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The bread category is on the rise. Record prices for wheat, along with high fuel costs, have forced significant inflationary price increases in the category....

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As spring approaches, retailers looking to boost sales in their bakery departments may want to take another look at their cake sales. Cakes are already...

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Healthier Foods Are Displacing The Diet

MADISON, Wis. — Consumers' increasing attention to eating healthy foods and to freshness presents a huge opportunity for supermarkets' dairy, deli and bakery...

Seminar Spotlights Better Communication at Work

NEW ORLEANS — True leaders have some very clearly defined qualities, and one of the most important is being a good communicator, Harold Lloyd, consultant,...

SHOW STOPPER

With a team of almost 60 retailers, brokers and manufacturers volunteering time over six months to create the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association's...

Armistead Takes Top Honors at IDDBA Cake Competition

NEW ORLEANS — Rjonathan Armistead, a baker and decorator for Hy-Vee in Columbia, Mo., won first place here at the conclusion of the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association’s 13th annual cake decorating competition yesterday. ...

Emeril Lagasse Guest Speaker at IDDBA Expo

NEW ORLEANS - Chef and food show host Emeril Lagasse told attendees at the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association's Dairy-Deli-Bake 2008 Seminar & Expo how his early experience helping his mother cook evolved into a multi-faceted career that's built around a passion for food. ...

IDDBA Seminar: More Consumers Concerned About Nutrition

NEW ORLEANS -- The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association's Dairy-Deli-Bake 2008 Annual Seminar & Expo, June 1-3, got off to a start here with a rundown on research showing consumers in growing numbers are concerned about their health and their nutritional needs. ...

Dorothy Lane Prepares for Pastry Show

DAYTON, Ohio — Dorothy Lane Market will show how wine and beer complement certain pastries at its annual pastry show....

A&P Partners With ACE for New Whole Grain Bread Lineup

MONTVALE, N.J. — A&P here has announced the rollout of ACE Stone Ground Whole Grain Breads at its A&P, Waldbaum’s, The Food Emporium and Super Fresh stores....

Bread Prices Rise at Wegmans

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — High flour costs have led Wegmans Food Markets here to increase the price of packaged breads 10 to 30 cents, and in-store baked breads 10 to 50 cents....

Publix Reformulates Soda, Settles Suit

LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix here has reformulated its store-brand Publix Diet Lemon Lime soda as part of a settlement in the case of a Florida consumer concerned about the potential formulation of benzene in cans of the soft drink....

Penn Traffic Shutters Baking Division

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Penn Traffic Co. here yesterday said it would shutter its Penny Curtiss bakery operation, effective immediately, to focus on its core supermarket business....

HOLIDAY DOUGH

Extending the hours and days of holiday sales, bulking up displays, spotlighting gourmet pies, adding mini-cakes, store-made fudge and truffles, and initiating...

ZINGIN' UP SALES

Zingerman's made a name for itself as a unique deli in downtown Ann Arbor, Mich., years ago, and it's been getting better ever since. The company philosophy...


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