Registration is now open for ASB's BakingTech 2012: ‘Rise Up: Community, Company, Industry, Self’ and MarketPlace 2012, both to be held March 4-7, 2012, at Chicago’s Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile.  

Blue Diamond Almonds, Baker’s Pride and Wixon make key promotions, assignments or welcome new staff to their teams.

Alpha Baking partnered with The Kennedy Group and Orbis Corp. to conduct a nine-month pilot using RFID tag technology with its trays in the supply chain. The results underscore the effectiveness and scalability of asset tracking for bakeries.

Jack Link’s Beef Jerky acquired a distribution facility in Underwood, Iowa, from The Oriental Trading Co. The transaction is expected to close by the end of November, subject to customary closing conditions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Sunbelt brand granola bars is calling all superheroes to come to the aid of the National Breast Cancer Foundation and "Ka-PINK" their Facebook profile pictures.

Stop & Shop removed Fiber One 90 Calorie Chewy Chocolate granola bars from its shelves due to a manufacturing error where labeled Chocolate Peanut Butter bars were placed inside the Chewy Chocolate granola bar packages.

PMMI, producer of Pack Expo, reports the Las Vegas show attracted more than 26,000 attendees, 1,559 exhibitors and occupied nearly 630,000 net sq. ft. at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sept. 26-28, breaking previous event records.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of J&J Snack Foods Corp., a leading producer of soft pretzels, frozen desserts, churros, funnel cakes, snacks, cookies and baked goods.

Kraft Foods opened its new European biscuit research and development center in Saclay, France. The new facility represents the culmination of a two-year-project with a total investment of approximately $20 million.

Grupo Bimbo is in the final stages of negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice on its acquisition of Sara Lee Corp.’s fresh bakery business in the United States and its fresh bakery business in Spain and Portugal.