Chocolate Eaters Drive Record Cocoa-Output Deficit
Global cocoa supplies are headed for the longest production shortfall in more than five decades as chocolate demand surges in Asia. …
Month: December 2013
Meet The Chapel Hill Company Behind Gluten-Free Pound Cake
After she was diagnosed more than two years ago as gluten-and-dairy-intolerant, Betty Cogdell said she didn’t find bread products she liked in stores. So she decided to make her own. Her personal quest led her to launch her own gluten-free and dairy-free bread and dessert company called Betty’s Better Breads. Her vanilla pound cake has been added to the local-food line-up at Chapel Hill’s gourmet food store Southern Season. …
Unibake USA Enhances Croissants & Consolidates Brands
In the first quarter of 2014 customers of Lantmännen Unibake USA, an industry leader in quality artisan bread, rolls and bake-off pastries, will see some positive changes from a global, strategic restructuring effort. Among other changes, they will see a superior croissant with improved size and texture, thanks to an enhanced proofing process that delivers a larger, flakier croissant at the same unit weight as before. …
Fresh & Green’s Closing All D.C., Maryland Locations
Fresh & Green's plans to close all six of its Maryland and Washington, D.C., grocery stores — nearly two and a half years after entering the region. …
Oregon Grocers File Liquor Privatization Measure
A group led by Oregon grocery stores filed initial paperwork Monday that could lead to a ballot measure asking voters whether to privatize liquor sales. …