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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh is Director of Content Strategy for Beverage Industry, Dairy Foods, Food Engineering, The National Provisioner, Packaging Strategies, Flexible Packaging, Prepared Foods, Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, and Candy Industry at BNP Media. For over three decades, his work has followed the food industry from farm to fork, including concentrations in agriculture, ingredient processing, packaging and processing equipment, retail grocery branding, foodservice menu development, and food product R&D and manufacturing.

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Baking ingredient advances for clean label and increased process efficiency

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

May 4, 2017

Clean label continues to drive innovation, and when innovations can also help bakers increase production efficiency and save money, everyone wins.

The role of automation and robotics in improving snack and bakery businesses

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

May 4, 2017

Automation and robotics are helping snack food producers and bakery businesses keep pace with a new generation of consumers.

Middleby Bakery Group unveils $2.3 million Bakery Innovation Center

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

May 4, 2017

Middleby Bakery Group hosted the grand opening of its $2.3 million Bakery Innovation Center in Plano, TX in April.

Olam opens new Cocoa Innovation Centre in Willowbrook

Facility will help customers refine recipes, develop new products.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

May 3, 2017

Olam Cocoa marked the opening of its latest Cocoa Innovation Centre in Willowbrook, Ill. on April 27.

Olam opens new Cocoa Innovation Centre

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

May 2, 2017

Olam Cocoa held the opening of its latest Cocoa Innovation Centre in Willowbrook, IL, which will provide innovation capabilities to support Olam Cocoa’s North American customers.

Rise Baking Company furthers its reach into the artisan bread market

Rise Baking Company is working to bring a handful of successful regional bakeries to a broader audience.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

April 18, 2017

When an upstart local bakery does something particularly well, people take notice. Word spreads, the business grows and notoriety develops through the surrounding region.

How smaller businesses are capturing more snack and bakery sales

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

April 18, 2017

Todd Southerland, senior vice president and food & agribusiness industry manager at SunTrust Bank looks at strategies smaller food companies are using to capture more of the market.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

April 17, 2017

My pursuit of the perfect taco—whether at home or eating out—is a passion that will enthrall until the end of my days.

Culinology® Perspectives: Latin American flavor trends from Frito-Lay

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

April 7, 2017

Stephen Kalil, corporate executive research chef at Frito-Lay, looks at some Latin American culinary trends and select sources of flavorful inspiration.