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ABA seeks action to
boost egg supplies

Amazon Prime Now
delivers cupcakes

The American Bakers Association has

Amazon is expanding its new Prime

activated its Rise to Action Grassroots

Now service to offer quick delivery

Action Center to encourage food

of food, including specialty bakery

manufacturers and bakers to urge

items, from local stores in Manhattan.

the US Department of Agriculture

Months ago, Amazon launched Prime

said Mike McGlynn, DecoPac's CEO.

and Congress to allow for increased

Now, a one-hour delivery option for

"As a combined organization we

imports of eggs and egg products to

Amazon Prime members in New

bring more than 150 years of bakery

help offset rapidly decreasing supplies

York City. It delivers groceries and

and cake decorating heritage. This

caused by the worst outbreak of avian

prepared meals from D'Agostino,

move provides additional scale and

inﬂuenza in US history.

Gourmet Garage and Billy's Bakery

product lines, and even greater

to neighborhoods in Manhattan in

creativity, marketing, design and

"Due to avian inﬂuenza, egg supplies

one hour. In Chelsea, Billy's Bakery

development capabilities-to enhance

are decreasing at an alarming rate,"

is promoting free two-hour delivery

product offerings and capabilities for

said Robb MacKie, president and

of cupcakes, cookies and brownies

customers and consumers."

CEO of the ABA. "The USDA must act

through Amazon Prime Now.
DecoPac has no current plans for

now to ensure that bakers can access
necessary supplies to maintain current
production."
The USDA indicated that more than

DecoPac acquires
Bakery Crafts

facility consolidation or leadership
changes at either organization. The
Guttman family is fully supportive of
this transaction and will be enjoying

39 million chickens, turkeys and other

DecoPac, Inc., the premier supplier

a well-deserved retirement after

birds have died or been euthanized

of cake decorations to professional

leading its family business for nearly

since highly pathogenic avian inﬂu-

cake decorators and bakeries on June

70 years. All Bakery Crafts employees

enza was detected in the Paciﬁc

2 announced that it has completed

will transition over to the new Bakery

Northwest Dec. 19, 2014, with most of

the acquisition of West Chester,

Crafts, a wholly-owned subsidiary of

those deaths occurring since March

Ohio-based Bakery Crafts, a privately

DecoPac. The companies will continue

when the virus was conﬁrmed in the

held manufacturer of high-quality

to operate as they have previously,

key Upper Midwest processing egg

cake decorations. Financial terms

as DecoPac and Bakery Crafts, with

and turkey production region. "This is

of the deal were not disclosed.

DecoPac as the sole owner of both

an urgent supply concern, one where

"This is an exciting day for DecoPac

entities.

many bakers have been told that they

and Bakery Crafts, two ﬁnancially

will receive less egg product supplies

strong companies with comple-

Said McGlynn, "We're thrilled to

than they need, if any at all," said Cory

mentary product lines, markets and

welcome the Bakery Crafts team-

Martin at the ABA.

approaches to conducting business,"

they have a long and highly respected
history in the market."
Sam Guttman, CEO of Bakery Crafts
said, "We believe DecoPac will
provide a rewarding environment
for our valued employees, vendors
and customers to continue the brand
loyalty we began building in 1947.
Ironically, my parents made sales
calls on Mike McGlynn in the early
1970s when he was vice president of
McGlynn Bakeries."

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