News for the baking industry
Chicago / IL. (adm) Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) announced that it has completed a major series of enhancements at its export terminal in Santos, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. «ADM is celebrating 20 years in Brazil in 2017, and there is no better way to honour that that milestone…
Berlin / DE. (riag) Rocket Internet SE held its Annual General Meeting in Berlin. The Annual General Meeting approved all items on the agenda in accordance with the proposals made by the Management and Supervisory Board or the Supervisory Board with a majority of at least 79.53 percent…
Brussels / EU. (aibi) Joseph Street (United Kingdom) is the new elected President of the International Association of Plant Bakers (AIBI). He succeeds to Jean-Manuel Levêque (France), who served AIBI for the last two years as its President. AIBI’s General Assembly elected at its 35th Congress in…
Overland Park / KS. (npc) NPC International Inc., wholly-owned subsidiary of NPC Restaurant Holdings LLC, announced that it has acquired 140 Wendy’s restaurants, previously operated by DavCo Restaurants LLC, from a subsidiary of The Wendy’s Company. As part of the transaction, NPC has…
Marshall / MN. (sfc) The Schwan Food Company, a leading U.S. frozen-food business, announced they have agreed to terms on acquiring MaMa Rosa’s Pizza LLC from HGGC. The sale is expected to be finalized on June 15. The terms of the sale were not disclosed. Founded in 1979, MaMa Rosa’s…
Minneapolis / MN. (cg) Despite this week’s decision by the United States to exit the Paris Climate Agreement, Cargill Company’s Chairman and CEO David MacLennan said Cargill remains fully committed to address climate change in its supply chains around the world. «It is extremely…
Chicago / IL. (cag) ConAgra Brands Inc. announced Mindy Simon, vice president of global business services (GBS), has been promoted to chief information officer, effective June 01, 2017. Simon will report to Dave Marberger, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Conagra…
London / UK. (fdf) The first quarter of 2017 saw exports of all UK food and drink grow to 4.9 billion GBP, up 8.3 percent on 2016. This represents the largest first quarter exports value on record. The UK’s top 3 export products remain whisky, salmon and chocolate. Export growth…
Canton / MA. (db) Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc., parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, announced that Kate Jaspon, interim CFO, has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective June 05, 2017. She will serve on the Dunkin’ Brands Executive Leadership Team…
Luxembourg / LU. (fg) Ferrero International S.A., the Italian confectionery group, is pleased to announce it has completed the acquisition of Fannie May Confections Brands Inc. and the Harry London chocolate brands from 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. The acquisition includes…
