Originally buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit, moved to Woodlawn Cemetery on November 9, 1949.
The Son of a German baker, Frederick Sanders Schmidt was born in Germany in 1848. The family emigrated to the United States a year later, but as a young man Frederick returned to his homeland to learn more about baking as a business. Coming back to America, Schmidt--later called Sanders--opened bakery shops first in Philadelphia and then in Chicago. He came to Detroit only after his store was burned down in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Frederick Sanders opened the "Sanders Pavilion", a candy and ice cream shop, at the corner of Woodward Avenue and State Street in downtown Detroit in 1875. He later moved the store closer to the river, on Woodward near Michigan Avenue, and the company became a phenomenal success. By the turn of the century, Sanders opened his "Palace of Sweets" and it remained at the same location on Woodward for the next eighty-five years. By the mid-twentieth century, there were nearly two dozen Sanders stores serving fountain treats along with soups and sandwiches in Detroit and nearby suburbs. The Detroit Free Press reported, "In 1962, when John Sanders, great-grandson of the founder, took over the company from his father, Sanders had 111 stores and more than $20 million a year in sales." But the real world eventually caught up with the family-owned company, and the 1970s and 80s saw many ups and downs with the struggling firm. "Trouble began in the mid-1970s," the Detroit Free Press reported, "as Sanders faced increasing competition from local rivals such as Awrey Bakeries and from outsiders such as Godiva Chocolates and Entenmann's, the Long Island baked goods company." Despite hiring outside management for the first time in its one hundred year history, by the early 1980s the floundering company, unable to compete with "slipping sales, rising costs and an aging plant", declared bankruptcy. In 1989 the company was taken over by Country Home Bakery, but the name and recipes were retained. At the time the collection ends, in 1989, there were just a handful of Sanders stores still operating in the Detroit area. The collection provides a bittersweet look at a nostalgic era in Detroit's past.
The Son of a German baker, Frederick Sanders Schmidt was born in Germany in 1848. The family emigrated to the United States a year later, but as a young man Frederick returned to his homeland to learn more about baking as a business. Coming back to America, Schmidt--later called Sanders--opened bakery shops first in Philadelphia and then in Chicago. He came to Detroit only after his store was burned down in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Frederick Sanders opened the "Sanders Pavilion", a candy and ice cream shop, at the corner of Woodward Avenue and State Street in downtown Detroit in 1875. He later moved the store closer to the river, on Woodward near Michigan Avenue, and the company became a phenomenal success. By the turn of the century, Sanders opened his "Palace of Sweets" and it remained at the same location on Woodward for the next eighty-five years. By the mid-twentieth century, there were nearly two dozen Sanders stores serving fountain treats along with soups and sandwiches in Detroit and nearby suburbs. The Detroit Free Press reported, "In 1962, when John Sanders, great-grandson of the founder, took over the company from his father, Sanders had 111 stores and more than $20 million a year in sales." But the real world eventually caught up with the family-owned company, and the 1970s and 80s saw many ups and downs with the struggling firm. "Trouble began in the mid-1970s," the Detroit Free Press reported, "as Sanders faced increasing competition from local rivals such as Awrey Bakeries and from outsiders such as Godiva Chocolates and Entenmann's, the Long Island baked goods company." Despite hiring outside management for the first time in its one hundred year history, by the early 1980s the floundering company, unable to compete with "slipping sales, rising costs and an aging plant", declared bankruptcy. In 1989 the company was taken over by Country Home Bakery, but the name and recipes were retained. At the time the collection ends, in 1989, there were just a handful of Sanders stores still operating in the Detroit area. The collection provides a bittersweet look at a nostalgic era in Detroit's past.
Originally buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit, moved to Woodlawn Cemetery on November 9, 1949.
The Son of a German baker, Frederick Sanders Schmidt was born in Germany in 1848. The family emigrated to the United States a year later, but as a young man Frederick returned to his homeland to learn more about baking as a business. Coming back to America, Schmidt--later called Sanders--opened bakery shops first in Philadelphia and then in Chicago. He came to Detroit only after his store was burned down in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Frederick Sanders opened the "Sanders Pavilion", a candy and ice cream shop, at the corner of Woodward Avenue and State Street in downtown Detroit in 1875. He later moved the store closer to the river, on Woodward near Michigan Avenue, and the company became a phenomenal success. By the turn of the century, Sanders opened his "Palace of Sweets" and it remained at the same location on Woodward for the next eighty-five years. By the mid-twentieth century, there were nearly two dozen Sanders stores serving fountain treats along with soups and sandwiches in Detroit and nearby suburbs. The Detroit Free Press reported, "In 1962, when John Sanders, great-grandson of the founder, took over the company from his father, Sanders had 111 stores and more than $20 million a year in sales." But the real world eventually caught up with the family-owned company, and the 1970s and 80s saw many ups and downs with the struggling firm. "Trouble began in the mid-1970s," the Detroit Free Press reported, "as Sanders faced increasing competition from local rivals such as Awrey Bakeries and from outsiders such as Godiva Chocolates and Entenmann's, the Long Island baked goods company." Despite hiring outside management for the first time in its one hundred year history, by the early 1980s the floundering company, unable to compete with "slipping sales, rising costs and an aging plant", declared bankruptcy. In 1989 the company was taken over by Country Home Bakery, but the name and recipes were retained. At the time the collection ends, in 1989, there were just a handful of Sanders stores still operating in the Detroit area. The collection provides a bittersweet look at a nostalgic era in Detroit's past.
The Son of a German baker, Frederick Sanders Schmidt was born in Germany in 1848. The family emigrated to the United States a year later, but as a young man Frederick returned to his homeland to learn more about baking as a business. Coming back to America, Schmidt--later called Sanders--opened bakery shops first in Philadelphia and then in Chicago. He came to Detroit only after his store was burned down in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Frederick Sanders opened the "Sanders Pavilion", a candy and ice cream shop, at the corner of Woodward Avenue and State Street in downtown Detroit in 1875. He later moved the store closer to the river, on Woodward near Michigan Avenue, and the company became a phenomenal success. By the turn of the century, Sanders opened his "Palace of Sweets" and it remained at the same location on Woodward for the next eighty-five years. By the mid-twentieth century, there were nearly two dozen Sanders stores serving fountain treats along with soups and sandwiches in Detroit and nearby suburbs. The Detroit Free Press reported, "In 1962, when John Sanders, great-grandson of the founder, took over the company from his father, Sanders had 111 stores and more than $20 million a year in sales." But the real world eventually caught up with the family-owned company, and the 1970s and 80s saw many ups and downs with the struggling firm. "Trouble began in the mid-1970s," the Detroit Free Press reported, "as Sanders faced increasing competition from local rivals such as Awrey Bakeries and from outsiders such as Godiva Chocolates and Entenmann's, the Long Island baked goods company." Despite hiring outside management for the first time in its one hundred year history, by the early 1980s the floundering company, unable to compete with "slipping sales, rising costs and an aging plant", declared bankruptcy. In 1989 the company was taken over by Country Home Bakery, but the name and recipes were retained. At the time the collection ends, in 1989, there were just a handful of Sanders stores still operating in the Detroit area. The collection provides a bittersweet look at a nostalgic era in Detroit's past.
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