After moving headquarters, Klosterman Baking Company welcomes a fresh batch of exciting new changes 

Bake it safe, make it better, serve it proudly together: that’s The Klosterman Way. Founded in 1892, Klosterman Baking Company (Klosterman)’s illustrious history spans over 130 years, boasting a century of experience, expertise and excellence. With more than 900 dedicated employees and a plethora of different products on offer, the company provides baked goods to all corners of the industry, specializing in breads, buns, rolls, donuts, and more.  

Food Chain last spoke with Klosterman back in late 2023, when Chief Executive Officer, Dale Easdon, shared insight into the company’s history and its venture into private equity ownership. Today, in 2025, Dale joins us once again to discuss the exciting new developments that have arisen since we last conversed and to shed light on how Klosterman maintains a friendly, vibrant corporate culture. He begins by offering an update on how the company has progressed over last year.  

“It’s been a fantastic year and we’re very pleased with the company’s progress,” Dale shares. “We’ve experienced some nice growth alongside our wonderful customers, and we’ve moved into a beautiful new headquarters above our flagship bakery in Hebron, Kentucky, in which we invested $2.3 million and built for everyone to enjoy.  

“Prior to this move, we had several team members who worked remotely in different locations, but now all our team is here together, and we have plenty of space to grow. It’s got a beautiful new training room, a gorgeous break room for the team and two meeting rooms, with lots of room for future development.  

“We grew out of our old facility a long time ago; it wasn’t really designed to be a headquarters. This company’s been around for 130 years, and we decided that, as we were rebranding, it was time to invest in a new space. We moved 20 miles away, but retained our entire corporate support staff and had an incredibly smooth transition overall. Our partner, Sixteen Bricks, has taken over our former facility in Cincinnati, Ohio, and converted it into an artisan bakery. We’re excited that our former location is still a bakery managed by a wonderful team.”  

After 130 years of bakery innovation and excellence, this move signifies a new chapter in Klosterman’s journey. Encompassing over 200,000 square feet, the state-of-the-art facility will allow the company greater room to grow, building upon its previous legacies to maintain its success and expand into new endeavors. Klosterman’s new home, however, includes one particularly distinctive feature.  

“When we built our new headquarters, we also built an entryway into the downstairs bakery for our customers and employees. The whole interior of the building was painted white, and we wanted to brighten it up. We really wanted something to pay our respects to 130 years of Klosterman baking heritage and the opportunity we have to carry on that legacy today,” Dale explains. “We reached out to a local artist named Ben Harrison. He visited the bakery and spent time taking photos and videos, really understanding what we do. It was a three-week project to create a bespoke artwork, and now so many of our visitors will have their picture taken with it, because it’s a real tribute to the bakery industry. It looks gorgeous.”  

The artist, professionally known as Zaxerl, has been transforming unassuming spaces into beautiful murals across the United States for over a decade. His style, recognizable by its boldness, vivid use of color and remarkable attention to detail, paired perfectly with Klosterman’s vivacity and commitment to quality, and the final artwork is truly outstanding. The mural measures 19 feet tall and 16 feet wide and presents a striking depiction of Klosterman’s history and heritage, whilst paying homage to the bakery industry as a whole.  

Community commitment 

Alongside its brand-new headquarters, the company also recently underwent a rebranding, reinvigorating the Klosterman that customers have known and loved for more than 130 years. Led by Amy Schmitz, Director of Marketing at Klosterman, the project saw a new company logo and a full upgrade to its website, a development that’s received lots of positive feedback. The newly enhanced website is also a great place to showcase the company’s latest product range set to launch this year: Klosterman donuts.  

“We’ve always made donuts for one of our key customers, which gave us the opportunity to launch four new varieties of Klosterman-branded donuts,” Dale reveals. “The two flavors of donuts are powdered sugar and chocolate dipped, and the donut holes are available in chocolate or plain glazed. They can also be frozen, so we can ship them across the country. We’re very excited about this opportunity.”  

What makes Klosterman’s products taste even better is knowing that they’re contributing to a greater good. The company is incredibly passionate about its

community outreach, regularly partnering with local charities to provide support for valuable causes and assisting in the face of adversity.  

“Our community work is something that we’ve done for a long time and that we’re very proud of. That’s part of The Klosterman Way – to do work that we’re proud of, not just with our customers but with our local communities,” Dale says. “During Hurricanes Milton and Helene, we worked with Matthew 25: Ministries, a humanitarian aid and disaster relief nonprofit in Cincinnati, to ship bread to communities impacted by the disasters.  

“We’ve also continued supporting Pink Ribbon Good, an Ohio-based organization providing free direct services to families impacted by breast cancer and women’s reproductive cancer. This will be our 13th year partnering with them. Our support is mostly in kind donations; however, we also sponsor one of their biggest fundraisers in Cincinnati.”  

Passion for people 

As well as supporting its local communities, Klosterman is also keen to extend the love to its own workforce. One recent development in alignment with this is the company’s recent collaboration with Xavier University to provide relevant leadership training to its own shining stars.  

“We’ve worked in partnership with Xavier University to develop a middle management training program. It’s going to run as a two-day session and, at the end, attendees will receive a prestigious qualification from Xavier. We’re just about to launch the program, with 30 of our middle management leaders entering the first phase,” Dale affirms. “Everybody who’s attending has received a personal invite to say that they’re a wonderful leader for Klosterman and that we want to invest in their future and fund this education.”  

Following another busy and successful year, Dale is optimistic for the future of Klosterman. Amidst all the newness, however, one thing that will always remain the same: its passion for quality and its people.  

“July 2025 marks three years since the company has been under private equity ownership by New Water Capital. I’m very proud that New Water has continually invested back into this company and its team. We have more capital investment projects being implemented across all bakeries this year, including new equipment such as a brand-new mixer, a proofer and a cooling system.”  

“The company remains profitable and we’re very keen to continue investing in its success,” Dale concludes. “It’s a really exciting time for Klosterman and we couldn’t have gotten here without our investors, our leaders and our wonderful associates.”   

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