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Barry Callebaut
Completes Expansion

menu-labeling requirements will not be

as our preeminent focus. Being recog-

enforced until one year after the FDA

nized by Dot Foods for our efforts six

publishes its ﬁnal guidance on the rule.

of the last eight years is a tribute to

The Barry Callebaut Group announced

The menu labeling requirement was

the commitment of our team."

it has completed an expansion project

part of the health care law President

at its factory in American Canyon,

Barack Obama signed into law in 2010.

California. The project includes
increasing liquid production capacity
by 20 percent, along with an increase
to tank capacity and improved

Wisconsin Names
Bakery of Year

molding infrastructure to better meet
customers' needs.

Caterers Impress
with Desserts
Le Croissant Catering & Events in Salt
Lake City, Utah, and Purple Onion

Augusta Bakery, located in Augusta,

Catering in Washington, D.C., were

Wisconsin, was named the 2016

among the prestigious winners of

The American Canyon factory, which

Bakery Operation of the Year by

ICA Catered Arts Through Innovative

also produces both specialty and

the Wisconsin Bakers Association

Excellence (CATIE) Awards, presented

standard-range chocolates and

(WBA). The award was presented on

by the International Caterers

compounds, in liquid and molded

March 7 during the WBA's Awards &

Association (ICA) at the Catersource

formats, services a variety of food

Appetizers Networking Evening in

and Event Solutions Conference &

manufacturers and confectionery

Milwaukee. This year's awards cere-

Tradeshow 2016 in Las Vegas. Le

companies with regional operations

mony was held in conjunction with

Croissant Catering won for best

along the West Coast.

the Midwest Foodservice Expo. Four

dessert, and Purple Onion Catering

outstanding Wisconsin bakeries were

won best celebration cake.

nominated for the Bakery Operation
of the Year this year. Natalya and
Robert "Bob" Chaffee, CMB, owners of
Augusta Bakery, were in attendance to

Pretzel Brand Seeks
Franchisees

accept the award. 
Building a national pretzel brand is key

Lawrence Foods
Earns Award

to growth for pretzel bakery Ben's Soft
Pretzels, the fast-rising soft pretzel
franchise. Opening 27 new locations
in the past year with more than 20

Dot Foods, a leading food industry

currently in development for 2016, the

redistributor, is pleased to announce 18

Indiana-based pretzel concept is step-

winners of the company's 2015 Quality

ping up as a strong contender in the

and Service Award. The award recog-

$124 billion snack industry.

nizes Dot's top-performing manufacturer partners in the areas of quality

Founded in 2008 by businessman

and service. Manufacturers honored

Brian Krider, pretzel fanatic Scott

FDA to Delay
Labeling Rules

for their excellence in 2015 include

Jones and Amish baker Ben Miller,

Lawrence Foods, which earns its fourth

the more than 60-unit franchise best

consecutive award.

known for its Amish-inspired propri-

The Food and Drug Administration

"Service is part of our DNA at

partner with buyers looking to take on

said it is delaying the Dec. 1, 2016,

Lawrence Foods,'" stated Lawrence

10 or more units. Kicking off national

effective date for enforcement of the

Foods chairman Les Lawrence. "For

expansion efforts, Ben's Soft Pretzels

government's menu labeling regula-

four generations, our culture has

recently signed multiple deals to enter

tions. The agency issued a state-

always been built around continuous

three new states: Alabama, Kentucky,

ment March 9 indicating federal

improvement with safety and service

and Ohio.

etary recipe is announcing its plans to

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