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.

From wind farms and electric vehicles to waste reduction programs, Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV for longer than a decade has invested aggressively in sustainability initiatives. 

Worsening climate change and other forces have accelerated capital flows into so-called climate tech.

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.

Butterfly acquiring business from another private-equity firm.

The baking industry is well positioned to leverage its scale to encourage suppliers, including packaging suppliers, to become leaders in sustainability, said Robb MacKie, president and chief executive officer of the American Bakers Association.

Eric Dell, executive vice president of the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA), has been named president and chief executive officer of the American Bakers Association, effective Jan. 1.