to be refurbished and preserved.
Restoration will begin immediately with relocation updates to follow as plans progress.
Aunt Millie’s is looking for the perfect home for the iconic sign that has been a part of the downtown Fort Wayne scenery for more than 67 years. The hope is to keep the sign a part of downtown Fort Wayne; however, if no resolution can be found the sign will ultimately land at the new corporate office at 6230 Bluffton Road. Aunt Millie’s no longer owns the property at 350 Pearl Street so we cannot guarantee the preservation. Given the current downtown development we believe that by restoring the sign now we can make sure it will be a part of Fort Wayne for many years to come.“We are excited that the sign is being preserved,” says Bohn Popp, Aunt Millie’s Executive Vice President of Quality and Brand Strategy.
“We know it has been a part of so many great memories for generations of Fort Wayne residents, and we are committed to preserving the sign for future generations.”The Sunbeam Bread sign was commissioned in 1957 by current Aunt Millie’s President John Popp’s late brother, H. Leslie Popp Jr. Measuring 36 feet across and 15.5 feet high, the sign shows a giant loaf of Sunbeam bread emptying onto a plate, slice by slice. The scene is powered by a small engine, rotating the graphic illustrating nine slices of bread. Each slice takes 2.3 seconds to fall.
###Founded in 1901, Aunt Millie’s Bakeries is a family-owned commercial bakery headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is one of the largest commercial baking and distribution companies inthe United States. Its brands include Aunt Millie’s, Live Carb Smart®, Sunbeam and HillbillyBread.
Aunt Millie’s also produces private-label products for major retailers and fast-food restaurants. For more information, visit AuntMillies.com
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