Bakery

Darling International Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the industrial residuals and used cooking oil collection operations of Terra Renewal Services, Inc. Terra Renewal is a leading provider of essential environmental services focused on the collection, hauling, reprocessing, and recycling of waste cooking oil and disposal of non-hazardous, liquid and semi-solid waste streams from the food processing industry with operations in over 24 states.  The acquisition is expected to close by the end of August 2013. …

SAS Automation, a leader in the design and manufacture of Robotic End-of-Arm Tooling (EOAT), recently introduced the latest in tools for handling different types of baked goods more efficiently. Commercial bakery products are can be challenging to depan as they are fragile and often topped with fruits, nuts or candies. …

Chocolate lovers, rejoice! Tempe’s famous Cookies from Home brownies, previously available only online or from the bakery, will now be available at AJ’s Fine Foods. …

John Tredgold from Bread Bakers Guild Team USA will teach a bread baking class, “Competition Breads from the Sigep Cup,” in South San Francisco, CA, on September 14-15. The two-day, hands-on class will feature breads baked at the 2013 Sigep Bread Cup in Rimini, Italy. Tredgold developed some of the formulas himself, and others were shared with him by teams from other countries. …

Nishon and Laura Yaghoobian, both 35, of Claymont, Del., own Wild Flour Bakery, a wholesale commercial bread and pastry bakery whose clients include restaurants, cafes and coffee shops. The Holmesburg company, which began in 2003, also sells breads and pastries at weekend farmers' markets in the city and Collingswood. Nishon oversees baking and Laura handles customer service, sales and payroll. I spoke with Laura. …