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People
Clarice Turner was named CEO of Boudin Bakery, San Francisco.
W. Galen Weston has stepped down as executive chairman of George
Weston Ltd., Toronto, becoming chairman emeritus. He is succeeded
by his son, Galen G. Weston.

B&G Foods, Inc., Parsippany, NJ, has
entered into an agreement to acquire
the spices business of ACH Food
Companies, Cordova, TN, for approximately $365 million.

Turner

Neil Checketts has been promoted to chief operating officer of
Kneaders Bakery & Café, Salt Lake City.

W. Weston

Alexander W. Pease has been named executive vice-president and CFO
of Snyder's-Lance, Inc., Charlotte, NC. He will succeed Rick Puckett,
who earlier this year announced his intent to retire.
John Coupland, PhD, has been named the 77th president of the
Institute of Food Technologists.

G. Weston

Bosch Packaging Technology, Inc.,Waiblingen, Germany, appointed
Paul Jenks as director of sales and marketing.
Marianne Kirkegaard was promoted to president and CEO of CSM
Bakery Solutions, Atlanta.

Checketts

Coupland

Randy Marten joined the board of advisers of FLM+, a hybrid strategic consulting, marketing and communications company based in
Worthington, OH.
David Kuipers was named vice-president of sales and marketing at Reading
Bakery Systems, Robesonia, PA, relocating to Singapore to lead sales efforts in both China and South East Asia. Ric Watts will also be relocating to
China and will assume the role of manager, RBS Operations China. Joseph
Pocevicius was appointed to sales manager, Europe.

Thirteen years after its founding,
Bobo's Oat Bars, Boulder, CO, is
changing its name to Bobo's. The company also is introducing a new logo
and packaging and five new flavors.
Leadbetter's Bake Shop, San
Francisco, has discontinued producing English muffins, its flagship item,
to pursue allergen-sensitive food
manufacturing and co-packing.
Nellson, LLC, Anaheim, CA, a nutrition bar and powder provider, has
secured a new site in Ontario, CA,
and will invest $40 million to $50 million to create a new production facility there.
Blue Diamond Growers, Sacramento,
CA, unveiled a new state-of-the-art
bulk storage warehouse in Salida,
CA. The 48,000-sq-ft facility contains
three separate storage areas for different varieties of almonds.
Bühler, Uzwil, Switzerland, announced
that its Bakery Innovation Center will
become a training center for the production of industrial bakery foods in 2017.

Jenks

Kirkegaard

Marten

Kuipers

Watts

Pocevicius

In Memoriam
Robert W. Entenmann, grandson of the founder of
Entenmann's, Inc. and former chairman of the company, died
Sept. 15 at his home in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL. He was 88
years old. Mr. Entenmann was instrumental in guiding the
growth of the company and stayed on as a consultant after retiring as chairman.
A. Charles "Chuck" Roland III, formerly the owner of custom
food blending company Roland Industries, Inc., died Sept. 2
at age 80. Mr. Roland was past president of the Allied Trades of
the Baking Industry. He was a 53-year member of the American
Society of Baking, serving as past program chairman and second
vice-president.

Kendall Packaging, Mequon, WI,
will invest $9 million in an expansion that will double the size of its
Pittsburg, KS, plant. The expansion
will add 59,000 sq ft as well as $6
million worth of equipment.
Rexfab, Inc. inaugurated its new
headquarters in Sherbrooke Regional
Industrial Park in Sherbrooke, QC.
Rondo, Burgdorf, Switzerland, has
invested more than $1 million in an
upgraded machining center at its facility in Heimiswilstrasse, Switzerland.

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