Arnies Bakery in Grand Rapids, Kent County, United States | Bakery

Welcome to Arnies Bakery, Grand Rapids, United States. Arnies Bakery was founded in 1905 by the Sonneveldt brothers, John, Chris and Arnold as Crescent Bakery (pictured on front cover) on Grand Rapids west side. Arnold continued in the business as Sonneveldt Bakery and in 1922, he moved to our current location on Leonard Street. About 1930, Arnold changed the name from Sonneveldt Bakery to Buttercup Bakery. Arnold’s sons, Robert and Arnold Jr. took over the Bakery from their father and continued in the business for many years. Buttercup Bakery with retail locations around the Grand Rapids area became a well known Bakery for it’s high quality authentic Danish pastries, Artisan breads and one of a kind cakes.

n 1978, Arne started the first “Arnies Bakery Restaurant” concept. Given the history of the owners, Arnie’s was a perfect name and the name of the outstanding Bakery products were changed to Arnie’s Bakery Classics.  Arne’s four sons, Richard Arne, Steven Arne, James Arne, and Erik Arne, all grew up working, studying and learning all facets of the business. While Steve followed his desire to practice in medicine, Rich, Jim, and Erik own and operate the company along with their father. In 1992 they bought out the Sonneveldt family interest in the company. Today we have four Bakery restaurants with plans to expand. We have over 75 retail Bakery locations in grocery stores across West Michigan, and we sell frozen baked goods to food service distributors across the Midwest.

Arnies Bakery would like to thank you for all your business and your loyal following as we celebrate over 100 years in business. We plan to keep growing our business with our outstanding high quality products and stay “fresher than ever.”