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Letting The Food Speak For Itself: Bristol Farms’ New-Concept Mulholland Store

by Alissa Marchat

Bristol Farms’ new prototype store will open Nov. 11. The 25,000-s.f. store on Mulholland Drive in Woodland Hills, California, located in a space formerly owned by Haggen, is the first major design departure for Bristol Farms in its 35-year history and is “a store that we’ve been dreaming up for a decade,” Kacie Davis, owner […]

Posted inProduce News, Bakery News, Center Store, Home Page Latest News, Midwest, Suppliers

Favorable Midwest Weather Is Good News For Pure Pumpkin Fans

by Alissa Marchat

The Libby’s Pumpkin team in Morton, Illinois, the self-proclaimed pumpkin capital of the world, has been hard at work harvesting and canning pumpkins so that grocery shelves are stocked for the start of baking season, the company says. Shipments of this year’s crop of Libby’s 100% Pure Pumpkin are hitting stores now, and pumpkin lovers […]

Posted inBakery News, Northeast, Wholesaler/Distributor News

Iconic Bronx Baker-Wholesaler Comes Back From Devastating Fire

by Shelby Team

Artuso Pastry Foods Corp., an iconic Bronx, New York-based baker and wholesaler, is finally getting back to normal and is even ready to expand following a devastating fire in November 2014. Although its main retail location in the Bronx was not affected, rebuilding a new manufacturing facility and handling all the insurance matters has taken […]

Posted inBakery News, Equipment & Technology, Home Page Latest News, Southeast

CSM Bakery, 3D Systems Partner To Bring 3D Printing To Food Industry

by Alissa Marchat

CSM Bakery Solutions, a provider of bakery ingredients, products and services, and 3D Systems Corp., the originator of 3D printing and solutions, have reached an agreement to collaborate on the development, sale and distribution of 3D printers, products and materials for the food industry. The companies’ collaboration is expected to bring 3D printed culinary products […]

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CSM Bakery Solutions Sells BakeMark Business To Private Equity Firm

by Shelby Team

CSM Bakery Solutions, a supplier of bakery ingredients, products and services, has agreed to sell its BakeMark business to Pamplona Capital Management. CSM President & CEO Marianne Kirkegaard said the sale is an important step in advancing the company’s strategy to focus on its core business in Europe and North America. “We have always had great […]

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Biscuit & Cracker Manufacturers Merge With American Bakers Association

by Shelby Team

The American Bakers Association (ABA) and the Biscuit & Cracker Manufacturers’ Association (B&CMA) have officially merged. As a result, the new ABA welcomed 116 B&CMA member companies, including U.S. and international bakers and allied companies. Additionally, ABA welcomed the B&CMA professional staff, including: • Dave Van Laar, senior advisor to the president and CEO: B&CMA transition […]

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Little Miss Cupcape Flourishes With Designer Cupcakes, A Retro Look And A Passion For Baking

by Shelby Team

by Mike Berger/editor–Northeast Taylor Stump knew early that she would own her own retail bakery. The challenge, then, was to differentiate her bakery from everyone else’s. She decided to devote much of her space to cupcakes, create a retro setting from the 1950s and ’60s and offer children’s birthday parties. Her company motto? “A Decadent […]

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Teasdale Latin Foods Grows Reach With Rudy’s Tortillas Acquisition

by Lorrie Griffith

Teasdale Latin Foods has acquired Rudy’s Tortillas to enhance its position in the Hispanic foods category, especially in the bakery and foodservice arenas. Teasdale provides private label and branded Hispanic foods to the retail, foodservice and wholesale channels nationally. It is majority owned by private equity firm Snow Phipps Group. Rudy’s, which was founded in […]