Kalo Foods,a US-based producer of gourmet products,plans to open a new gluten-free gourmet bakery in Stokesdale near North Carolina,US. The plant will create 21 jobs,and the average salary for the newly hired staff will be ...
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One of the UK's largest own-label cake and pastry manufacturers has been snapped up by a private equity firm in£23.5M management buy-in deal(MBI). McCambridge Group's cake division–which bakes one in 10 of every retail ...
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UK-based McCambridge has sold its private-label cake division to private equity firm NBGI Private Equity. Currently, the cake division has a workforce of 637 at its bakeries across Manchester, Bradford, Blackburn and Salisbury. The ...
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Wide-web flexographic printer Prestige-Pak has bought a SpectraLab on-press color measurement system from Advanced Vision Technology (AVT). The system will be positioned as an add-on module on one of two PrintVision/Jupiter Automatic ...
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A 4,000-year-old Chinese folk art rarely practiced today, dough figurine is also known as mianhua or miansu in Chinese. The man who may have created the craft, Zhuge Liang, was military strategist of the state of Shu in the Three ...
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The latest batch of reports from the just-food research store includes a look at bakery trends,a European dairy industry outlook to 2020,and how stevia will change the sweeteners market. TRENDS What's Hot in Bakery:Global Industry ...
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Panera Bread has reported a net income of$44.14m for the second quarter,up 27%from$35.71m in the prior-year quarter,due to sales growth at the company-owned bakery-cafes. Revenue for the quarter increased 18%to$530.59m,compared to$451.08m ...
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Markel Ventures has acquired a majority interest in US-based Reading Bakery Systems and affiliated entities for an undisclosed amount. Reading Bakery Systems, based in Reading, Pennsylvania, designs and manufactures industrial baking ...
Chattanooga Bakery has unveiled new packaging for MoonPie,the company's brand of marshmallow cookie sandwiches. To develop the new packaging,the company had hired The Goldstein Group,based in New York.The new packaging features a darker ...
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UK-based retail bakery chain Greggs has installed new carton kit from T Freemantle to assist in packing frozen items for national supermarkets. The company has ordered three semi-automatic End-Load Cartoners, which can operate at 80 ...
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Hostess Brands, a US-based manufacturer of brands such as Twinkies and Ding Dongs, is closing its operations and has filed a motion with the bankruptcy court in New York in order to sell its assets. The company was plagued by surging ...
Penford Food Ingredients, a division of US-based Penford, has introduced PenTech NG, a starch-based blend for bakery industry, which can replace whole egg and egg yolks for both liquid and dry forms. The new blend features soft texture, ...
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Health Canada has authorized the use of stevia, a natural and no calorie sweetener, in foods and beverages in Canada. The approval follows Health Canada's evaluation of the data supporting the safety and efficacy of steviol glycosides as ...
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German fruit processing company Zentis has announced the acquisition of Sweet Ovations, a US-based producer of sweet ingredients for dairy, frozen dessert, bakery, beverage, and foodservice products. Established in 1931, Sweet Ovations ...
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Maple Leaf Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Puratone, a leading hog production company in Canada, for C$42m ($42m). The acquisition includes livestock, facilities and interests in some joint ventures. The deal is expected to ...