Bakery

The Michigan-based specialty cupcake company Just Baked says it plans to open retail outlets nationwide and become a supplier to about 10,000 grocery stores in the next two years, using new investment funds from Garden Fresh Gourmet management. …

With wheat and other key ingredients ratcheting up in price, commercial bakers say they’ve been paying a premium, while keeping costs down for recession-minded consumers. Prices have gone unchanged for everything from Costco muffins to multigrain bread, but bakers say to turn a profit they’re going to need more dollars for their dough. …

Kronos Foods, Inc., a leading manufacturer of premium gyros and other Mediterranean and specialty foods, announced it will double flatbread capacity with its flatbread & flatbread pizza crust line. Kronos, the branded leader of flatbread pita for the food service industry, has a growing business in flatbread pizza crusts as both a supplier to pizza manufacturers and restaurants. …

From sales in nine area retail stores to holidays and private affairs such as weddings, anniversaries, birthday parties and other events, the Lomonaco Sicilian Cookie Co.s gourmet cookies are becoming popular in the area. …

Cargill is showcasing delicious and innovative Corozonas snacks made with CoroWise plant sterols at this year’s Natural Products Expo West and SupplyExpo. One of the health-promoting ingredients is an innovative and convenient raspberry- and vanilla-flavored energy gels sweetened with Xtend sucromalt for sustained energy delivery without the blood sugar peaks and valleys of traditional carbohydrate sweeteners. …