Cupcakes The New Food Rage

Every bakery is now making cupcakes, says Marc Weinberg, principal at The Shopping Center Group LLC in Atlanta, who is scouting locations for California-based Sprinkles Cupcakes to enter the Atlanta market.

Italian Bakery Setting Up Plainville, CT Location

Area fans of Mozzicato DePasquales fresh breads, rich cookies and creamy canollis will no longer have to drive into Hartford to purchase these goodies. Rino Mozzicato, son of founders Gino and Gisella Mozzicato, is opening a bakery and restaurant in Plainville that will serve the very same foods as the Hartford location.

Ashland, OH Cookie Plant Part Of Lance-Snyder Merger

The privately held Snyder’s of Hanover, based in Hanover, Pa., has been in operation since 1909, specializing in pretzels. Lance Inc., with headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. and an Archway plant in Ashland, has been providing sandwich crackers, potato chips, and cookies since 1913. Lance spokeswoman Heather Woolford said Thursday there are no plans to close the Ashland facility, which employs 145.

IDDBA Offering Undergraduate/Graduate Scholarships, App. Deadline Oct. 1

To support employees of IDDBA-member companies, IDDBA is offering academic scholarships. Awards from $250 to $1,000 per semester are available to high school seniors and current or returning college or vocational/technical school students. Because funds are budgeted annually, available dollars may be prorated among eligible applicants. If financial resources run low, priority will be given to supermarket dairy, deli, and bakery employees.

Making The Cake: Pastry Decorating Becoming Today’s Hottest Hobby

Hobbies offer a sense of accomplishment as well as many forms of expression. There’s one hobby that has recently exploded as perhaps the sweetest option of all cake decorating.