King's Hawaiian Claimed Company

King's Hawaiian Bakery hangs its lei in Southern California and Georgia. The company produces bakery products, including its flagship product, Hawaiian sweet bread. King's Hawaiian was founded in 1955 by Robert Taira. The company has grown from a small bakery operation in Hawaii to a distribution company selling bread and rolls nationwide from plants in Torrance, CA and Oakwood, GA. Its products can be found in the bakery sections of select grocery stores including Safeway, Albertson's, and HEB. King's Hawaiian also operates two restaurants, King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant and The Local Place Bakery & Cafe, both located in Torrance, California. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 62

TOTAL RATINGS: 589

CEO: Mark Taira

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King's Hawaiian CEO & Leadership Team Ratings

Mark Taira and the King's Hawaiian leadership team are scored a B+ by 48 employees placing it in the Top 20% of companies sized 1,001-5,000 Employees on Comparably. The Leadership score includes details about how employees evaluate their executive team, CEO and manager.

Women have higher ratings for their leadership team compared to Men. the HR department and Caucasian employees have the most favorable ratings for their leadership team compared to Hispanic or Latino employees.

Based on 131 ratings, the Leadership score of 77/100 combines employee feedback on their CEO (79/100), Manager (73/100), and Executive Team (68/100).

Mark Taira King's Hawaiian CEO Rating

Top 10% Compared to other companies of similar size in Los Angeles

79 / 100

Mark Taira the CEO of King's Hawaiian received an average score of 79 from King's Hawaiian employees.

Female employees at King's Hawaiian rate the CEO the highest.

Male: 82

Female: 88

The HR department at King's Hawaiian rate the CEO the highest.

HR: 90

Caucasian employees at King's Hawaiian rate the CEO the highest.

Caucasian: 92

Hispanic or Latino: 70

King's Hawaiian Manager Rating

Top 30% Compared to other companies of similar size in Los Angeles

73 / 100

Managers received an average score of 73 from King's Hawaiian employees.

Female employees at King's Hawaiian rate their Manager the highest.

Male: 85

Female: 94

The HR department at King's Hawaiian rate their Manager the highest.

HR: 94

Caucasian employees at King's Hawaiian rate their Manager the highest.

Caucasian: 92

King's Hawaiian Executive Team Rating

Top 40% Compared to other companies of similar size in Los Angeles

B-

68 / 100

The Executive team received an average score of 68 from King's Hawaiian employees.

Female employees at King's Hawaiian rate the Executive Team the highest.

Male: 76

Female: 93

The HR department at King's Hawaiian rate the Executive Team the highest.

HR: 93

Caucasian employees at King's Hawaiian rate the Executive Team the highest.

Caucasian: 86

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