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BBU consolidating, closing aging bakeries
In a continued move to streamline its operations, Bimbo Bakeries
USA (BBU), Horsham, PA, will halt production at its Fresno, CA,
baking facility in March and shift production to other bakeries in
its manufacturing network, namely to its more efficient facility in
Sacramento, CA.
Additionally, the nation's largest baking company closed production at its bakery in Plymouth Township, PA, in January. That
bakery produced Stroehmann bread and buns, as well as Bimbo
brand bread, and employed 266 associates, 124 of whom will be af-

fected when the company shifts production to other BBU bakeries
in Pennsylvania.
BBU will continue to operate a sales center and distribution facility at the Plymouth location, as well as house some corporate
support personnel. The company has nine production facilities in
Pennsylvania and employs more than 1,800 associates in the state
- approximately 250 associates are employed at its US headquarters in Horsham, and 200 work in the new Lehigh Valley Bakery in
Macungie Township, PA.

Burford honored for support of military
Burford Corp., Maysville, OK, was recently nominated for the
Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award from the
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). The award is
the highest recognition given by the US government to employers
for the support of employees serving the Guard and Reserve. A
business must be nominated by a Guard or Reserve employee or
family member acting on the employee's behalf. A national selection board composed of senior Department of Defense employees,
business leaders and prior awardees then select up to 10 employers
to receive the award.
In September, Burford began sending care packages to troops
overseas after employee and National Guardsman Kent Turner saw
a fellow soldier's social media post about not having received anything from home. Mr. Turner's company-wide email was expanded
on by Burford president Fred Springer, and the company sent 14

Maplehurst sharpens its sweet tooth
Toronto-based George Weston Ltd. reported its Maplehurst
Bakeries subsidiary has agreed to acquire Creative Occasions, Inc.,
a manufacturer of decorated cakes and based in Nashville, TN.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Creative Occasions was founded in 2001 on the premise of
bringing the old-fashioned corner neighborhood bakery quality to
customers. Creative Occasions produces 10,000 to 12,000 cakes a
day and distributes them to in-store bakeries and foodservice channels throughout the eastern US and west to the Rocky Mountains.

Correction
An error in reporting for "To Go Low - or Not" (February
2015 Baking & Snack, Page 78) incorrectly identified one
company as the exclusive distributor of NuTek Salt from
NuTek Food Science, Minnetonka, MN. The relationship is
not exclusive, and NuTek Food Science works with a variety
of distributors in the bakery market. The editors regret any
confusion this mistake may have caused.

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Fred Springer, Burford's president, receives recognition
for the company's support of the military.
Burford

boxes weighing about 30 lb each by December. The company has
sent packages to members of every branch of the military, with a
focus on military members from Oklahoma.

Sweeping changes at
Pepperidge, Campbell
Irene Chang Britt, president of Pepperidge Farm and senior vicepresident, Global Baking and Snacking, is leaving the company
as part of significant changes in the organizational structure at
Camden, NJ-based Campbell Soup.
Luca Mignini, who was president of Campbell International,
assumed the role of president, Global Biscuits and Snacks, a new
division that will unify the company's Pepperidge Farm, Arnott's
and Kelsen businesses into a fully integrated global biscuits,
snacks and fresh baked foods portfolio.
With about $2.8 billion in fiscal 2014 net sales, the division "will
focus on driving the company's growth in biscuits and snacks in
its current developed markets and expanding its presence in
developing markets, leveraging the full range of Campbell's assets and capabilities in these categories and spearheading the
development of significant multinational brands," according to
Campbell Soup.
For more information on the company's restructuring, go to
www.bakingbusiness.com.

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