Instead of hosting its own industry convention next year, the nation's Retail Bakers of America (RBA) will join the triennial International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE) Sept. 26-29, 2010.

Bakery industry veteran Dan Scales has joined Little Lady Foods, Elk Grove Village, Ill., as chief executive officer.

More than ever, tough economic times have consumers looking for restaurant-quality options to make at home. And no restaurant experience is complete without an appetizer.

Food processing and distributing giant George Weston Ltd., Toronto, said it expects during the first quarter of 2009 to sell its U.S. fresh bread and baked goods business to Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V.

Dr. Oetker UK Ltd., Leeds, United Kingdom, said it agreed to purchase a pizza production plant in Leyland, England and the Chicago Town frozen food brand from The Schwan Food Co.

Chicken processing giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said it hired William Snyder, managing partner of CRG Partners Group LLC, Dallas, as chief restructuring officer.

Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., recently announced a series of organizational changes.

The Daphne Baking Co.’s thaw-and-serve dessert tarts offer a solution for consumers who don’t have time to bake from scratch.

For Mark (Par) Grandinetti and Doyle Converse, it was like déjà vu all over again. Since the 1990s, the two had worked at Western Country Pies, the Salt Lake City bakery that was their base for more than a decade before it shut down in 2004.

Rocky Mountain Pies Founder and President Mark “Par” Grandinetti has a simple business axiom that has served him well for more than 18 years in the pie industry: “Understand the rules and play to win.