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Thirty Three Years of Providing Quality Bakery Products!

Our History

After serving as a coast guard for his country, Henry P. Wellborn (Sandy) started his career in the baking industry in 1972 in Dallas, Texas with a bakery supply company. After a couple of years, he was offered a position as the Branch Manager in Houston, Texas. After the company was sold in 1992, he decided to venture out and form his own company together with his partner, Wolfgang Rupertus. In January 1993, they founded Quality Bakery Products, Inc.

Our History

Wolfgang Rupertus introduced Henry P. Wellborn to the owner of his previous employer, Fritz Schäfer of Abel & Schäfer in Ronkonkoma, NY. The gentlemen decided to do a joint financial venture with the Abel & Schäfer Group, which made the company grow rapidly well into the early 2000s.

 

Our History

In the early years of the new millennium, the Abel & Schäfer Group made an offer to take over the left-over shares of the company, which Henry P. Wellborn and Wolfgang Rupertus accepted. Quality Bakery Products Inc. hired Mike Tills as the General Manager in 2003, due to his history and experience in the family-owned bakery supply business.

Our History

Mike Tills formed the company that Quality Bakery Products is today and stabilized the financial situation of the company. He confidently led the company through the COVID-19 pandemic and went into well-deserved retirement at the end of 2021.

Who We Are

Quality Bakery Products is proud to celebrate its 33rd anniversary in 2026. The company, founded by Henry P. Wellborne and Wolfgang Rupertus in 1993, benefited from their experience in the baking industry from the very beginning. With the support of the German Abel + Schäfer Group, also a significant player in the European baking industry with generations of experience, the company was able to quickly establish and develop. The Abel + Schäfer Group took lead in the early years of the new millennium and the company continued to develop and specialize.

In a highly competitive environment, the company maintains 2 lines of business:

Quality Bakery

For semi-finished doughs, batters, shells and finished baked goods.

Quality Filling Factory

For sweet and savory liquid and semi-liquid products.