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Slavtcheff

Serventi

Spence

Sargent

van Arkel

Kumar

Kaull

Abou-Jaoudé

Sherrill

Montoya

Day

Woods

People
BakeMark, Pico Rivera, CA, appointed Matthew Kunz as senior vice-president of supply chain, and Steve Scales as senior vice-president of national sales.
Craig Slavtcheff has been named vice-president and head of R&D at the Campbell
Soup Co., Camden, NJ.
Joe Serventi has been elevated to global CEO of Hippeas, New York, maker of organic
chickpea puff snacks. Mr. Serventi was previously general manager for the company.
Jean Spence, an independent consultant who recently served as executive vice-president of research, development and quality at Mondelez International, Mexico City,
has been appointed an independent director on the TreeHouse Foods, Oak Brook, IL,
board of directors.
Ron Stark has been named president and COO of Bell Flavors & Fragrances,
Northbrook, IL.
Corbion, Lenexa, KS, appointed three strategic innovation directors: Kathy Sargent
for the bakery business, Willy van Arkel for sweet and savory, and Saurabh Kumar for
meat and poultry.
Todd Kaull was named vice-president of global operations for Dorner, Hartland, WI.
Mr. Kaull will oversee Dorner's manufacturing and assembly operations in Hartland,
WI; Jülich, Germany; Guadalajara, Mexico; and Penang, Malaysia. The company also
named Serge Abou-Jaoudé as vice-president of Dorner Europe and named Anthony
Sherrill as regional manager covering Texas and Louisiana.
Reading Bakery Systems, Robesonia, PA, appointed Luis Montoya as sales manager
for the Latin American region. He will be responsible for direct sales efforts and project support with existing and future customers in Mexico, Central and South America.
Blake Day was named executive vice-president and CFO of Shick Esteve, Kansas City, MO.
Somic America, Eagan, MN, hired three new service technicians in Daniel Freeman,
Andre Jackson and Jesse White.
Brandon Woods joined Tromp Group Americas, Tucker, GA, as western region territory manager for the US and Canada.

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Burton's Biscuit Co., St. Albans,
UK, reached an agreement with
Barry Callebaut, Zurich, under
which Barry Callebaut has committed to supply more than 12,000
tonnes (13,227 tons) of chocolate
and compound per year to the
UK's second biggest biscuit maker.
Flowers Foods, Thomasville, GA,
is closing a snack cake bakery
in Winston-Salem, NC, in early
October. Sweet baked goods production will shift to more efficient
Flowers' snack cake bakeries.
Grupo Bimbo, Mexico City, unveiled plans to use 100% renewable energy globally by 2025, a
pledge that makes it the first company in Mexico and Latin America
to commit to the global goal.
The Hershey Co., Hershey, PA,
has entered into an agreement to
acquire the Pirate Brands snack
business from B&G Foods, Inc.,
Parsippany, NJ. The Pirate Brands
portfolio includes such brands as
Pirate's Booty, Smart Puffs and
Original Tings.
Buffalo, NY-based Rich Products'
three production facilities in
England will consolidate and
relocate to a new operation in
Andover, UK, allowing the bakery
to increase capacity and distribution in Europe.
Saint-Germain America,
Honolulu, closed all its baking operations in August. The company
operated five bakeries and one
central bakery on Oahu.
Seyfert's, Fort Wayne, IN, a
maker of potato and tortilla
chips, pretzels, popcorn, and
cheese puffs and cheese curls, will
cease operations.

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