As its parent company pursues a wide range of ambitious strategic initiatives, the ADM Milling and Baking Solutions team is moving forward as a full participant in the effort, embracing change to position the business and its customers for success, the division’s top executives said.
Production facilities operated by Hearthside in Grand Rapids, Mich., were featured in the Times story published Feb. 25 – “Alone and exploited, migrant children work brutal jobs across the US.”
Asked about trends in private label bread sales, Fred Penny, president of BBU,
began by affirming the important role store brands play in the bread category as well as “in multiple food categories.”
At the helm of BBU, the largest commercial baking company in the United States, Mr. Gavin will succeed Fred Penny, who has led the US business of Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV for 10 years.
Hostess Brands, Inc. introduced Kazbars, its first breakthrough innovation of the year, at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference in Boca Raton.