Starting with a simple goal of perfecting the classic coffee cake, and following several months of tinkering, the culinary team at King Arthur Baking Company developed a failproof recipe that combines the most tender cake with the crispiest crumbs.
Café Valley Bakery, a producer and distributor of baked foods to in-store bakery and foodservice customers, has acquired the assets of Freed’s Bakery, a Manchester, NH-based maker of iced mini cupcakes.
The survey builds on Barry Callebaut’s “The Future of Indulgence” Report, released earlier in the year, which found that consumers are looking for indulgences that help them “Celebrate Life,” offering unique tastes and textures for an intense experience.
The classic brownie is deep in the heart of a dramatic makeover. But before we get carried away with all the creative possibilities, here’s a bit of history.
In its inaugural Power of In-Store Bakery 2022 report, FMI – The Food Industry Association found that 95% of all shoppers eat in-store bakery items occasionally and 63% of consumers eat bakery products weekly.
Fresh bakery sales are thriving in today’s “new normal,” ranking in the top three departments storewide as shoppers seek to elevate more frequent at-home meals and enjoy affordable indulgences in the face of economic uncertainty.
As online grocery sales surge — even for products in the fresh perimeter that consumers have traditionally preferred buying instore — it’s more important than ever for retailers to find ways of bringing people back to brick-and-mortar stores and keeping them there.