Portland's Kettleman Bagel Co. Finds Winning Recipe

In four years, Jeffrey Wang, a Taiwanese immigrant grew Kettleman Bagel Co. from a kosher wholesale business with two employees — he and his wife — to a five-store chain with 100 employees. The list of Wang's 140 wholesale accounts includes New Seasons Market, Whole Foods, Intel, Nike and most large hospitals.

Rising Cost Of Flour Felt By Bakeries, Pizzerias

Persistent flooding in the upper Plains states have caused flour prices to increase dramatically since mid-March, making it more expensive for flour products to be made.

Bakeries Find Treasure In Making Bite-Sized Sweets

Honey, I shrunk the cupcakes! Bakeries around the city are giving New Yorkers a big dose of a tiny dessert by offering miniature cupcakes—sometimes as small as a quarter.

Grocers Insurance E-Learning Center Provides Innovative Safety & Accident Prevention Courses

The U.S. grocery and retail specialty division of Argo Insurance, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., has developed an innovative online safety training program for grocery stores and supermarkets. Through a series of courses, the program focuses on common hazards within the grocery industry and offers practical training and solutions to promote safety awareness and prevent accidents.

Times Supermarkets Switches Supply To Unified Grocers

June 27, 2011 Unified Grocers, Inc.

Unified Grocers, the largest wholesale grocery distributor in the western Untied States, announced today that Times Supermarkets (Times), a chain of 20 conventional supermarkets in Hawaii (stores are located on the islands of Oahu, Maui and Kauai), has switched its grocery supply business to Unified Grocers and will begin receiving groceries and other products from Unified during the second week of July, 2011. Times Supermarkets had previously been supplied by C&S Wholesale Grocers.