Successful Plants
Pittsfield Rye Forges New Direction
Pittsfield Rye and Specialty Breads' new business model may seem like a complete 180. But, that implies a lack of planning and potential loss of key elements...
ORLANDO BAKING'S 5th generation pursues volume growth
Orlando Baking’s 5th generation pursues volume growth...
FullBloom Baking's business opportunities blossom
FullBloom Baking’s business opportunities blossom...
Tasty Baking Co. rebuilds its foundation
TastyKake® snack cakes have been produced in the company’s six-story bakery for the past 86 years, but will soon be made in a new state-of-the-art facility. Learn how Charles Pizzi and his team are taking this Philadelphia icon into the 21st century....
Surviving the perfect storm
A reader contacted me recently about not having devoted enough attention to the commodity crisis that is so profoundly affecting not only the baking industry,...
Italian Home Bakery practices artisan engineering
Traditional, old-school bakers would have considered Dennis and John Rossetti tremendous risk takers in the mid 90s when they purchased Italian Home Bakery...
Business Briefs
Horizon Milling LLC, West Wayzata, Minn., will be expanding its flour mill in Stockton, Calif., by adding additional equipment within the mill's existing...
Obituary
Elmer Lee Cochran, Sr., 93, Batesville, Ark., died Jan. 8. Mr. Cochran's career in the baking industry began after high school; he worked for Meyers Bakers...
Eli's bakes up premium cheesecakes
Eli's Cheesecake Co. President Marc Schulman sums up the company's success in one wordquality. Chicago-based Eli's focuses on slow food and small batch...
News Analysis
Baking Management:What should attendees expect from BakingTech 2008? Thomas Kuk:BakingTech attendees should expect the unexpected once again. We plan...
People
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), Decatur, Ill., named Alain Fredericq director, global business development and sustainability programs, ADM Cocoa. In...
The Original Bagel Company banks on Park Avenues growth
When Bruce Levenbrook and David Harris formed a partnership along with Harris father Ron to acquire a small bagel operation in Rhode Island in 1995, they...
Natures Path faces down the giants
In July 2006, Natures Path Foods began producing its own toaster pastries as a one-shift operation in Mississauga, Ontario, knowing full well that it...
Green County tackles volume and variety
If large volume wholesale bakers grade their production efficiency based on repetitious long runs, minimal labor and quick product turnaround, chances...
Bakery packaging keeps it simple
Vermont Bread Co., a 30-year-old natural and organic bakery in Brattleboro, Vt., revisited its product packaging and decided it was time for a face lift....
