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Feb 3, 2025 · Complete resource for grain-based food industry news, commodity markets, ingredients, processing trends and innovations, publications and more.
Flowers Foods adding Simple Mills | Baking Business
Jan 8, 2025 · THOMASVILLE, GA. — Flowers Foods, Inc. is acquiring Simple Mills for $795 million. Simple Mills is a manufacturer of crackers, cookies, bars and baking mixes marketed as better for you.
One Rock Capital acquires stake in Lewis Bakeries
Oct 7, 2024 · “Our founder, R. Jack Lewis Sr., had a simple approach to business: ‘grow or go,’” said H. Dean Short, president of Lewis Bakeries. “As we prepare for the future, we felt that One Rock’s experience investing in the food and beverage manufacturing industry and its vast team of talented operating partners make the firm the ideal partner for …
ASB’s BakingTech conference moves to Orlando for 2025
Dec 19, 2024 · Change can be scary, but it can also be good. A change of venue can bring a change of perspective, and new ideas can come to light. The American Society of Baking (ASB) is aiming for just that with its 2025 BakingTech Conference with a new schedule, location and conference features.
Hearthside Food Solutions files Chapter 11 | Baking Business
Nov 25, 2024 · “Hearthside has filed a number of customary “first day motions” with the court to facilitate a smooth transition into Chapter 11 and operate without disruption during the process, including continuing to pay employee wages and benefits, maintaining customer programs, and honoring obligations to vendors,” the company said.
Aspire Bakeries leans into its strengths | Baking Business
Oct 8, 2024 · That leadership position lies in baked goods serving a wide variety of customers, where Otis Spunkmeyer goods sit atop their sweet baked goods categories in the foodservice industry.
More competitions available to bakers at iba 2025
Oct 29, 2024 · Next year’s iba, held in Düsseldorf, Germany, May 18-22, 2025, will play host to several competitions that bakers can participate in, including the return of the iba.UIBC.CUP of Bakers and the iba.UIBC.CUP of Confectioners.
Rotella’s Italian Bakery’s future bakery will be its fastest yet
Jan 2, 2025 · At the heart the Rotellas are bakers, and meeting customer demands is still top priority. That fueled Omaha, Neb.-based Rotella’s Italian Bakery’s need to expand into cold storage, but it has also led to building a new bakery.
J.M. Smucker closes Voortman deal | Baking Business
Dec 3, 2024 · ORRVILLE, OHIO — The J.M. Smucker Co. on Dec. 2 finalized the divesture of the Voortman cookie business to Second Nature Brands. Second Nature Brands in late October agreed to acquire the business for approximately $305 million.. The transaction includes a leased manufacturing plant in Burlington, Ont., and approximately 300 …
Mankato, Minn., facility to be closed by Ardent Mills
Nov 20, 2024 · Mill is one of three operated by the company in Minnesota. DENVER —Ardent Mills, LLC is closing its flour mill in Mankato, Minn. Operations at the facility are expected to begin winding down shortly with milling to stop completely by mid-January, according to Ardent Mills.