As noted in our June 2019 SF&WB "State of the Industry: Bakery" coverage, desserts categories at retail are seeing mixed results. One bright spot was refrigerated cheesecakes, a category that grew by 4.5 percent in dollar sales to $320.5 million for the 52 weeks ending March 24, 2019, per IRI, Chicago.
The Houston-based company has changed its name to Newberry Specialty Bakers Inc. as part of a rebranding initiative and appointed Howard Anders president.
The New York-based gourmet cupcake maker reaches an acquisition agreement with Lemonis Fisher Acquisition Co. LLC, a joint venture of Marcus Lemonis LLC and Fischer Enterprises LLC, as part of its voluntary Chapter 11 filing.
