Commercial Bakeries

825,778 awards on a bakery code

Dividing $2,529,394,854.51 by 825,778 produces about $3,063 per award. That low average plus a very high count is the signature of delivery orders, calls, and modifications against food-supply vehicles rather than a handful of factory-construction contracts. The packet does not prove that every row is a bread delivery; it only shows that 825,778 contract records carry 311812.

Census commercial bakeries manufacture fresh or frozen bread and other bakery products other than cookies and crackers (those have other codes). On a federal award the six digits are the reported industry. Commissary, subsistence, and similar food buys can land here when the contracting office used 311812.

Obligations on a high-volume supply code

Each delivery order can be a separate award row in USAspending.gov. That architecture explains how 825,778 actions can coexist with a $2.53 billion obligation stock that is large but not aircraft-manufacturing large. The obligation column still means committed amounts, not invoices cleared.

Nutrition assistance and school-meal grants are usually assistance instruments without NAICS. They are outside $2,529,394,854.51. Mixing SNAP or child-nutrition outlays with this bakery contract total would blend two feeds.

Questions

How much is obligated under NAICS 311812 commercial bakeries?

USAspending.gov contract awards tagged Commercial Bakeries show $2,529,394,854.51 in obligations. That sum sits on 825,778 awards and is a commitment total, not grocery sales or nutrition-benefit outlays. USAspending.gov is the source for the $2,529,394,855 obligation stock and the 825,778 contract awards tagged COMMERCIAL BAKERIES (NAICS 311812). Assistance awards that omit NAICS are outside both figures.

Why are there more than 800,000 awards?

The indexed file contains 825,778 contract records with NAICS 311812, including delivery orders and modifications. Food-supply vehicles often generate many small actions. The count is not a count of bakeries. Keep the citation on contract obligations: $2,529,394,855 on 825,778 awards coded NAICS 311812. Outlays, grants without NAICS, and unit counts are not in the packet that produced this page.

Does this include SNAP or school-meal grants?

No. Those programs are typically assistance awards that may lack NAICS. They are not in the $2,529,394,854.51 industry total, which is the contract slice tagged 311812. The industry hub lists the underlying USAspending.gov rows. This answer restates only packet facts: NAICS 311812, $2,529,394,855 obligated, and 825,778 awards for COMMERCIAL BAKERIES.

Is $3,000 the price of a bakery contract?

The implied average from $2,529,394,854.51 divided by 825,778 is only a ratio of the two packet facts. It is not a catalog price and not a median order. Open the industry table for individual actions. Do not treat 825,778 as establishments or $2,529,394,855 as cash disbursed. Both numbers describe USAspending.gov contract actions tagged NAICS 311812 (COMMERCIAL BAKERIES), not assistance and not outlays.