Looking back, 2010 was quite a year, says executive editor Marina Mayer. However, from the looks of how 2011 will turn out, the snack food and wholesale bakery industry should buckle its seatbelts because it may be an über-fun ride.

The New Year should be about finding extraordinarily talented people, says contributing columnist Jeff Dearduff, and keeping them engaged for an extended period of time. 

2010 has been quite the year, according to chief editor Lauren L. Hartman. That’s why it is Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery’s mission to create a new beginning in 2011.

Many equipment and ingredient solutions are touting smaller footprints, but to executive editor Marina Mayer, sometimes "bigger" is better.

Although there are no trophies in mentoring, says contributing columnist Jeff Dearduff, the real rewards come when the mentee becomes the mentor to the next generation.

Would high-fructose corn syrup by any other name taste as sweet, asks chief editor, Lauren R. Hartman. The folks from the Corn Refiners Association are hoping that a name change to “corn sugar” will do the trick.

As the dietary guidelines are up for renewal, executive editor, Marina Mayer, urges the government to provide bakers and snack producers the education, tools and resources it takes to help curtail our nation’s obesity epidemic.

Sometimes people just get so wrapped up in thinking about how dire their work situations are and how difficult people can be that they lose perspective on what is really in front of them. That’s why contributing columnist, Jeff Dearduff, advises companies to put current challenges into perspective. 

Chief editor Lauren R. Hartman emphasizes the importance of Vitamin D and how this “wonder” vitamin can provide some breakthroughs within the snack and bakery industry.

Marina Mayer, executive editor, loves bread, and was able to feast on lots of it at IBIE 2010 in Las Vegas. Find out what other revelations are hitting the industry.