Montana Bakery Ltd
Started 1975
Philip Folter started Montana with the help of a mortgage from his father.
We employed 3 staff for mainly shop work and finishing, along with Phil doing the baking. After 14 years on site the lease expired and was not to be renewed, so relocation was planned.
The year 1989
Our new premises had a bigger work area and with the addition of more wholesale runs, we had more staff to contend with, making us very busy.
The year 1990
We wanted to grow our business, so decided that more retail shops would help with developing Montana. Over time three shops were leased all with different degrees of success.
The year 1992
Low and behold we soon out grew this site and moved to yet another site without a retail shop attached to the bakery but continued with retail in town. While at this site we started working with a bakery in Auckland producing pies for BP Oil distributing through the South Island. This has lead to us yet again having to find larger premises.
The year 2004
Our move to our present site, which is even larger again required more staff. All my three children Daniel, Christine and Philippa are now employed in the company.
The year 2005
Retail sites were sold off so we could concentrate on our wholesale business and we purchased Pioneer Pizza and Rivera Foods to expand our product range.
Now we make a wide variety of products ranging from cakes, pastry, Breads and Italian to fundraising for organisations. We also contract bake for others.
Present Day
In these difficult ecconomic times we are consolidating our current wholesale production and looking for new market opportunities.
