Baking & Snack - December 2022 - 12

Griggs
Matthews
Ramos
Bryant
Bunting
Dessert Holdings, St. Paul,
Minn., acquired Dianne's Fine
Desserts, Newburyport, Mass.,
from Chicago-based Geneva
Glen Capital.
Jad
People
Devon Griggs was promoted to senior director of food safety at Chicago-based Conagra
Brands Inc.
Nadia Matthews joined Mid-Atlantic Baking Co. as plant manager at the company's
headquarters in Baltimore.
Juan Pablo Martinez Aguilar was named plant manager at Irving, Texas-based Mission
Foods' new facility in Plainfield, Ind.
Chicago-based Mondelez International Inc. named Daniel Ramos chief research and
development officer and Frank Cervi chief supply chain operations officer. Javier Polit,
the company's chief digital and information officer, was appointed to the Mondelez
International leadership team.
Richmond, Va.-based AMF Bakery Systems promoted Wes Bryant to product
group leader and executive product manager for AMF Workhorse, an AMF Bakery
Systems brand.
Robert Bunting was named president and chief executive officer of Bunting, Newton, Kan.
Tukwila, Wash.-based CuliNEX named Abla Jad chief financial officer.
Formost Fuji Corp., Woodinville, Wash., named Michael Schaefer regional sales manager
and Mike Alexander sales manager for the Eastern United States and Canada.
Kemin Industries, Des Moines, Iowa, named Marguerite Gerritsen global key account
associate director for the company's human nutrition and health business.
Sunsweet Growers Inc., Yuba City, Calif., promoted Brad Schuler to chief operating
officer.
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Schaefer
Alexander
Gerritsen
Schuler
Parsippany, NJ-based Ferrero
North America broke ground on
its Kinder Bueno production facility
in Bloomington, Ill.
Grupo Apex, Valencia, Spain, acquired
the Pop Up popcorn business
of Mexico City-based Grupo
Bimbo SAB de CV.
Global asset management firm
Mubadala Capital, Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates, acquired
Pittsburgh-based TruFood
Manufacturing, a snack food
contract manufacturer.
RG1 Holding Co. LLC, a subsidiary
of Ruiz Food Products Inc.,
Frisco, Texas, acquired the assets
of Culinary International LLC,
a Vernon, Calif.-based contract
manufacturer of ready-to-eat
frozen and refrigerated foods,
including handhelds and tortillas.
The Schwan's Co., Bloomington,
Minn., expanded the refrigeration
distribution center at its pizza
manufacturing plant in Salina,
Kan.
Columbus, Ohio-based White
Castle finished construction on
the $27 million expansion to its
retail food manufacturing facility
in Vandalia, Ohio.
New York-based IFF opened its
innovation center in Singapore
that is nearly 118,500 square feet.
The center features creation, design
and analytical laboratories,
and culinary and demo kitchens.

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