Bakery

The National Confectioners Association, sponsor of the SWEETS & SNACKS EXPO®, announced that the dates of the 2012 EXPO have changed to May 8-10 in an effort to avoid G8 Summit activities happening later in the month. Last week, NATO announced its annual Global Summit for world leaders will take place at Chicago’s McCormick Place May 15-22, coinciding with the 2012 EXPO originally scheduled for May 22-24. …

Suzy's Cream Cheesecakes Inc. is moving into a new, 50,000-square-foot facility at the Menomonee Valley Business Park, the St. Francis-based company announced Monday. …

Sara Lee Corp. announced today it has signed an agreement to sell its North American Refrigerated Dough business to Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products, Inc., a division of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. for $545 million. The transaction is anticipated to close by the end of calendar year 2012. …

Wonder® bread invites American families to nominate inspiring teachers in the 7Wonders of the USA Teacher Tour program, as part of its Wonder Honors America's Everyday Heroes campaign – a national search for ordinary people making extraordinary contributions to their families, communities or country. …

Excellent Packaging & Supply, an innovator and wholesale distributor of sustainable, biodegradable, and nature-based packaging for foodservice and other applications, has added two new lines of clear, 100-percent bio-based retail food bags to its range of packaging solutions. Designed for the fast-growing “food-to-go” and packaged foods markets, and developed especially for Excellent Packaging, these easily compostable bags are ideal for presentation and display of prepared foods such as confectionery and baked foods. …