Milling & Baking News - August 23, 2022 - 54

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the company in an Aug. 23 interview that
aired on CNBC.
Acknowledging that a " difficult " and
" painful " path to recovery remains, Greg
Rayburn, chief executive officer of Hostess
Brands, Inc., remains hopeful that the
embattled Irving, Texas-based baker will
successfully emerge from bankruptcy for
the second time in four years. Mr. Rayburn
provided insight into the challenges facing
" There is no evidence to suggest that
following a gluten-free diet has any significant
benefits in the general population. "
That is the finding of a study
published in the September
2012 issue of the Journal of
the Academy of Nutrition
and Dietetics.
The Bay State Milling Co.
has entered into an agreement
to acquire T.J. Harkins
Basic Commodity Brokers,
Inc., Bolingbrook, Ill.
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Hollywood Star Playhouse, a radio show
sponsored by the Baker of America Program,
will feature Marilyn Monroe in
" Statement in Full " Aug. 31. The program
will be heard over the National Broadcasting
Company's network.
Wendorf
Fred H. Wendorf,
sales manager of the
bakery division of
Pillsbury Mills, Inc.,
died suddenly Aug.
25 of a heart attack.
Mr. Wendorf, who
was 45, had been in
good health, and his
death was a great
shock.
Plans for the merger of the O-Cel-O Co. of
Buffalo, NY, one of the leaders in producing
cellulose sponges, with General Mills,
Inc., were announced.
Silas F. Matthies, 54, who recently was
appointed manager of grain operations
for the Sperry Division of General Mills,
Inc., died suddenly Aug. 29 in San Francisco.
In
the fifth Five-Year Plan in the history
of the Soviet Union, announced recently
by the Kremlin, a goal to increase wheat
production by 55% to 65% is set.
One of the principal attractions at the
Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul was
Wind Point Partners, a private equity
firm, has signed an agreement to
acquire Shearer's Foods, a private label
salty snack manufacturer based in
Brewster, Ohio.
The Andersons, Inc. will
open its newly constructed
3.8-million-bu elevator in
Custer County in Nebraska
in time for the 2012 harvest.
Gonzalez
Roberto Gonzalez Barrera,
the founder of
Gruma SAB de CV, died
Aug. 25 in Houston at the
age of 81.
this exhibit of the milling and baking
industries of the state, which included a
complete bakery plant turning out 1,200
loaves of bread each day.
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Plans for the million-dollar cooperative
advertising campaign have been given
up by the Millers National Federation,
according to an announcement issued by
Secretary A. P. Husband.
Dispatches just received in Washington
report that an American " rainmaker, "
Charles M. Hatfield, who claims to have
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brought relief to drought sufferers in the
United States and Canada, has arrived at
Naples, Italy, having been invited by the
Italian government to try to bring rain to
that vicinity, parched by five months of
drought.
" We hope to make it the most modern and
most complete mill in America, " said L.E.
Moses, president of the Kansas Flour
Mills Co., Kansas City, in telling of plans
for the new mill of the company in North
Kanas City.
The elevator of the Larabee Flour Mills
Corp. at Derby, Kan., burned last week,
resulting in a loss of about 600 bus of
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