Reading Bakery Systems (RBS) announced that John Eshelman, director of pretzel & snack equipment sales, retired on March 31 after 30 years with the company.
Mondelēz International announced the appointment of Jay Cooper as President of its Northern Europe division. He will be responsible for Mondelēz International’s businesses in the UK, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
Lesaffre presented its new book entitled ‘Fermentation’ at Sirha Europain, published by Flammarion and produced in partnership with the Institut Paul Bocuse.
Burton’s Biscuits and Fox’s Biscuits announced they are uniting to form a new biscuits company in the UK, Fox’s Burton’s Companies (FBC) UK led by CEO Simon Browne.
The UK’s Federation of Bakers, representing the country’s largest baking companies, announced the bread and bakery industry is taking measures to ensure the supply continues to meet market demands.
The production plant Mondelez operates in Trostyanets, a town in eastern Ukraine, suffered “significant damage”, the company said. No employees were injured in the attack, according to the information currently available.
In response to political pressure, Nestlé said it was not making a profit in Russia, and announced it was suspending all sales of non-essential brands such as KitKat and Nesquik, among others.
The Association of Bakers and Confectioners in the Czech Republic said that an increase in the price of bread should be expected this year, due to rising costs of raw materials and energy, as well as concerns about the Ukrainian workforce. However, they expect no shortage of bread.
Grupo Bimbo announced it is suspending sales of its Bimbo brand and halting new investments in Russia. The company continues to monitor and assess the situation as circumstances evolve.
BENEO announced it quadrupled its storage capacity at the Offstein facility in Germany, to improve its efficiency. The new warehouse, a EUR 7.7m investment in a fully automated facility that opened in February, allows for increased storage of BENEO’s crystalline functional carbohydrates Isomalt, Palatinose™ and galenIQ™.