Vachon Bakery

Canadian pastry company

Vachon Bakery
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Pastries
Founded	1923; 101 years ago (1923)
Headquarters	Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, Quebec , Canada
Area served	Canada
Owner	Grupo Bimbo
Parent	Canada Bread
Website	www.vachon.com

Vachon Bakery is a Canadian maker of popular snack pastries. The company was part of Saputo Inc. from 1999 to 2015. It has been owned by Canada Bread, part of Grupo Bimbo since 2015.^[1]

Vachon was founded by Joseph-Arcade and Rose-Anna Vachon Giroux in 1923 when the couple left his home village of Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage to develop a bakery in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce in Quebec.

Brands include:

May West^[2]
Jos. Louis^[3]
Billot Log Jelly Rolls^[4]
Passion Flakie
Ah Caramel!^[5]
½ Lune Moon
Hostess (Canada only) - including Twinkies
Takis (Canada only)^[6]

References

^ "Canada Bread buys Saputo bakery unit for $120M". CBC.ca. Canadian Press. December 18, 2014.
^ "MAY WEST : White sponge cake filled with our incomparable creme and coated in a fine chocolatey layer". Vachon.com. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
^ "JOE LOUIS". Vachon.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
^ "BILLOT LOG JELLY ROLL".
^ "AH CARAMEL! : Spongy white cakes coated in a chocolatey layer and overflowing with luscious caramel and pastry creme". Vachon.com. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
^ http://donteattakis.ca/ ^{[dead link]}