Milling & Baking News - September 15, 2015 - 4

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September 15, 2015 Vol. 94, No. 15

X BREAD PRODUCT PERSPECTIVE

X NEWS Comment

Story on Page 1

American polarization
extends beyond
politics

Bakers seek more than
bottom-line strength

Kellogg highlights portfolio
shift to snacks

Flowers to buy organic
baker Alpine Valley Bread

Smucker sees simple ingredients
as gateway to growth

Campbell Soup baking and
snacking earnings climb

Krispy Kreme C.P.G. business
'softer than planned'

Sales of snacks, including Cheez-It and Pringles,
increase to 45% of the company's business, the
same percentage taken up by breakfast food.

Regulating demand
is no easy task
Story on Page 34

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Financial Results
People
Industry Activities
Washington
International
Grain and Milling
Management
Nutrition and Health
Export and Trade Issues
Ingredient Week Trends
Supplier Innovations
Archive

Flowers Foods, Inc. agrees to pay about $120
million for the baker of bread that is natural,
organic and Non-GMO Project Verified.

Under the Smucker brand name, natural food
spreads, fruit and honey spreads, and FruitFulls blended fruit pouches all shift to simple
ingredients.

Fiscal-year operating earnings increase 5% to
$350 million for the Global Baking and Snacking
segment behind progress in Australian biscuits.

Less profitable door count and product mix
and less than planned loadout volume hurt the
C.P.G. segment. Second-quarter earnings still
rise.

Critics of the political landscape in the United
States often point to the polarization between
the left and right and its paralyzing effects on
the legislative process. So far apart have the
two sides moved, that even processes that
had been routine, such as the annual budget
or passage of the federal highway bill, now
are unable to move forward amid deeply
entrenched partisan posturing.
This kind of polarization increasingly seems
to have an analogue in food trends. On one
side, groups like the Whole Grains Council
are urging consumers to move beyond whole
wheat bread and brown rice and begin
embracing "delicious grains like spelt, farro,
amaranth and teff."
Farfetched as the widespread embrace
of spelt may seem, the other side of the
spectrum was entertainingly captured
in a recent satirical piece in The Onion,
describing what Americans "really want to
eat." The story describes a market researcher
shaken up by his experience with a focus
group he was conducting for Denny's. The
group seemed unimpressed by a breakfast
menu idea of a sausage and pepper jack
burrito "until it was served on a double
stack of pancakes and received four ladles
of melted nacho cheese." More generally,
the group agreed cookie crumbles and
pizza would improve the Denny's breakfast
menu. As a potential popular food product
today, which is more plausible - the teff or
the breakfast burrito on a double stack of
pancakes with nacho cheese? MBN

XCOMPANIES IN THIS ISSUE
Alpine Valley Bread Co.......... 11, 28

Caribou Coffee ........................... 14

Hindustan Unilever Ltd. .............. 24

MGP Ingredients, Inc. ................. 18

Angelic Bakehouse ..................... 30

CHS, Inc. .................................... 38

Horizon Milling L.L.C. ................. 36

Mondelez International ........ 11, 24

AOR N.V. .................................... 46

Clabber Girl Corp........................ 56

Hostess Brands, Inc..................... 27

Nimman Foods Private Ltd. ......... 24

Archer Daniels Midland Co. ........ 46

ConAgra Mills ............................ 36

Ingredion Inc. ............................. 46

Royal DSM ................................. 24

Ardent Mills ........................... 1, 11

Dave's Killer Bread ..................... 28

Italian Home Bakery Ltd.............. 28

SA Food Staples Proprietary Ltd. . 10

Arla Foods Ingredients ................ 56

East Balt Bakeries ....................... 10

J.M. Smucker Co. ........................ 12

Tate & Lyle P.L.C. ........................ 56

Aunt Millie's Bakeries ................. 27

Einstein Noah Restaurant Group . 14

Kellogg Co. .......................... 10, 11

The Andersons............................ 18

Bell Flavors and Fragrances......... 56

Flowers Foods, Inc. ......... 11, 14, 27

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. ..... 16

Turano Baking Co. ...................... 28

Campbell Soup Co. ............... 15, 27

GrainCraft .................................... 8

Leaf Brands L.L.C........................ 11

United States Bakery .................. 27

Cargill .................................... 8, 38

Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V. .......... 1

Lewis Bakeries............................ 27

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