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Equipment, technology, ingredients and tactics to improve processing plant efficiency and throughput.

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State of the Industry 2023: Bakery shows resilience in the face of ongoing obstacles

Despite ongoing inflation, labor, and supply-chain challenges, there’s still positive news for baking professionals.
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Jenni Spinner
June 27, 2023

For the past several years, the baking industry has faced a long list of serious, ongoing challenges.


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2022 Bakery of the Year: Hostess Brands brings the joy

Hostess Brands, the 2022 ‘Bakery of the Year,’ continues to position itself for growth.
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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
September 29, 2022

Hostess Brands, the 2022 ‘Bakery of the Year,’ continues to position itself for growth.


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State of the Industry 2022: Bakery faces formidable challenges

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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
June 15, 2022

State of the Industry Overview for bakery, including a look at baking industry challenges like the supply chain, workforce development, impact from the war in Europe, and the pandemic.


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Automation, performance, maintenance top of mind for ingredient handling customers

Advancing technologies help streamline operations.
Ed Finkel
May 25, 2022

Snack food and wholesale bakery companies in the market for machines that help prepare, store, transport, and otherwise handle ingredients are most focused on qualities like automation, ease of maintenance, and the ability to deliver higher performance in throughput and accuracy.


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Using Industry 4.0 during the COVID-19 pandemic

Using Industry 4.0 during the COVID-19 pandemic

More companies turn to Industry 4.0 solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lis Parker
Liz Parker
April 20, 2022
From cloud computing to the Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0 is essential for modern-day snack and bakery companies, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Schwartz Brothers Bakery expands from Seattle across the nation

Schwartz Brothers Bakery expands from Seattle across the nation

Seattle’s Schwartz Brothers Bakery is steadily expanding its reach across the country.
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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
March 3, 2022
"In 1970, my dad and uncle opened our first restaurant," says Daniel Schwartz, president, Schwartz Brothers Bakery, Renton, WA. "Three years later, they opened a concept called The Sandwich Shop and Pie Place. They were looking to source the very best pies to serve at their restaurant, and they couldn’t find any that they liked."
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New bakery mixers offer automation, sanitation, and continuous processing

New bakery mixers offer automation, sanitation, and continuous processing

Snack and bakery companies look for automation, ease of cleaning, and more in new and improved mixers.
Ed Finkel
March 2, 2022
Mixers serve essential functions for snack and bakery companies creating their own dough. We ask a lot of this category of heavy-duty equipment, including reliability and efficiency, to maintain established product quality-control standards.
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Automation, sanitation, gentler handling sought for slicing, cutting, portioning equipment

Automation, sanitation, gentler handling sought for slicing, cutting, portioning equipment

Slicing, cutting, portioning equipment amps up their features and benefits.
Ed Finkel
February 2, 2022
Higher capacities, new shapes, longer blade life, automation, flexibility, sanitary design, quick changeover, and gentler handling of fragile ingredients are among the top features and benefits that snack and bakery companies want from their slicing, cutting and portioning machinery.
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2022 CPG outlook and strategies from Deloitte

2022 CPG outlook and strategies from Deloitte

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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
January 28, 2022

Building consumer trust, understanding a product’s life cycle, and addressing challenges like increasing costs and the supply chain.


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2022 Snack & Bakery Outlook: Supply-chain perspectives

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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
January 25, 2022

SF&WB connected with several industry suppliers to gain their current market perspectives for the coming year.


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