Year: 2012

Dean Foods Issues 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report

December 21, 2012 Dean Foods

Dean Foods announced the release of its 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report. The report details the company's efforts to incorporate sustainable and responsible business practices that benefit the company as well as consumers, retailers, employees, communities and the environment. The company previously published reports in 2008 and 2010 and this year has moved to a web-based format to provide a greater level of detail and allow for more regular updating of its CSR reporting. …

Knoxville, TN's Flour Head Bakery Bakes Bread The International Way

December 21, 2012 Rebecca Ferrar, Knoxville News Sentinel

If you're looking for fresh-baked bread, including international breads, Flour Head Bakery delectables may satisfy your appetite. Flour Head Bakery opened in mid-May and is owned by Mahasti Vafaie and Scott Partin, husband and wife and partners as well as owners of Tomato Head on Market Square and in the Gallery shopping center on Kingston Pike. Although Flour Head Bakery at 5424 Middlebrook Pike bakes bread primarily only for wholesale, their products can also be purchased at the Tomato Head in the Gallery. …

Peerless Food Equipment Hosts 2013 Webinar Series

December 21, 2012 Peerless Food Equipment

Peerless Food Equipment is pleased to announce a new educational webinar series that will begin in January 2013.  This series is titled Ask the Expert, and will consist of six different webinars covering a wide variety of topics, from equipment to preventative maintenance to best sanitation practices.   These educational webinars are designed to provide  a detailed  review of important topics facing our industry today, as well as provide time to address audience questions.  Additionally, Peerless will be offering supplemental white papers on each topic to the registrants immediately following each webinar.  …

Baking Industry Trade Show & Conference In Vancouver, BC – May 5 & 6

December 21, 2012 Baking Association of Canada

Bakery Congress 2013 May 5 & 6 2013, is the marketplace, where all segments of the Western Canada’s baking industry come together to see, touch and taste the latest & greatest baking products and services. Bakery Congress is held only once every 4 years in Vancouver BC, the baking community in Western Canada anticipates a wider variety of ingredients, decorations; semi finished and finished products, frozen and par baked, baking and packaging equipment, supplies and technology at the 2013 event. …

US Restaurant Industry Will End 2012 With Visits Flat After A Slow Spring & Summer, Reports NPD

December 21, 2012 The NPD Group

A promising start to 2012 for the U.S. restaurant industry followed by not-so-promising spring and summer quarters combined for a lackluster, yet stable industry, finds The NPD Group, a global information company. The summer (July, August and September) of 2012 ended on a weaker note than it started with visits flat compared to same period last year, according to NPD’s foodservice market research. Visits were up 2 percent in August and then declined in September. NPD forecasts that the restaurant industry will end 2012 with visits flat and spending up 2 percent. …