Month: October 2011

Hood Simply Smart Milk Recognizes The Women's Lunch Place's Sharon Reilly

October 5, 2011 HP Hood LLC

Hood® Simply Smart® Milk and Chris Evert, Simply Smart spokesperson and tennis legend, presented Sharon Reilly, Executive Director of The Women’s Lunch Place, with a $7,500 donation at an event held today at the Women’s Lunch Place. Reilly was announced in May as the recipient of the “Make a Difference, Taste a Difference” program for her dedication and hard work serving local Boston women in need. The Women’s Lunch Place is a non-profit that has provided food, shelter and services to homeless women in Boston for almost 30 years. …

Sara Lee Expects To Complete Fresh Bakery Sale In Weeks

October 5, 2011 Sara Lee

Sara Lee Corp. expects the planned $959 million sale of its North American fresh bakery business to Mexican baking company Grupo Bimbo to close in the coming weeks. …

Honolulu's Regal Bakery Finds Doughnut Niche

October 5, 2011 Jason Ubay, Hawaii Business

Last year, Jessie Salvador wanted to open his own business, a doughnut shop specializing in cake doughnuts. His employer didn’t want to see him go, so it opened a retail doughnut shop, Regal Bakery, and put Salvador in charge. The shop has quickly become well-known for its eclectic doughnut flavors, such as creme brulee, green tea, apple fritter and bacon maple. …

Chairman Of Harbor Brewing & Alteri Bakery Announces New Product Launches

October 5, 2011 Harbor Brewing Company, Inc.

The commercial bread industry in the US is over $20 billion, with premium artisan bread being one of the industry's fastest growing segments. Alteri Bakery (www.alteribakery.com) is the areas largest and most well-known artisan bakery. Alteri Bakery is currently planning the launch of several new products for both the retail and food service channels, and with the addition of certain equipment the company could increase its production capacity by over five times its current levels. …

Clear Valley Brand Introduces Natural Canola Oil

October 5, 2011 Cargill

Cargill has introduced a clean-tasting, natural canola oil to the foodservice market under the Clear Valley brand. Clear Valley natural cooking & frying oil is made with 100 percent canola oil. In conformance with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) policy regarding natural claims, Clear Valley natural cooking & frying oil contains nothing artificial or synthetic (including color additives). The result is a clean-tasting oil, ideal for hot or cold menu items so now theres nothing to get between restaurant customers and the taste of their food. …