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featuring the

right equipment

Bakeries on the RBA Roadshow
are enjoying life in the fast lane.
BY JOHN UNREIN
When Ken Slove, owner of Lovin Oven Cakery, moved

production facility, where they can create one-of-a-

From Federal

into a new 43,000-square-foot facility earlier this year

kind cakes for area customers and conveniently freeze

display cases to

in Antioch, Illinois, a feeling of euphoria came over

cakes as needed.

Baxter ovens and

him. You see, this location features all the latest bells

Bakon machinery,

and whistles - a pair of Baxter rack ovens, a Bakon

The new facility is wired with 480 voltage, as a bonus.

retail bakeries are

Top Cream machine and a Nor-Lake walk-in freezer

"When I started pricing refrigeration, I bought 480 volt,"

investing in new

and cooler.

he says. "Also, every light in this facility is LED. My first
electric bill here was $1,000, which is less than half of

equipment to enhance efficiency.

"I have a 10-foot by 20-foot freezer and 12-foot by

the average electric bill at our first facility. Spending a

20-foot refrigeration," he says, beaming with joy like

little more when you start new can really help."

a proud father. "We have a blast freezer and a freezer.
We have plenty of space to grow."

Lovin Oven was one of the featured bakeries on the
Retail Bakers of America. Other bakeries on the tour

enables Lovin Oven to improve efficiency and ramp

included Simma's Bakery in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin,

up production, as it continues to expand service to

and Troubadour Bakery in Milwaukee. Both bakeries

retail and wholesale customers around north Chicago.

featured a host of new equipment and product

Slove knows he's come a long way. In 1989, he opened

innovations.

his first retail store in a 1,200-square-foot building.
For more than 30 years, Simma's Bakery has been
Today, Lovin Oven boasts three locations, and the

creating cheesecakes, wedding cakes, pastries and

new Antioch store is the crown jewel. Here, there's

more. The sweets are baked by highly trained pastry

a modern retail store connected to a massive

chefs, many of whom have been with Simma's for more

42 < JUL 2018 | bakemag.com

JOHN UNREIN

Chicago RBA Roadshow, conducted this spring by the
All this modern equipment and additional space



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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of bake - July 2018

EDITOR"S NOTE - THE RBA 100th Anniversary Issue
MANAGEMENT - The future of fresh
NEW PRODUCT SUCCESS STORIES - Unicorn in a cup
TECHNICAL CORNER - Fiber options
EQUIPMENT INNOVATIONS - New York style water
A century of service
CAKENOMICS - The fall issue
Fun with fall creations
TIME SAVING TIPS - The case for singles
TIME SAVING TIPS - Keeping up with your neighborhood
TIME SAVING TIPS - Put the wow in cake
TIME SAVING TIPS - The age of personalization
SUPPLY SIDE ECONOMICS - Festive frostings
SUPPLY SIDE ECONOMICS - The gold standard
WINNING PROMOTIONS - Strawberry fields of shortcake forever
WINNING PROMOTIONS - Leveraging micro holidays
INNOVATE PRODUCTS
A pair of aces
Featuring the right equipment
CAKES - Putting the extra in extraordinary
BREADS - Ancient grains
PASTRIES - Pie times
FOODSERIVCE - Pizza innovations
FORMULA OF THE MONTH - I love a great love pie
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bake - July 2018 - EDITOR"S NOTE - THE RBA 100th Anniversary Issue
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bake - July 2018 - MANAGEMENT - The future of fresh
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bake - July 2018 - NEW PRODUCT SUCCESS STORIES - Unicorn in a cup
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bake - July 2018 - TECHNICAL CORNER - Fiber options
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bake - July 2018 - EQUIPMENT INNOVATIONS - New York style water
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bake - July 2018 - A century of service
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bake - July 2018 - CAKENOMICS - The fall issue
bake - July 2018 - Fun with fall creations
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bake - July 2018 - TIME SAVING TIPS - Keeping up with your neighborhood
bake - July 2018 - TIME SAVING TIPS - The age of personalization
bake - July 2018 - SUPPLY SIDE ECONOMICS - The gold standard
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bake - July 2018 - WINNING PROMOTIONS - Leveraging micro holidays
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bake - July 2018 - INNOVATE PRODUCTS
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bake - July 2018 - A pair of aces
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bake - July 2018 - Featuring the right equipment
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bake - July 2018 - CAKES - Putting the extra in extraordinary
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bake - July 2018 - BREADS - Ancient grains
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bake - July 2018 - PASTRIES - Pie times
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bake - July 2018 - FOODSERIVCE - Pizza innovations
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