Description Great Harvest Franchising (dba Great Harvest Bread Company) helps entrepreneurs not only bake bread but earn it. The company franchises its name and baking techniques to more than 210 bakeries in some 40 US states. In exchange for sending 7% of their sales to Great Harvest, owners receive bread recipes, baking techniques, and advice about accounting and store design. The company acquired Montana Mills from doughnut-maker Krispy Kreme in 2005. The six-store bakery chain in upstate New York was converted to Great Harvest locations in early 2006. Founded by Pete and Laura Wakeman in 1978, Great Harvest was sold in 2001 to a group of North Carolina investors, including Mike Ferretti, who became CEO.
Great Harvest Bread Co. has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 330 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Great Harvest Bread Co. employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 59% of employees would recommend working at Great Harvest Bread Co. to a friend. This is based on 330 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
78% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Great Harvest Bread Co. as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 1.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Great Harvest Bread Co..