State of the Industry 2025: Ready for anything
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In an address during the recent American Bakers Association (ABA) Convention, president and CEO Eric Dell told the industry leaders in attendance that these are uncertain times, and that business generally does not react favorable to uncertainty. The truth in those words might be far from controversial, but another fact that is undeniably true: bakers are nothing if not resilient. Through recessions and depressions, a global pandemic, labor woes, and the threat of tariffs, companies in the field continue to roll with the punches as they come, bouncing back every time.
That doesn’t mean, though, that the months and years ahead will not be stress-free for bakers. Obstacles like rising materials costs, workforce shortages, tariffs, and others are likely to continue. In order to succeed, producers of bakery goods will have to brace themselves and be ready for anything.
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