Milling & Baking News - March 8, 2022 - 62

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Unit sales volume of 14 of the top 20 food
categories fell over the past year in an
unprecedented and poorly understood
decline creating extraordinary pressure
for the processed foods industry.
Hostess Brands, Inc. is in
its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy
in recent years and
now has its second turnaround
expert as chief executive
officer. The company
said March 9 that Gregory F.
Rayburn, " a seasoned turnaround
executive, " has been
named president and CEO. He
succeeds Brian Driscoll, who
resigned March 9.
Ron Shaich, founder and executive
chairman of Panera Bread Co., and Bill
Moreton, president and chief executive
officer, will become co-CEOs of Panera,
effective immediately.
Rayburn
Effective Jan. 1, 2013,
Charles B. Stout has been
named chairman of the
board and chief executive
officer of Milner Milling
and Pendleton Flour
Mills. Succeeding Mr.
Stout as president will
be Peter Frederick. Kirk
Stehr has been named
vice president of sales.
Alan Koenig has been
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A unique contest to encourage youngsters
to think about reasons why the
United States has attained a position of
world leadership has been announced by
General Mills, Inc. Children are being
invited to write in 50 words or less reasons
why they think America is great.
A national survey of consumer reactions
to white bread with different characteristics
should be undertaken by the
US Department of Agriculture, it was
recommended by the Grain Advisory
Committee to the Department.
Fred C. Hoose, retired grain man, former
president of the Kansas City Board
of Trade and a member of the board for
36 years, died at his home in Beverly
Hills, Calif., March 12. He was 84.
Arthur B. Eisenhower, executive vice
president of the Commerce Trust Co.,
was elected to an additional office - the
1922 SWM
" The requirements of bakers have
become more exacting. No longer can
the miller buy a certain grade of wheat
and mill it into flour with the expectation
that it will produce a satisfactory
flour for the baker. The baker demands
a well-balanced flour that will meet his
requirements, and this is not necessarily
the grade the miller wishes to sell him. "
- " Hard Winter Flour Development, "
a column by Ralph S. Herman, vice
president of the American Association of
Cereal Chemists
" This publication will fight primarily for
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the Southwest and its flour buyers. "
- Editorial
A special meeting of stockholders of the
Liberty Milling Co., Kansas City, has
been called for March 14, in the offices of
the company in the New York Life building,
to ratify an option granted Guy A.
Thomas of the Washburn-Crosby Co. and
assigns to purchase the property of the
company.
The death of W.A. Blair, president of the
Blair Milling Co., Atchison, Kan., occurred
suddenly late March 6. Mr. Blair was 59
years old. Recently, the new milling unit of
the Blair Milling Co. was destroyed by fire.
Radio telephone service carrying market
information and communications
between mills and elevators is rapidly
developing in the Southwest.
Millers of Ireland are having a very
unhappy time. Twice flour mills have
been seized by the workers and operated
by them for a short space of time. In one
case the managing director of the firm
was kidnapped and held prisoner for
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post of president
of Plaza Bank
of Commerce in
Kansas City. A
brother of General
Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Mr.
Eisenhower is
widely known for
his outstanding
role in mill and grain financing in the
United States.
Eisenhower
named chief operating officer.
Miller Milling Co., Minneapolis, is
expanding its flour mills in Virginia and
California.
Mark Kolkhorst has been named president
of ADM Milling.
Added sugar in drinks and foods
makes up almost 16% of the calories
US children and teenagers consume,
which exceeds the 2010 Dietary
Guidelines recommendation of 5% to
15% of calories from added sugars and
solid fats, according to a report from
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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