Month: May 2018

IDFA Names Vice President Of Communications, Public Relations & Marketing

May 15, 2018 International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) has named A. Bailey Wood, Jr., to the expanded position of vice president of communications, public relations and marketing. IDFA aims to augment its efforts in these areas, and Wood will be responsible for developing and implementing a broad range of marketing and public relations activities to support the association's strategic direction and enhance its position as a thought leader in the food and beverage industry. …

Learn About Upcoming Varieties At Kansas Wheat Day, May 22

May 15, 2018 Kansas Wheat

Kansas wheat farmers are invited to Hays, Kansas, on Tuesday, May 22, for Kansas Wheat Day, hosted by the KSU Ag Research Center. …

Just Desserts Adds Industry Veteran Tony Zamudio To Support Expanding Distribution

May 15, 2018 Just Desserts

Just Desserts announced today the addition of Anthony (Tony) Zamudio as Director of Sales. Zamudio has over three decades of experience in the Bakery industry, working in key sales leadership positions at Treehouse, ConAgra, Bunge, and Dawn Foods. Tony started his career as a bakery manager for Haggens, and was Director of Bakery for Brown and Cole which provided him with extensive technical bakery experience. …

Mancini's Bakery Closes Its Market Square Shop As Prantl's Expands

May 15, 2018 Melissa McCart. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mancini’s Bakery in Market Square has closed, making way for the expansion of another bakery — Prantl’s — sometime this year. …

USDA ERS County-Level Data Show Changes In The Number And Concentration Of Food Stores

May 15, 2018 Alana Rhone, USDA ERS

ERS’s Food Environment Atlas assembles statistics on over 275 food environment indicators at the county or State level that provide a spatial overview of factors that can influence food choices and diet quality. One set of indicators focuses on the number and density of different types of stores that sell food. The Atlas provides a county-level count—both in total and on a per capita basis—of four types of stores. …