We would like information on the number of units sold per year of
Bread-making machines in the US.

Ideally, we would like the total number of units sold (across all
manufacturers), but if this is not readily available, it would be OK
to provide the annual units sold of the top 5 bread-making
machines---preferably, broken out by individual machine.

Paladinmed,


According to BreadOven.net, an estimated 5 million machines are sold
in the U.S. every year.

Excerpt:

?The number of bread machines has risen from fewer than one million in
the US in 1990 to over 30 million in 2003, with around 5 million sold
annually. The corresponding figure in the UK is over 500,000 sold
annually.?

BreadOven.net http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:rX6X7IQ_4fAJ:the.breadoven.net/experiment1.html+%22number+of+bread+machines+OR+makers+&hl=en


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According to Glenna Vance, president of the Bread Machine Association,
about 20 million bread machines are in American homes, and 25 to 27
percent of homes in the United States have them.

Source: 
Loafing around  By Tricia Moss
Times-News:  January 2001
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:2JjkWzviLrUJ:www.thetimesnews.com/2001/01-10/01-10-17/accent-2.html+According+to+Glenna+Vance,+president+of+the+Bread+Machine+Association,+about+20+million+bread+machines&hl=en


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Over 20 million bread machines are now in American homes, making
quality bread easy to bake.

Mount Terra
http://web.archive.org/web/20040603190345/http://www.mounterra.com/montanawheat/flour.htm


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BREAD MACHINES 

Channels of Distribution

2003
Dept. stores:             21%
Mass merchants and clubs: 54%
Specialty stores:         14%
Other:                    11%

2002
Dept. stores:             21%
Mass merchants and clubs: 54%
Specialty stores:         14%
Other:                    11%

Retail Sales (in millions)
2003:     $125.10
2002:     $139.00
% Change: -10.0%

Source: 
HFN : The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishings Network. New York
Oct 11, 2004
Title: No Small Change; Manufacturers In The Category Are Altering The
Way They Do Business

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4360/is_200410/ai_n15232268

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I hope the information provided is helpful!



Search terms used:
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Best Regards,
Bobbie7

Thanks for quick help with this!

Thank you for the tip!
--Bobbie7