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Atlantic Bakery Expo Set for March

D&W Acquires CM Packaging
D&W Fine Pack LLC announces the acquisition of CM Packaging Group. The acquisition advances the D&W strategy as a national supplier of foodservice containers and other products serving the food processor, foodservice and food packaging markets. Total revenue for D&W now approaches $400 million. The company employs 1,600 and operates from 11 locations in the U.S. and Canada.

Noted Food Expert Shares Top Trends

Set for March 18-19 at the Atlantic City, NJ Convention Center, the Atlantic Bakery Expo 2012 is all new and many shows wrapped into one. As a comprehensive source for the baking industry, including ingredients, equipment, suppliers, wholesalers, retailers and industry information, the ABE show is expanded to include deli, prepared foods, cheese and salty snacks. This year’s show is action-packed from the opening ceremonies to the closing bell. There will be educational programs, including consumer trends, demonstrations, seminars and handson classes to go along with a trade show ﬂoor full of products and ideas. “The show’s expansion is designed to better meet the attendee’s need for new products and ideas to increase proﬁts and to give exhibitors greater exposure to a broader array of buyers,” says George Delaney, president of the New Jersey Bakers Board of Trade. For more information, contact show manager Howard Casper at howard@ abe2012.com or (215) 732-4440 x3 or visit http://abe2012.com. Vanille Pâtisserie, one of Chicagoland’s leading French gourmet pastry wholesalers and retailers, has been acquired by an investor group headed by Sophie Evanoff, a graduate of Chicago’s internationally renowned French Pastry School and the University of Michigan. Evanoff has worked in operations, production and marketing managerial capacities with several area gourmet confection and pastry companies. Vanille Pâtisserie provides luxury desserts to a number of Chicago’s ﬁner restaurants and hotels. It also serves online clients at www. vanillepatisserie.com and provides catering and wedding cake creations.

In the latest issue of The Lempert Re-

Pastry Shop Welcomes New Owner

port, Phil Lempert says 2011 brought higher food prices at unprecedented levels, and more food recalls from unique points of origin. “There is little doubt that in the coming years, we will continue to see food prices rise based on environmental conditions as well as offsetting higher production costs. The costs of fuel, feed, packaging and food safety coupled with a higher demand for export all will factor into the retail price on the shelf. Look for consumers to shave costs by augmenting their recipes by decreasing the amount of the more expensive meats and seafood and adding more non-meat proteins that are ﬁlling and less expensive, including adding whole-wheat pasta, tofu, lentils, brown rice and vegetables to recipes,” Lempert writes. On technology, he adds: “Expect shoppers to use their mobile devices to calculate a price per portion cost rather than the unit price of individual products listed on the shelves. Just as the younger generation uses social networking as part of their everyday lives, expect this generation to be the ‘forever frugal consumer’ using more coupons and searching for deals online.”

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