Month: September 2021

Baking Industry Experts Can Now Apply to Speak in the IBIE 2022 Education Program

September 2, 2021 International Baking Industry Exposition

The International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE), North America’s largest baking industry event (also known as the Baking Expo™), has officially opened its call for speakers for the 2022 show. Selected presenters will have the chance to showcase their expertise; share business best practices; provide hands-on demonstrations and highlight emerging industry solutions, trends and technologies to thousands of grain-based foods professionals. IBIE 2022 is scheduled for Sept. 18-21, with a full day of education held Sept. 17, in Las Vegas, Nevada. …

Easy Tiger Community Bread: 100,000 Loaves Challenge Achieved

September 2, 2021 Easy Tiger

Easy Tiger® announces the achievement of its Community Bread Challenge in raising 100,000 loaves of bread for those in need by Labor Day 2021. The Company is proud to announce Community Bread is now and forever a part of its business model. Easy Tiger’s initial Community Bread Challenge began in March 2020 as a response to the pandemic, delivering loaves of fresh Artisan bread to Austin-area food banks. …

Hershey and Barry Callebaut Extend Strategic Supply Agreement

September 2, 2021 Barry Callebaut Group

The Hershey Company, an industry leading snacks company known for bringing goodness to the world through its iconic brands, and Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, announced the extension of their strategic supply partnership originally signed in 2007. …

Presto Launches New Voice Capability to Automate Speech Recognition for Restaurants

September 2, 2021 Presto

Presto, the leading provider of enterprise-grade restaurant technologies, has launched Presto Voice to automate speech recognition for restaurants. In the face of the ongoing labor shortage, restaurants can use Presto Voice to effectively scale operations. The product can be deployed in a variety of restaurant settings including drive-thrus, line busters, kiosks, pay-at-table systems, and server handhelds to streamline the guest experience while increasing the guest-to-staff ratio. …

North America’s Largest Wholesale Food Distributor Forced to Delay, Pause Service to Various Customers

September 2, 2021 Fox News

North America’s largest wholesale food distributor, Sysco, has had to delay or pause service to a “limited number of customers” in various locations around the country due to unprecedented labor shortages.  …