News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
US industrial machinery group Illinois Tool Works is to buy Peerless Machinery, a producer of mixers and other equipment for the bakery sector, adding to its stable of food processing machinery brands.
The US branch of Krispy Kreme has finally decided to remove trans fat from its products, following similar moves by the company's divisions in the UK and Australia last year.
A US-based meat processor is the latest player in the food industry to start recycling waste into biogas, in order to reduce fossil fuels use and improve waste management.