The Chicago-based bakery opens a 2,000-sq.-ft. R&D center within its Schaumburg, Ill., facility. The state-of-the-art center will further Gonnella’s commitment to improving processes and develop products for changing market demands.

Esrock Partners brightens up championship golf course with “School Colors” theme for its 26th annual foodservice event. More than 90 of the foodservice industry’s top manufacturing, chain operators and media leaders participated in the September event at Cog Hill in Lemont, Ill.