Many large companies like President, I Mei, and Wei Chuan revolutionized the baking industry in the Republic of China by investing large amounts of money in large scale, automated bakeries.
大麵包廠出現，點燃競爭戰火早期的麵包店，規模多半不大：聘一個師傅（或另帶一、二個徒弟），購置一個烘焙爐、幾副簡單的模具，找個人眾聚集、附近又沒有麵包店的地方，就可以開張了。