Bakery

CSM is, as previously announced, executing a restructuring program to re-position the organization to the changing consumer environment. In driving this program, Bakery Supplies North America has announced 140 staff redundancies, which will take effect in the fourth quarter of 2011. Together with the previously announced closures of two plants as a result of the Best Brands integration, Bakery Supplies North America is reducing its workforce by 330 before mid January 2012 at the latest. …

Recently, consumers are more and more consciously looking for products free from certain ingredients such as additives, preservatives or refined sugars. They are constantly balancing their desire for something natural and healthy with something tasty. Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high quality cocoa and chocolate products now offers an alternative: Sweet by Fruits™.This chocolate is sweetened by all natural fruit sugars, derived entirely from fruits. It functions as an alternative sweetening solution, thus replacing the refined sugar in chocolate. …

PreGel Key Accounts, a division of PreGel AMERICA, today formally announced the launch of a new website, www.pregelkeyaccounts.com. A sister site to www.pregelamerica.com, the website targets key strategic businesses within the Food & Beverage industry including quick-service and fast-casual restaurants, supermarkets, cruise lines, high-yield bakeries and food manufacturers. …

After participating in the ABA Meet and Greet, held Nov. 16, Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) agreed to cosponsor the Free Market Sugar Act – key legislation on which ABA is working diligently to get passed. A former production manager at Stroehmann’s Bakeries gives Rep. Marino a valuable and unique knowledge of the baking industry that most others in Congress do not have. …

Hinds-Bock Tabletop Depositors are the answer for bakers with limited space. Handling all batters with gentle care, they maintain the integrity of quality products. …