Baking mixes and frozen foods maker scaling manufacturing ops and brand digital presence
Krusteaz is a 90-year-old baking mix brand (150+ SKUs across retail, foodservice, and direct) modernizing internal operations while building digital sales and brand channels. The hiring mix is manufacturing-heavy (10 roles open), with active projects spanning TPM implementation, wireless optimization for warehouse handheld scanners, zero-trust security, and integrated brand-building campaigns—indicating simultaneous pushes on supply-chain resilience, operational visibility, and direct-to-consumer positioning. Pain points cluster around reactive downtime and uptime assurance, suggesting infrastructure and process maturity gaps typical of mid-market food manufacturers scaling beyond legacy systems.
The Krusteaz Company manufactures and distributes baking mixes, snack foods, and frozen baking products founded in Seattle in 1932. Today the company operates across retail (grocery chains), foodservice (institutional and restaurant partners), and e-commerce channels, with a portfolio exceeding 150 products including private-label and licensed brands. Headquartered in Tukwila, Washington, with 501–1,000 employees, Krusteaz combines legacy brand equity in baking mixes with modern supply-chain and digital infrastructure to serve consumer and B2B segments. The company is also active in community food security initiatives through partnerships with Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Feeding America.
Krusteaz manufactures over 150 baking and snack products, including dry baking mixes, frozen baking mixes, and snack foods, sold through retail, foodservice, and direct-to-consumer channels.
Core tools include Microsoft Office 365 (SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook), Azure infrastructure (Virtual Networks, AD), Cisco Catalyst networking, Splunk monitoring, and Oracle Essbase for analytics.
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