Bakery

The marketer of Cheerios, Pillsbury, Yoplait and Betty Crocker has become a stalwart of the Great Recession, thanks to increased spending, but also product innovation and its ability to capitalize on the trend toward in-home eating. General Mills’ baking segment, which includes Pillsbury and Betty Crocker, posted a 1% sales increase for the first nine months of fiscal 2010. …

Part of it is the nature of the business, but bakeries also are experiencing the economic downturn along with the rest of the food industry. And for a “boutique” bakery like Tasty Pastries, it takes even more effort to ride out the storm. …

The last of Rich Products manufacturing operations in Buffalo will end sometime this summer. The announcement is the last piece of a downsizing plan for the facility announced over five years ago. …

In 1981, Country Oven Bakery opened its Bowling Green, KY facility, producing
baked goods for Kroger stores and employing about 175 people. Now, the factory employs about 450 people and will soon add 33 jobs and 63,000 square feet to its 177,000-square-foot facility on Pioneer Drive. …

Hinds-Bock provides stand alone and complete topping systems ideal for applying cake or pie cream toppings in the form of rosettes or twisted stars as well as the spreading of icings or
frostings onto a wide variety of sweet goods. …