If you check the fine print on the NAICS coding, you'll find this (following the "donut" example"):
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445291 Baked Goods Stores
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing baked goods not for immediate consumption and not made on the premises.
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
* Retailing baked goods via electronic home shopping, mail-order, or direct sale--are classified in Subsector 454, Nonstore Retailers;
* Selling snack foods (e.g., doughnuts, bagels, ice cream, popcorn) for immediate consumption--are classified in U.S. Industry 722213, Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars; and
* Retailing baked goods made on the premises but not for immediate consumption--are classified in Industry 311811, Retail Bakeries.
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This leads me to believe that donuts (however you wish to spell them) would not be classified under "bakeries" but under Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars. I'll open that up to alternative interpretation.
So, onetime2, you were right in asking me to consider it again. I'm glad I did. I do maintain, however, that there are many reporting mechanisms, and perhaps in this situation, NAICS isnt' the best way to go. In Canada, we also have National Occupation Codes (I didn't google that for the USA), which can also shed light on occupational breakdown, and possibly not run into the same manufacturing/service issues.