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Vol. IV Issue 3 | Jan. 20, 2010
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Nestle Takes Steps to Improve Food Safety
Nestle will start using heat-treated flour to produce its Nestle Toll House
refrigerated cookie dough. The move by Nestle USA's Baking Division comes after it informed the Food & Drug Administration on Jan. 11 that two samples of its refrigerated cookie dough manufactured at its Danville, Va., facility had tested positive for E. coli. The process of converting to heat-treated flour began on Jan. 13 and resulted in a temporary suspension of production, according to the company. Nestle will begin using the new ingredient later this month and the new cookie dough will appear on grocery store shelves in early March. |
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IN OTHER NEWS
General Mills to Add Snack Bar
Capacity
Minneapolis-based General Mills is nearing completion of a $100 million plant in New Mexico that will produce granola, fruit and other snack bars, according to the Albuquerque Journal. The 176,000-sq.-ft. expansion will be near one of the company's larger cereal facilities, the newspaper reported.
IRI Summit Attracts Top Industry Execs
Sara Lee's top financial officer will be among the bakery and consumer products group (CPG) executives who will speak at Information Resources Inc.'s annual "Reinventing CPG and Retail Summit," which runs from March 22-24 at the J.W. Marriott in San Antonio, Texas. The summit will focus on providing insights to drive profitability and growth in the current economy, according to the Chicago-based company.
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Poore Brothers Hot Fries with Louisiana Hot Sauce
Company: The Inventure Group, Phoenix
Web http://www.snackandbakery.com www.inventuregroup.net/Poore-Brothers.asp
Introduced: December
Distribution: National
Suggested Retail: $1.00 to $1.29 for a 3-oz. bag
Product Snapshot: The Inventure Group is expanding its portfolio of licensed products with Hot Fries snacks, sold under the
Poore Brothers and Bob's Texas Style brands. These ready-to-eat French-fry-shaped snacks blend Original Louisiana Hot Sauce with crunchy French fries to deliver a not-too-mild yet not-too-hot experience. |
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Lantmannen Unibake Boosts Sustainability Effort
In an effort to reduce its corporate goal to reduce its climate impact by 20% by 2012, Lantmannen Unibake hired Gustaf Tynelius as sustainability manager. Tynelius will be responsible for implementing Lantmannen Unibake's climate strategy.
Additionally, John Kuhnz has been promoted to marketing director for Dorner Mfg. Corp. Click here for that story. |
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Dearduff, ASB Promote Conference on YouTube
Our award-winning columnist, Jeff Dearduff, is going multimedia to promote the upcoming BakingTech 2010 by the American Society of Baking. Dearduff, a long-time member of the society, cut a new commercial that promotes the show, which runs from Feb. 28-March 3 in Chicago. Click here
to check out this year's commercial on YouTube. You also can check out Jeff's January column, which ran in our new digital edition, which features Tom Cat Bakery, Long Island City, N.Y., on the cover. |
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