Barry Callebaut Will Introduce New & Innovative Decoration Products

January 29, 2014 Barry Callebaut

At ISM 2014 Barry Callebaut will introduce new and innovative decoration products in answer to the latest market trends in food. By expanding its product range with Cake Collars, Brazilian Pencils, Shiny Cocoa Nibs and Crispy Mignature™ range, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products is enabling its customers to give their products an extra finishing touch in the most convenient and easiest way.

Nancy Silverton Looks Back At 25 Years Of La Brea Bakery

It has been 25 years since Nancy Silverton started La Brea Bakery. In some ways, she says, it seems like yesterday. In others … “I sometimes think a bakery measures years like dogs,” Silverton says. “What is it with dogs? Seven years for every human year? With bakeries, it sometimes seems like it’s more like 10.”

NCA Announces 2014 Sweets & Snacks Expo Registration Opens To A Sold Out Exhibit Hall

Registration is open for the 2014 Sweets & Snacks Expo, to be held May 20-22, 2014, at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Sponsored by the National Confectioners Association, the 2014 Expo is poised to be the most successful in the event’s 18 year history with a jam-packed show floor already boasting a double-digit wait list of companies ready to exhibit.

Walmart Will Lay Off 2,300 Sam's Club Workers

Walmart announced on Friday that about 2,300 Sam’s Club employees would be laid off, the latest in a drumbeat of retail job cuts to start off the new year.

The Smartest Supermarket You Never Heard Of

January 29, 2014 Roger Dooley, Forbes

If you dont live in Texas (or some parts of Mexico), you may have never heard of H-E-B, a supermarket chain that hasnt expanded to the other 49 states. Despite H-E-Bs regional, or sub-regional, status, they have adopted an impressive number of brain-friendly strategies.