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The American Bakers Association (ABA) recently recognized four champions of the baking industry during the 2020 Bakers’ Dozen Awards Reception.

Utz Brands, Inc.announced that effective December 14, its subsidiaries Utz Quality Foods, LLC (“UQF”) and Heron Holding Corporation have completed the acquisition of Truco Enterprises (“Truco”), a seller of tortilla chips, salsa and queso under the ON THE BORDER (“OTB”) brand.

Snacks and confections maker The Promotion In Motion Companies Inc. is celebrating 40 years since its founding with a lookback on its achievements and a donation of four million pouches of its Welch’s Fruit Snacks to food banks across the United States.

Kellogg's Away From Home recently opened the doors to its Menuvation Center at The Hatchery, a food and beverage business incubator in the heart of Chicago.

Flavorchem has released their 2021 Trends & Flavor Forecast.

Seeking to further accelerate innovation as consumer snacking continues to rise, Hostess Brands announced it has appointed Tina Lambert to the role of vice president of growth and innovation.

IRI has announced the launch of IRI Integrated Fresh, a new solution that tracks sales of random-weight as well as traditional UPC items that can be shared across the industry with retailers and manufacturers to give a more holistic view of the store.

The Fresh Market, Inc., a specialty grocer, has appointed David Cummings as director of bakery.

The Kroger Co. has announced the top 10 trending foods of 2020, as well as its food trend predictions for 2021.

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO), producer of Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Tastykake, and other bakery foods, has announced that Heeth Varnedoe, senior vice president of DSD Regions/Sales, has been promoted to chief transformation officer (CTO), a newly created role at the company, effective January 4, 2021.