LantmÄnnen Unibake Sets up shop in the U.S.
Not long ago, “about the only bread readily available in South
Florida was Wonder Bread,” says Ralph Hoffmann, Lantmännen
Unibake’s director of national accounts. In recent
years, several things changed, including the traveling
American public who, as they experience
good bread, want it to be accessible.
Lantmännen Unibake is a division of a
Swedish-based farmers’ co-op, with more than
half the company’s business within hotels. When it
acquired Florida-based Euro-Bake in April, the
demand [for good bread] was already established.
“It was getting more difficult to export to the
United States because the FDA is putting more
containers on hold,” says Scott Kolinski, president
of Lantmännen Unibake U.S.A.
“Being established here brings jobs to the
community, lets us control fuel costs, and gives
us the flexibility to more easily create regional
flavors like the all-time favorites, cheese and
cherry Danish,” Kolinski says.
“The company now offers Danish, croissants,
and artisan breads,” says Hoffman. “New flavors
include three-cheese ciabatta, Hawaiian pineapple,
and muesli cranberry. In the United States,
the preference is for more flavorful pastries, the
best seller being maple pecan, using real maple
syrup from New England, pecans from Georgia,
raspberries from Belgium, and apples from the
U.K.” These all-natural, trans-fat-free products use
no preservatives or dough extenders.
“It’s interesting,“ says Kolinski, “that, although
overall bread consumption is going down, artisan
bread [consumption] is going up.”—MRC
CONTACT: www.lantmannen-unibake.com...
Share Our Strength’s Chefs on Bikes,
designed to raise funds to end childhood
hunger in America, took place on June 24,
2008. This date marks the five-year anniversary
of this award-winning fundraising
motorcycle rally for chefs and culinary professionals
throughout the Mid-Atlantic. Last
year’s event raised more than $50,000 (triple
the amount raised in 2006) from individual
contributions, pledges, and sponsorships.
“Five years going strong!” said Chefs on
Bikes Honorary Chairman Jean-Philippe
Krukowicz, national sales manager at
Garnier-Thiebaut. “I cannot wait to see
everyone again next year and celebrate the
sixth anniversary of this great event for such
a good cause.”
For more information, visit
www.chefsonbikes.com
...
Hobart Corporation has earned ENERGY
STAR certification for its dish machines,
including the LXi undercounter, AM Select
door-type, and C-Line conveyor warewashers.
On average, Hobart's LXi, AM Select,
and C-Line warewashers use 25 percent less
energy and 25 percent less water than non-
ENERGY STAR models. Customers can save
money through energy savings and lower
water consumption while also protecting the
environment. For more information, visit
www.hobartcorp.com...
Benghiat Marketing & Communications, a fullservice
Cleveland-based marketing agency,
added two new clients to its roster: Hampton
Farms and Kold-Draft. Hampton Farms, headquartered
in Severn, North Carolina, is a premier
grower, roaster, processor, and marketer
of in-shell peanuts. Headquartered in Erie,
Pennsylvania, Kold-Draft manufactures commercial
ice machines, ice makers, ice crushers,
and ice dispensers...
MTS Seating announces the promotion of
Jennifer White to sustainability coordinator, a
move intended to enhance the company's
efforts to reduce its corporate footprint on the
environment in accordance with its
SynerGreen™ philosophy. As MTS’ first sustainability
coordinator, White will assist the
executive management team in developing a
comprehensive corporate environmental
policy and criteria for measuring
performance against annual goals and benchmarks.
A graduate of Whitworth College in
Spokane, Washington, White holds a bachelors
of arts degree in art administration with
a minor in journalism and marketing. For
more information on MTS Seating and its
products, visit www.mtsseating.com...
With Fortessa supplying
tableware
and Schott Zwiesel
stemware for the
dining/tasting
events, the Pebble
Beach Food and
Wine Fest made its
debut with a four-day
epicurean event
that gathered a
galaxy of culinary stars. Notables such as
Thomas Keller, Charlie Trotter, Jacques Pepin,
and Michel Richard presented a series of
meals and cooking demonstrations, and
winemakers from around the world led tastings,
seminars, and a rare-wine auction. For
the premiere, event producers asked Fortessa
to create a commemorative gift plate
inscribed with the Pebble Beach Food & Wine
Festival logo. Proceeds from the Pebble
Beach event will go to local charities...
Jack DeSaussure, a fourth-generation
owner actively
involved in family-owned
Maywood Furniture
Corporation, has assumed
the position of operations
manager. His responsibilities
include general production
oversight and purchasing
for the company.
He joined Maywood in
2001 as a general manufacturing specialist.
Maywood has an 80-year history of manufacturing
high-quality folding banquet and seminar
tables for hotels, conference centers,
resorts, and casinos at competitive prices and
backed by attentive customer service...
California School of Culinary Arts student
Kristianne Pak was announced the winner of
the 2008 S.Pellegrino™ Almost Famous Chef
Competition. Pak was chosen by an elite judging
panel that included Chef Christoph Leu of
Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Chef Matthew
Levin of Lacroix at the Rittenhouse, Chef
Allyson Thurber of the Lobster, Chef Tony
Mantuano of Spiaggia, Tara de Lis of Citysearch,
Jeff Hoyt of Gayot, Lena Birnbaum of Bon
Appétit, and Rita DeMontis of Toronto Sun. Pak
was awarded prizes including $10,000 cash, a
$1,000 scholarship for her school, a year-long
opportunity to work with a nationally recognized
chef, and the title of the 2008 S.Pellegrino
Almost Famous Chef.
