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Charles Edward Charlie Entenmann, who helped expand his familys Long Island, New York, bakery from a local delivery service to a household name, died last month. He was 92. An obituary said Entenmann died peacefully on Feb. 24 in Florida, where he lived, surrounded by his surviving children.
Entenmanns, now a supermarket staple, was opened by Charlie Entenmanns grandfather, William, in Brooklyn in 1898, according to the company website. Entenmanns built a baking facility on five acres in Bay Shore, later expanding to 14 acres. The company was sold in 1978 and has changed hands a few times since. It is now owned by Bimbo Bakeries USA.
His love for the humanities and Long Island led him to support and advocate for the Great South Bay YMCA in Bay Shore.
He funded research to improve water quality and habitats in the Great South Bay.
With his brothers, endowed Southside Hospital in Bay Shore with a gift to establish the Entenmann Family Cardiac Center.
In his retirement, his passion for advancing a limitless energy source led to the development of a self-sustaining power cell at his Biosearch, LLC, research lab. In addition,
Charlie started Biolife, LLC, a company that produces various healthcare products to stop bleeding.
https://news.yahoo.com/charles-entenmann-helped-bring-baked-162805824.html
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsday/name/charles-entenmann-obituary?id=33396300
superpatriotman
(6,247 posts)We used to call them waxys - soooo good.
Luciferous
(6,079 posts)Hiawatha Pete
(1,797 posts)We used to buy boxes of them them at the Dash market in upstate NY. Hope to again soon now that the border has reopened to vaxed & boosted Canadians.
madaboutharry
(40,209 posts)close to the town I lived in. Those chocolate donuts are among my favorite childhood memories.
marybourg
(12,631 posts)shopping for them first in Brooklyn, then at the factory outlet store in Bay Shore, then finally in supermarkets everywhere. There was a buy out of Ebingers somewhere in there, too.
bucolic_frolic
(43,149 posts)I always found it a bit stiffly priced for my budget, but it's good to know he did good things with the profits
3Hotdogs
(12,375 posts)I visited the factory about 20 years ago, on a sales call. I noticed a scrap book of newspaper articles on the table in the waiting room and began to thumb through it. Several of the articles were about a fire that took place at Wise in the 1950's. Wise was out of business for almost a year.
This was in central Pennsylvania where several other potato chip manufacturers have their plants.... Herr's, Snyders and such. Anyway, these competitors rallied and produced potato chips under the Wise name and packaging until Wise got back on their feet.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,956 posts)certainly a huge producer of potato chips and pretzels. Utz in particular is a big seller in the Baltimore area. I have always been a fan of Utz and Snyders products.
Being originally from the Baltimore area, I also remember the Charles Chips and Charles Pretzels tins from my childhood. Their chips were pretty tasty, too!
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,956 posts)Their variety box is very good! It was interesting to read about Mr. Entenmann who seemed like a person who cared about much more than company profits. RIP and my condolences to his family and close friends.
Botany
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Put this into my little toaster oven with some butter on top, some fruit, and coffee and my day was gonna be good.
TNNurse
(6,926 posts)LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,550 posts)Back when I ate that kind of stuff with no regrets and no weight gain.
RIP sir.
twodogsbarking
(9,740 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Not in the 'bread aisle' nor "at the end of any aisle" here.
twodogsbarking
(9,740 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)I remember my first - 1977 at my sister's house in NJ.
One of the few firsts I do remember lol.
MissMillie
(38,556 posts)When I don't make buttermilk biscuits for strawberry shortcake, I use that pound cake.
SYFROYH
(34,169 posts)She would get so mad at us because there wouldn't be any for the next morning.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Wednesdays
(17,366 posts)I don't know if they still make it, but their Louisiana crunch cake was to die for.
Farmer-Rick
(10,163 posts)Can't eat them anymore without retaining water and feeling awful. But they were great when I was a kid. Those tiny chocolate donuts, so addictive.
I like his Noblesse Oblige attitude.
Oppaloopa
(867 posts)VWolf
(3,944 posts)He used to bring me those incredible chocolate donuts all the time.
This was back in the day when I was able to metabolize them before they went to my gut. Those days are long over LOL.
Grumpy Old Guy
(3,162 posts)My orthodox Jewish friends all love Entenmann's.
niyad
(113,293 posts)other work as well.
Will have a piece of crumb cake with my coffee this morning.
CaptainTruth
(6,589 posts)All their products look so delicious but I'm allergic to soy (specifically the protein molecule in soybeans) & every Entenmann's product I've looked at contains soybean oil. I say I'm "lucky" though because if I could eat their products I'd probably be 20 pounds heavier.
He certainly established an empire of sweet treats, may he rest in peace.
Dave says
(4,616 posts)Long ago, when I was a kid, Entenmanns coffee cakes put me in heaven. They were a regular part of our extended family gatherings. So tasty when fresh! Charles Entenmann is probably munching on one in heaven right now!
When I moved away from NY, Entenmanns was generally unavailable. But, soon, in my Midwest outpost, they started appearing on shelves. I recall thinking they werent as tasty as I remembered them. They were probably the same, but I guess over time tastes change.
Oh, their donuts were unbelievably good, too. The trick was to get them when they were fresh.