Baking & Snack - November 2021 - 12

Aspire Bakeries, Los Angeles,
opened a new frozen cookie
dough line at its Otis Spunkmeyer
baking plant in Newark, Calif.
AUA Private Equity Partners
LLC, West Palm Beach, Fla.,
completed the recapitalization of
Atlanta-based Epi Breads, a baker
of custom bread for the foodservice
industry. Following the
recapitalization, AUA formed Epic
Baking Co.
EG Group, Blackburn, UK, an
independent convenience retailer
with a portfolio of more than
6,000 sites across 10 countries,
acquired the United Kingdom's
second-largest bakery chain,
CS Food Group Holdings Ltd.
(Cooplands).
Global investment firm Platinum
Equity, Beverly Hills, Calif., announced
that one of its portfolio
companies, Paris-based Biscuit
International, reached an agreement
to acquire Continental
Bakeries, Dordrecht, the
Netherlands, from its majority
shareholder, Goldman Sachs
Asset Management.
Givaudan, Geneva, is acquiring
DDW, The Color House,
Louisville, Ky., a supplier of natural
colors to the food and beverage
industry. The company has 12
manufacturing plants around the
world and employs 315.
Mexico's largest flour miller
Grupo Trimex reached an agreement
to acquire seven Mexico
wheat flour mills from Bunge
Ltd., St. Louis, for an undisclosed
sum.
Winthrop
Mackey
Buechel
Cochran
Dumas
LaVallee
Gerhard
Young
People
Trey Winthrop was named incoming chief executive officer of Bob's Red Mill,
Milwaukie, Ore.
John Mackey, who co-founded Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market in
1980, plans to retire on Sept. 1, 2022. Jason Buechel, currently chief operating
officer at Whole Foods, will take over as chief executive officer following Mr.
Mackey's retirement.
Christine Cochran will become the next president and chief executive officer of
SNAC International. She will join SNAC on Feb. 1, 2022, and officially take over as
president and CEO on April 1, 2022. She will replace Elizabeth Avery who is retiring.
Ardent Mills LLC, Denver, named Heather Dumas as its chief people officer.
Dean LaVallee added the title of chief operating officer at Blue Diamond Growers;
he will continue as chief financial officer. Also, Laura Gerhard was promoted to vice
president of Blue Diamond's Global Ingredients Division.
Gemini Bakery Equipment, Philadelphia, announced Scott Young as the company's
new chief operating officer.
Archana Arunkumar, vice president of technology products, Workday, joined the
board of directors for Kwik Lok Corp., Yakima, Wash.
Tim Cook was named president and CEO of Linxis Group, Nantes, France.
Gwennolé Van Effenterre joined Shick Esteve as CFO.
James Bonatakis joined Rexfab, Sherbrooke, Quebec, as sales manager. He is the
Canadian company's first US-based employee.
William Magee was named president of North America Food & Beverage Solutions at
London-based Tate & Lyle PLC.
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