How to find ingredient suppliers for your bakery

(http://www.bakemarkusa.com/)
(Formally Westco flour company)
Bake mart offers complete donut and bakery premixed products (donut, muffins, sweetroll, scratch baking supplies,) and provides the highest quality and ingredients within there products and http://www.bakemarkusa.com/) donut and related bakery supplies, premixes are considerably more consistent in reference to finished end-product, however bake mark is considerably more expensive over their competitors, referenced below.  

Bake mark’s goal “like any other supplier” is to sell you there reasonably priced donut and bakery related products and premixes (if you consider $45.00 USD reasonable, per bag of donut premix), and back-end additional sales by providing expensive premixed icing, glazes, fillings and toppings. Bake mark provides very little support for new donut shop owners, based on comments of course members.  

Daylight Flour Company
http://www.daylightdonuts.com/
Daylight Flour Company provides complete donut shop supplies and donut premixes with additional support for new shop owners. However to use there products within your donut shop the said company is starting to require the donut shop owner to purchase ALL related donut supplies and I have been informed from course members, you must purchase “Daylight Flour Company” brand of coffee as well.  

Dawn Foods
http://www.dawnfoods.com/

Dawn Foods provides complete donut and bakery shop supplies and donut premixes with the most flexibility and very reasonable pricing of there products. I have tested/used dawn products and have found “like most all donut or related premixes” the cake and raised donut line tends to absorb excess shortening from the fryer, affecting end product.  

Do understand the sales representative for flour companies (referenced above) set additional mark-up prices per bag, per bail or unit of product purchased (commonly known as commissions!) And it is of utmost importance when dealing with any company that you have options! And options within the donut/bakery business can provide leverage when a salesman is setting “set” pricing based on expected volume of related donut supplies to be purchased.
Donut and bakery “ingredient” suppliers have different pricing for products based on expected sales. And it is very important to ask the salesman for discount pricing based on order history “never be satisfied with set pricing” and let the salesmen know, you have options!  

SYSCO Corporation
http://www.sysco.com/
SYSCO provides a full spectrum of foodservice supplies and equipment to complement its broad food product offerings. Customers “with an account” can receive everything they need for their bakery operations, from specialty breads, proof and bake bread pastry and donut products with donut/bakery ingredient supplies and complete quality sandwich meats for a complete deli line to janitorial supplies. In short ,http://www.sysco.com/ is one stop shopping. I have used this company in the past and sysco is known foe utmost quality and service. Sysco corporation is however the most expensive, but reliable.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ed Chastain is a recognized authority on the subject of donuts, breads and pasties. His web site, http://www.donutedvd.com, provides a wealth of information on everything you'll ever need to know about entering the donut business. A professional baker for 15 years and skilled in the art of making and creating quality yeast donuts with attention to traditional, unique and donuts lost over time.