School food service and the convenience store channel are key targets for the Bakeries and Foodservice segment at General Mills, Inc., which said its sales in those channels are expected to outpace the industry.
Hostess Brands, Inc. said on March 20 that it has obtained bankruptcy court approval to sell the majority of its snack cake business and the majority of its bread business in separate transactions.
Barry Callebaut completed the sale of its factory and the related business in Dijon (France) to “Chocolaterie de Bourgogne” concluding with this the final step to dispose of all its consumer activities.
Canadian food manufacturer Leclerc Foods plans to invest $15.7m to expand its facility in Kingsport, Tennessee, a move which is expected to create 40 new jobs.
Hostess Brands, Inc. has selected a $30.9 million offer from United States Bakery as the winning bid for the bread brands Sweetheart, Eddy’s, Standish Farms and Grandma Emilie’s.
Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread may soon be back in stores after a bankruptcy court judge on Tuesday approved sales of several iconic brands that had been owned by the failed Hostess Brands Inc.
DuPont Nutrition & Health is helping tortilla manufacturers take advantage of a growing market with a new opportunity to raise the nutritional profile and cut the cost of their products through fat reduction.
Cookie manufacturer Leclerc Foods, which is based in Quebec City, Quebec, is expanding its Kingsport plant to add production for granola bars and baked bars.
US snack food manufacturer McKee Foods has been selected as the leading stalking horse bidder to acquire Hostess Brands' Drake's snack cake business for $27.5m.
Net income at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. in the year ended Jan. 27 was $20,779,000, equal to 31c per share on the common stock, down sharply from $166,269,000, or $2.40 per share, in fiscal 2011.
Federal authorities shut down a New Jersey bakery after finding sugar in its "sugar free" goods and saturated fat in its "fat free" treats, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
The $27.5 million bid put forth by McKee Foods Corp. in late January for the Drake’s snack cake brand of Hostess Brands, Inc. will be the bid presented for approval to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on April 9.
Hostess Brands, Inc., accepted a stalking horse bid of $410 million from investment firms Apollo Global Management LLC and Metropoulos & Co. for the majority of its snack cake business.
