ABA Joins With Pepperidge Farm, Senator Toomey & Rep. Pitts To Urge Sugar Program Reform

On Tuesday, April 2, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) and U.S. Representative Joe Pitts (R-PA) spoke at the Denver, Pa. Pepperidge Farm facility to urge Congress to pass the Sugar Reform Act. The current U.S. sugar program subsidizes sugar growers by almost $3.5 billion a year, a cost that falls directly on the backs of bakers, food manufacturers and consumers alike.

Solvay Introduces Govanil Vanilla Flavors For Bakery & Confectionery Products

April 5, 2013 Solvay

Solvay Aroma Performance recently introduces Govanil™, a new range of vanilla flavors that will revolutionize the way consumers taste and perceive vanilla notes in bakery and confectionery food products such as cookies, biscuits, pastries, cakes, fillings and chocolates.

GE's LED Refrigerated Display Lighting Will Mean $600,000 Annual Savings For Specialty Grocer

April 5, 2013 GE Lighting

When specialty frozen food retailer M&M Meat Shops began developing a new strategy to become more competitive, it explored various store improvement projects that would enhance shopper experience, build the bottom line, and could be replicated across its 430 franchise locations as part of a multi-year renovation mandate. The grocer found one cost-cutting answer in GE’s ImmersionTM RV40 LED refrigerated display lighting for reach-in cases. The energy-efficient LED retail lighting systems will save M&M Meat Shops about $600,000 in lighting costs annually once installations are complete.

Lund Food Holdings Promotes Two Executives

Lund Food Holdings, parent of 22 Lunds and Byerly’s stores in the Twin Cities, said Monday it has promoted two executives to new leadership positions.

Grocery Chain Fairway Market Sets IPO Price Range At $10-$12/Share

April 5, 2013 Staff Reporter, Reuters

High-end grocery store chain Fairway Market priced its initial public offering of 13.7 million Class A shares at $10 to $12 per share as it looked to raise as much as $164 million.