Bakery

ANY WAY IT'S SLICED, today's bread aisle is a whole new loaf. Annual sales have risen to more than $16 billion, and by some estimates that number could reach more than $18 billion within the next four years. Manufacturers have expanded their lines...

A&P has announced the rollout of ACE Stone Ground Whole Grain Breads at its A&P, Waldbaum’s, The Food Emporium and Super Fresh stores.

As spring approaches, retailers looking to boost sales in their bakery departments may want to take another look at their cake sales. Cakes are already the top-selling category in supermarket bakery departments, accounting for almost 29% of total...

Riesbeck's Food Markets' annual Paczki Ball drew particularly large crowds this year, officials said. After a day and a half of rain, sleet, snow, wind and below-normal temperatures, the weather cleared, making it possible for more people to...

Pierce's Markets expects to sharpen its competitive edge with the opening of a central bakery next month. Going central will not only create efficiencies but also will give the five-unit independent the opportunity to develop signature products...

Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing will host its first Fall Holiday Baking Efficient Program Planning Session March 9-11 at the Renaissance Houston Hotel Greenway Plaza. The show will focus on baking categories including various types of...

During the past year, supermarket retailers watched as federal mandates for renewable fuels helped double the price of corn, raising the price of animal feed, and as a result, steadily inflating the cost of products like meat and poultry. Bakeries...

Tyson Foods last week reported that it expects added costs of about $500 million for its grain and animal feed this year, as federal mandates for ethanol production continue to pressure corn prices higher, and soybeans continue to cede acreage to...

High flour costs have led Wegmans Food Markets to increase the price of packaged breads 10 to 30 cents, and in-store baked breads 10 to 50 cents.

Publix has reformulated its store-brand Publix Diet Lemon Lime soda as part of a settlement in the case of a Florida consumer concerned about the potential formulation of benzene in cans of the soft drink.