Bakery

Volume sales of bread are under significant pressure worldwide, particularly in the Western markets. Higher penetration and increasing popularity of alternative breakfast options is leading to declines in volume consumption of bread in these markets. However, the market continues to rise in terms of dollar sales, due largely to the increasing variety and types of breads that are usually priced higher than traditional varieties. …

Pepperidge Farm is closing its bakery in Aiken. The company said it was part of a program to improve the utilization of its manufacturing network. Opened in 1976, the Aiken bakery employs 115 people. Pepperidge Farm intends to close the facility in phases, starting in September 2013. Operations are scheduled to end by March 2014. The company plans to shift the majority of the bread made in Aiken to its bakery in Lakeland, Fla. …

Village Baking Co., which took over the Whole Foods Baking location on University Boulevard, bakes this sort of bread. The impossibly hot baking floor is flanked on both sides by deck ovens turning out baguettes, and revolving convection ovens turning out rolls for restaurants all over Dallas. …

The Dancing Deer Baking Company, a leader in the natural/specialty bakery industry since 1994 continues to fulfill the nation’s sweet indulgence cravings with the introduction of three new bakery collections, all well-positioned in “hot trend” bakery sub-segments. …

Sterling Foods LLC has been awarded a $14.1 million second-option year on a Department of Defense contract to supply polymeric traypack bakery items for the military. …