Bakery

Bimbo Bakeries USA is building a new $75 million, state-of-the-art bakery in Upper Macungie that will bring more than 100 jobs to the area and produce bread and buns for the Northeast, the company said. …

The Rockland Bakery has submitted an application to the Clarkstown Planning Board for an additional facility to bake cakes for wholesale distribution.  The application requests approval for a 31,620-square-foot facility on 3.2 acres along West Nyack Road in Nanuet. …

The American Bakers Association (ABA) has won a major victory on behalf of the wholesale baking industry with an inclusion of an exemption from preventative control provisions for ambient temperature depots and warehouses.  The exemption was included in the recent FDA proposal, “Preventive Controls for Human Food: Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Foods.” …

Creativity will take center stage at the 2013 International Baking Industry Expo (IBIE), as 12 of the country’s top professional cake decorators prepare to challenge each other to a contest of imagination, artistry and skill during one of baking’s most prestigious competitions. …

BARO North America, Inc. has announced the upcoming grand opening of a new supermarket lighting design showroom at their headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. Lee Rhoades, COO of BARO, invites anyone involved in the supermarket industry to attend the event that will be held February 28th from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. …