Jeb Bush To Keynote SNAXPO 2011

December 2, 2010 Snack Food Association

SFA is pleased to announce that former Gov. Jeb Bush will be the keynote speaker at SNAXPO 2011, March 20-23 in Orlando, FL, presenting his address on Wednesday morning, March 23.

Pie Entrepreneur Faces Uphill Fight

Baking thousands of pies to sell in grocery stores and gas stations throughout the Southeast has proven to be a bigger challenge than Toby Simmons — the self-declared Charleston Pie Man — ever anticipated.

To Eat Or Not To Eat Gluten

The “Gluten Free Movement” is fairly new and if you haven’t been paying close attention to its growing section at the grocery store, it may have snuck up on you.

Smith Island Cakes Head To Annapolis

The U.S. Naval Academy has ordered 4,660 miniature cakes that will be delivered to Annapolis on Dec. 6, and then served to midshipmen during Army-Navy Spirit Week leading up to the big football game on Dec. 11.

Glencoe Capital Sells ACE Bakery To Weston Foods

December 1, 2010 Glencoe Capital, LLC

Glencoe Capital, LLC (Glencoe Capital), a Chicago-based private equity firm, today announced that it has sold its Toronto-based artisan bakery business, ACE Bakery, Ltd. (ACE) to Weston Foods (Canada) Inc. for CAD$110 million.