[ad_1] THOMASVILLE, GA. — Despite a tough market for premium and super premium bread in 2023, Dave’s Killer Bread in 2023 enjoyed a 10% increase in unit volume growth and achieved sales of $1 billion in tracked channels, said A. Ryals McMullian, chairman and chief executive officer of Flowers Foods, Inc. In Feb. 8 remarks […]

[ad_1] CHICAGO — Many consumers put packaging waste and, more broadly, concerns about sustainability on the back burner during the pandemic. But reducing packaging waste has returned as an attribute that is influencing purchasing decisions. Consumers recognize packaging is a necessity; that it helps ensure product quality and safety, while communicating nutrition information and preventing […]

[ad_1] NEW YORK — The private equity company Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has completed its acquisition of Shearer’s Foods from its majority shareholder the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, Toronto. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Shearer’s Foods is a contract manufacturer and private label supplier of salty snacks, cookies and crackers that […]