35 Years of Pekara: Our Everyday and World-Class Bakery Products

A small family bakery in Vinkovci began operating in 1989, tasting its first hot bread. This moment marked the beginning of a long-lasting successful story about bakery products made with heart. From a small family bakery, PEKAR has grown into a manufacturer and exporter of bakery products that have characterized constant progress, knowledge expansion, and quality improvement for thirty-five years.

Three Production Facilities

PEKAR produces on 35,000 m² in three production facilities in Vinkovci and Slavonski Brod and has more than six hundred employees. The quality of each product has been the goal from the beginning, and traditional recipes and selected raw materials are the foundation for the development of each product. New, modern production lines with a capacity exceeding 32,000 tons per year ensure an annual capacity of over 150,000 pallets of frozen PEKAR products, providing more than 4,500 trucks of frozen products throughout the year.

PEKAR has positioned itself as the largest facility for the production of all types of lepinjas and somuns in the region and beyond, the largest producer of bread crumbs in Croatia, and the largest producer of bread per unit of product in Croatia.

Investment in modern technologies has contributed to complete modernization and significant automation of production, but PEKAR retains manual labor in the production of certain products to maintain their quality.

Fresh PEKAR products are delivered every day with 26 of its own vehicles in a very short time to more than five hundred locations in Slavonia. Packaged breads are recognized PEKAR products in Croatia. Pre-sliced and packaged without artificial atmosphere, they are the most practical choice due to their freshness and shelf life of up to five days. Among the wide range of various types of bread, the Golden Mold stands out for its long-lasting freshness and the true taste of homemade bread!

In addition to the production of fresh bakery products, a thoughtful strategy, clear vision, and trend monitoring have resulted in a narrow specialization for certain frozen and packaged products in large batches. PEKAR’s offer is complemented by bread crumbs, and an increasing number of packaged products is continuously being developed and expanded to various markets.

Export to More Than 25 European Countries

The assortment of easy-to-use PEKAR products tailored for HoReCa is exported to more than 25 European countries, with more than twelve trucks of frozen products delivered daily. Distribution is greatly facilitated by its own frozen product warehouses, whose capacity exceeds 8,000 pallet spaces, and distribution centers throughout the region. Somun, somun sandwiches, grill lepinja, various types of burek and pizza snacks, pogaca, slanci, and bread crumbs are prominent PEKAR products that fill the shelves of large retail chains abroad and throughout Croatia. PEKAR’s frozen products stand out for their taste quality despite freezing and ease of preparation – it takes 45 minutes to thaw at room temperature, and the products are ready for consumption or further processing as desired. All frozen products can be reheated or toasted, retaining their freshness.

PEKAR Somun was the first product to find its place in the foreign market, thanks to its original recipe with a taste of history and long-lasting freshness. From the ordinary somun, the PEKAR Somun sandwich was developed. Since its market debut in 2022, it has become synonymous with exceptional quality in the world of bakery products. That same year, it won the Superior Taste Award. The grill lepinja is a special version of somun adapted for HoReCa: it is exceptionally soft and elastic, with an ideal degree of holes and airiness. It is very easy to prepare and maintains consistent quality despite freezing.

PEKAR’s production holds the IFS certificate, a proof of product quality and safety. With an emphasis on trends, quality, and excellence, HANDMADE products have been developed, and almost all products are marked with the Clean Label (they do not contain E-numbers), while the halal certificate, which guarantees quality, health safety, and clear origin of ingredients, covers almost the entire PEKAR range. Many products also carry the V label certificate, meaning they are suitable for vegans and vegetarians, as well as the Palm Oil Free certificate, which highlights that palm oil was not used in production.

Every day with heart since 1989!