Year: 2016

NY Gov. Announces WNY Cheese Enterprise To Open New $49.7M Facility

December 27, 2016 Office of NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced $2 million in state funding to support the construction of a new 30,000-square-foot WNY Cheese Enterprise, LLC facility in Livingston County. The $49.7 million production facility will be part of an innovative collaboration between Craig’s Station Ventures, Denmark-based Arla Foods, and Dairy Farmers of America, a national, farmer-owned, dairy cooperative in the United States with headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri and Syracuse, New York. …

Internet Turns Youngstown Bakery Into A National Name

December 27, 2016 Kalea Hall, The Vindicator

In just two years, the Naumoffs and their staff have gone from baking 80 rolls of kolachi a day to 800 kolachi rolls a day thanks to sales on their website. …

Baking Distributor Moves To Former Nissen Plant In Worcester, MA

December 27, 2016 Erin Bassler, Telegram

After more than four years of vacancy, the former Nissen Baking Co. facility at 983 Millbury St. has had a new resident as of August: Duva Distributors, a private, independent distributor of prepackaged baked goods whose sales range from 70 percent wholesale to 30 percent retail. …

Romanian Producers Of Traditional Sweet Bread 'Cozonac' Reach Record Sales This Year

December 27, 2016 Romania Insider

The producers of the Romanian traditional sweet bread better known as “cozonac” could reach sales of over RON 1.5 billion (EUR 331 million) this year, up 6.3% compared to 2015, according to an analysis by local financial consultancy firm KeysFin. …

West Louisville Grocer Makes Hard Decision To Close

December 27, 2016 Bridgett Weaver, Louisville Business First

Matt Reasor's father opened the Pic Pac Supermarket at 2421 W. Market St. a month after he was born. It supported him throughout his childhood, and now it supports his family. But soon, the 34-year-old grocer will close Pic Pac's doors once and for all. …