Mondelēz International appointmented Karla Schlieper as president of Mondelēz Canada, effective January 17, 2022. She is succeeding Martin Parent, who left the organization in early January.
Royal DSM revealed its new integrated Food & Beverage unit, bringing together three areas of DSM’s nutrition business – Food Specialties, Hydrocolloids and part of its Nutritional Products group. The move follows emerging customer and market needs, DSM announced.
Mariana Haddad was promoted to Technical Sales Director for American Pan. Haddad is based at American Pan Cainco in Bauru, Brazil.
Lesaffre appointed Christine M’Rini Puel as Chief R&D Officer as of January 1, 2022. She succeeds Carmen Arruda, who is taking over the management of Biospringer, following the appointment of Brice-Audren Riché as CEO of Lesaffre.
Chipita has officially passed into the hands of Mondelēz International, in a transaction worth USD2bn initially announced in May 2021. With the move, Mondelēz is solidifying its position in Europe and the Middle East.
Yorkshire-based Regal Food Products Group announced it purchased Just Desserts for an undisclosed sum. Just Desserts is based in West Yorkshire and specializes in baking premium hand-crafted desserts and cakes for foodservice – ranges including tarts, cheesecakes and gateaux.
LINXIS Group has announced the acquisition of Shaffer from Bundy Baking Solutions. Shaffer brings additional mixing expertise the group’s portfolio.
AMF Bakery Systems announced the acquisition of Workhorse Automation, a Kirkwood, Pennsylvania, specialist in the engineering and application of automated solutions for the commercial baking industry.
Flowers Foods, Inc. announced it was voluntarily recalling 3,000 loaves of Nature’s Own Honey Wheat bread sold in the U.S. due to the presence of undeclared milk.
Puratos appointed Pierre Tossut as CEO, effective January 1, 2022. He will be in charge of the company’s goal to EUR5bn turnover by 2030.