Dr. Oetker companies achieved sales of around EUR 3.7 billion in the 2021 financial year, on par with the 2020 results, despite market disruptions caused by the global pandemic. The company achieved around 66% of its total sales outside of Germany.
ANA Pan announced plans to open a new ANA Baking Co. in One Cotroceni Park in Bucharest, Romania in the second half of the year, as the company anticipates a 5% growth in its turnover in 2022.
Around Noon, a Food-to-Go specialist based in Newry, Northern Ireland, secured a GBP 3.5 million contract to supply sandwiches from its range ‘Twelve (Handmade in County Down)’ range to Marks & Spencer stores across the island of Ireland.
Meltio, a laser metal deposition technology manufacturer, announced that K3D became the first official service bureau and a key contributor to its application development in Europe. K3D was appointed in this role after acquiring two Meltio systems.
Bradley K. Alexander, Flowers Foods’ chief operating officer, will retire from the company at the end of the year, after 41 years of service. On January 1, 2023, Heeth Varnedoe, the company’s current chief transformation officer, will succeed Alexander as COO.
The French Federation of Bakery and Pastry Companies (FEB) will rejoin the National Association of Food Industries (ANIA – L’Association Nationale des Industries Alimentaires) starting September 1, 2022.
EUROGERM announced its US company merged with KB INGREDIENTS – a specialist in the manufacture, packaging and distribution of food ingredients – and is now called EUROGERM KB LLC.
Panera Bread debuts ‘Panera To Go’ in Chicago – a new, digital-only restaurant format, working with Rapid Pick-Up® and delivery.
