Mondelēz International reported its first quarter 2024 results. Its net revenues increased by 1.4%.
Karl Schmidt GmbH currently operates 73 branches of the Schmidt bakery brand in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. In addition to classic bakery branches, Schmidt Bakery focuses on shops with all-day catering.
Dr. Oetker’s food companies (including Conditorei Coppenrath & Wiese) increased their total sales by 6.9%, to EUR 4.2 billion in the 2023 financial year.
AMF Bakery Systems hired Yilmaz Öter as new sales manager for the German and Austrian industrial bakery market. He has over 20 years of industrial sales experience, with over 10 years in the bakery sector.
Konrad Meyer was appointed Chairman, succeeding Olivier Goudet, the head of the Board for the past six years. In addition, Pret founder Sinclair Beecham and previous Pret Chairman Larry Billett return to the business, with Billett rejoining the Board as Chair of the Audit Committee.
ARYZTA achieved a slightly positive organic growth in Q1, as it had anticipated. Performance in Europe compensated for a weaker rest of world, reflecting the importance of QSR outside of Europe.
AMF Bakery Systems appointed Ritabrata Chakraborty as the newest member of its Asia-Pacific (APAC) team. With a background in pastry chef education, Chakraborty has 14 years of professional experience within the baking equipment sector.
Krispy Kreme announced it would bring fresh doughnuts to German consumers through a network of shops, starting in Berlin. The move is the company’s largest franchisee agreement to date.
Reading Bakery Systems (RBS) announced it promoted Travis Getz to Senior Vice President, Operations. In his new role, he will lead the project management, engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, and technical services departments, as well as the operations in Reading’s Tianjin, China facility.
Associations from Slovakia and Poland joined the International Association of Plant Bakers. The Board also approved the membership application from UBA (Ukrainian Bakers Association).