SIC 2045 Prepared Flour Mixes and Doughs

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SIC 2045

This industry classification comprises establishments primarily involved in manufacturing prepared mixes and doughs from purchased flours. Establishments primarily involved in milling flour from grain and manufacturing grain mill products, including prepared mixes and doughs, are classified in SIC 2041: Flour and Other Grain Mill Products.

NAICS CODE(S)

311822

Flour Mixes and Dough Manufacturing from Purchased Flour

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 237 establishments operated in this category for part or all of 2004. Industry-wide employment totaled approximately 13,968 workers receiving a payroll of more than $523 million. Companies in this industry tended to be smaller in size with nearly 39 percent employing less than 20 workers while only 27 percent have greater than 500 employees. The Annual Survey of Manufactures reported that overall shipments for the cookie, cracker, and pasta manufacturing industry (also including cookie and cracker manufacturing and dry pasta manufacturing) were valued at nearly $17.7 billion in 2005. Additionally, for the overall industry a total of 36,326 employees worked in production in 2005, putting in nearly 74 million hours to earn wages of nearly $1.3 billion.

The 2002 Economic Census for manufacturing industries, updated every five years by the U.S. Census, indicated that the industry's total value of shipments was at $4.2 billion, down from nearly $5.0 billion in 1997. One of the largest declines was in other prepared flour mixes (including cookie, piecrust, doughnut, and other sweet goods mixes) made from purchased flour (down 33 percent in value from 1997 to 2002) and frozen doughs and batters (cookie, biscuit, bread and bread-type roll, pasta, pizza, coffeecake, pancake, etc.) made from purchased flour (down nearly 51 percent in value from 1997 to 2002). Meanwhile, prepared flour mixes (including refrigerated and frozen doughs and batters) made from purchased flour increased in value by nearly 77 percent from 1997 to 2002. The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics showed some growth in expected employment for the bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry as a whole by 2014 after losses were experienced from 1994 to 2004; a small increase is anticipated in output between 2004 to 2014.

Notwithstanding, a 2005 market research report published by Mintel indicated that a majority of surveyed households (64 percent)...