Chicago-based Alpha Baking Co. Inc. selects Penske Truck Leasing to serve as its commercial truck fleet maintenance service provider for its 2013 ROUSH CleanTech Ford E-450 bread delivery trucks operating in the Chicago area.
Delkor Systems, a St. Paul, Minn., manufacturer of end-of-line packaging equipment, toasts 40 years of operation this month with an open house at a new facility. The company transformed 114,000 sq. ft. of an existing building in St. Paul into a manufacturing facility that combines all its existing operations.
It’s been a slippery road this year. Impacted by a widespread drought, fluctuating commodity prices and a still-weak economy, bakers have been hit with some tough circumstances.
Frito-Lay, Hershey and Kellogg are among the AmeriStar 2013 Packaging Awards Competition entrants being recognized by the Institute of Packaging Professional for their innovative new food-related packaging.
Utz Quality Foods has been making potato chips for years and expanded into other snack foods such as pretzels, and its now-famous cheese balls. The Hanover, Pa., company shares how it makes its fantastic orange, bite-size snacks.
Donald Shaffer was vice president and general manager of Peerless and vice president and general manager of the BEW Mixer Division of Bundy in Sidney, Ohio, before starting his own company, Shaffer Manufacturing Corp., in 1986.