November is National Bread Month. With the Grain Foods Foundation, ABA put together a social media toolkit to help your company communicate the importance of bakery to consumers.
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Bakery
Bakery is a Driver for Grocery Store Sales and Emotional Connections with Consumers
American Baker’s Association (ABA) and Food Marketing Institute (FMI) today jointly released the inaugural Power of Bakery report that assesses this colossal grocery category, which falls between produce and frozen in terms of retail sales. The results of the analysis, unveiled at the ABA Convention in Naples, Fla., share consumer perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding the bakery category in a grocery retail setting. …
Bakery
ABA, ASB Release New Study on Workforce Retention Trends and Best Practices in Commercial Baking
The American Bakers Association (ABA) and the American Society of Baking (ASB) today released their joint study, 2022 Workforce Gap in U.S. Commercial Baking: Recruitment and Retention Challenges & Best Practices. Conducted in October 2021 and February 2022 by Cypress Research, the study assesses challenges and best practices for workforce recruitment and retention in the U.S. commercial baking industry. …
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American Bakers Association Efforts Lead to Expanded List of Approved Dietary Fibers
On March 27, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in response to pressure from ABA, announced that it intends to expand the list of approved dietary fibers. Specifically, FDA will propose that “cross-linked phosphorylated RS4”–regardless of source–be added to the definition of dietary fiber. …
