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Interstate Bakeries Corp. said
it will close its baking plant
in Florence, S.C., on Feb. 6.
The closing will affect approximately 200 employees.

Food and Drug Administration, the American Bakers Association has urged the F.D.A.
to allow folic acid fortification of standardized whole
wheat and unstandardized
bakery products, including
whole grain products.

CSM n.v. intends to sell its
39% stake in natural alcohol
supplier Koninklijke Nedalco
as part of its strategy to transform into a global bakery
supplies and food ingredients
company.

In a move designed to leverage the power of the Dunkin'
Donuts brand, Allied Domecq
P.L.C. changed the name
of its Allied Domecq Quick
Service Restaurants unit to
Dunkin' Brands, Inc.

2004

Health and Human Services
Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced Dec. 3 he was
resigning from his Cabinet
post. Speaking with reporters
after making his announcement, Mr. Thompson created
a stir when he expressed
surprise that the U.S. food
supply has not yet been attacked by terrorists. President
George W. Bush on Dec. 13
nominated Michael O. Leavitt
as Secretary of Health and
Human Services.
Kraft Foods Inc. has reached
an agreement to sell its U.K.
desserts business to Premier
Foods P.L.C. for $135 million.
A clear picture of the link
between micronutrient intake
and human health was painted for the milling industry
by William H. Dietz, director,
Division of Nutrition and
Physical Activity, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. Mr. Dietz spoke Oct. 29
at the annual meeting of the
North American Millers' Association at The Sanctuary
resort on Kiawah Island, S.C.
United States Bakery is in negotiations to sell its Eugene,
Ore., baking plant, according
to media reports there. KVAL,
a local television station,
said the baking company has
signed a non-binding letter
of agreement to sell the Williams' Bakery baking plant to
the University of Oregon for
about $25 million.
In a letter to Lester Crawford,
acting commissioner of the
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts,
Inc. has missed another deadline for making its regular
quarterly 10-Q financial filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bunge Ltd. on Dec. 14 said it
has signed a 10-year exclusive throughput agreement
for Phu My Port in Vietnam.

1984
The Reagan administration's
proposal to reduce non-military spending in the federal
budget by $34 billion in the
1985 fiscal year beginning
next Oct. 1 encompasses sizable cuts in a variety of agricultural programs.
Northern Trust Corp. has
disclosed plans to acquire a
minority interest in Stotler
& Co., a Chicago-based commodity brokerage concern.
The board of directors of Interstate Bakeries Corp., parent
company of Interstate Brands
Corp., on Dec. 10 elected Richard Ravitch as a member of
the board of directors.
Pepperidge Farm, Inc., Norwalk, Conn.-based baking

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subsidiary of Campbell Soup
Co., plans to close a small snack
plant at New Holland, Pa.

Harry C. Schaack, president
of the Chicago
Board of Trade,
has been renominated for
the office on
the regular
ticket of the
Schaack
exchanged,
which will be
voted on at the election Jan. 8.

The Kansas State University
Distinguished Service Award in
Agriculture was presented Dec.
12 to Lauren H. Batty, center,
chairman and chief executive officer of Continental Baking Co.,
Rye, N.Y.

A reorganization of the War
Food Administration structure to go into effect Jan. 1,
1945, will make Lee Marshall,
now head of the Office of Distribution, the director of the
new Office of Marketing Services and also the new Office
of Supply until further notice.

Walter P. Carroll, senior vicepresident of commodity purchasing at Interstate Brands
Corp., Kansas City, will retire
from active management
effective Dec. 31, it was announced by Robert W. Hatch,
president and chief executive
officer.
Sales and earnings of
ConAgra, Inc. in the second
quarter and first half ended
Nov. 25 were the highest for
any quarter or six-month period in the company's history.
Maple Leaf
Mills Ltd.,
Toronto, has
named Peter
G. Aizlewood
general manager of the central region in
the company's
flour division.

Aizlewood

1944
The Office of the Quartermaster General of the army has
been advised that the capture
of a German field bakery revealed that Nazi army flour is
20% "ersatz," the "ersatz" being soybean, corn or anything
available
to give the
wheat flour
additional
bulk. Even
sawdust is
used, the
report said.

An unconfirmed report received in Washington from
Havana indicates that the
Cuban government will probably issue a decree within the
next day or two announcing
the establishment of a subsidy program for flour to be
paid out of its treasury.
Uppermost in the minds of millers and all other Americans
with the approach of Christmas
and the New Year is the bitter
fighting in the war in Europe
and in the Pacific, together with
the mounting lists of casualties.
Victory appears nearer than at
any other time since the start
of the bloody conflict more than
five years ago, but the struggle
is harder than ever.
- Editorial
Trailer trucks that carry 45,000
lbs of flour and other foodstuffs
are operated by the Salley Grocer
Co. of Bernice and Shreveport,
La., and were recently featured
in a page advertisement of the
Saturday Evening Post, Time,
and a number of other national
publications. The truck's carry
reproductions of the Betsy's Best
flour brand of the Ross Milling
Co., Ottawa, Kas. MBN

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