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NEW PUBLICATION "A Sample Business Plan for Pastry Chefs, Confectioners, and Bakers.”

A publication for existing and new businesses!

By F. Bliedung, CAIMA

The publication contains an actual business plan, financial projections, statistical information, a marketing program and various forms and business plan checklists. The publication is designed for bakeries, pastry, chocolate, confectionery shops or similar retail and wholesale businesses. Includes spreadsheets and/or CD disk

"Handbook To Bakery Retail Marketing: An Introduction To Merchandising"

By F. Bliedung, CAIMA

A handbook and workbook to increase impulse sales, store presentation, cross merchandising, and mass display techniques. Includes a comprehensive marketing check list and marketing plan. Ideal for bakeries, supermarkets, coffee shops, and pastry shops. Contains over 60 drawings & diagrams.

NEW! "The Pastry Chef's Recipes: A Collection of Professional Recipes"

By Master Pastry Chef A.Tappen

This 172-page book contains a collection of professionally tested recipes by the one of the most experienced pastry chefs in the industry. The book contains recipes such as desserts, icings, butter creams, mousses, cakes, fillings, pies, breads, and a variety of other mixes. This book is a must for every bakery and pastry shop intending to increase variety and sales!

Career Opportunity!

Leading Specialty Bakery is looking for Junior Quality Systems Technician or Manager

This position has been filled now!

Testimonial: "Dear Caima: Please remove the ad from your site. This ad on your site brought us a buyer and the bakery has now been sold. With thanks, Dollenkamp's European Bakery Ltd."

Plunging bottom line? Over 25 years of small business experience, developing and analyzing cost controls. Let me provide you with easy-to-read spreadsheets that analyze your specific business needs. Call Jake for a free consultation: (416) 321-2582. E-mail: hogie10@rogers.com

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Investor Seeks Investment Opportunity: Investor is looking for investment opportunity, equity participation, or buy-out in food industry related business - one to two million

Congratulations Stonemill Bakehouse!

You have successfully completed your HACCP audit with a Gold Standard.

This high achievement was made possible by the commitment of your dedicated staff. Keep-up the good work!

Bakery & Foodservice Software - Business Financing: Bakeries & Restaurants up to $10 million

The Canadian Pastry Chefs Guild

NEW "NAFSA" North American Food Safety Associates - One Stop Shopping

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Cost effective nutritional analysis using a state-of-the-art computer software program

Working in conjunction with us would be equivalent to having your own nutrition lab and label designer in your office. We will provide you with quick results and help you minimize cost!

HACCP for Bakeries is here to stay?

Regardless of the size of business, food safety programs are essential for bakeries.

Bakery management needs to accept the new reality that major retail and food service customers demand food safety programs such as Good Manufacturing Program (GMPs) or Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) programs.

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Flour mills are handcrafted and constructed with traditional mill stones. Depending on model and type they can be used for domestic and commercial purposes. Commercial units are ideal for merchandising, enhancing the image of freshness and nutrition. Capture the interest of your customers by using them in your artisan bakery and retail outlet.

Revolutionary Hand Sweeper - This economical hand operated sweeping machine can be used for any large surface such as concrete, tile, or asphalt floors. The equipment is used in bakeries, food processing plants, warehouses, lumberyards, gas stations, parking lots, greenhouses, schools, and other facilities that wish to improve sanitation standards.

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A Sample Business Plan for Pastry Chefs, Confectioners, and Bakers

Handbook To Bakery Retail Marketing: An Introduction To Merchandising

The Pastry Chef's Recipes: A Collection of Professional Recipes

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ConAgra Food Ingredients Introduces Breakthrough Ultragrain White Whole-Wheat Flour

ConAgra Food Ingredients introduced a revolutionary whole-grain flour - Ultragrain White Whole Wheat - that allows consumers to enjoy the freshness, sweeter taste and smooth texture available from refined flour products in 100 percent whole-wheat products. To be unveiled at the International Baking Industry Expo in Las Vegas, the breakthrough ingredient .....

Software Highlights at the IBA DispoTool - Developed a computer-aided distribution system for bakery products, optimizes and rationalizes commissioning and transport. Bakery products are distributed considerably faster, more efficiently and without mistakes. Savings potentials of up to 30 per cent are possible. Handy and efficiently - paperless distribution of goods with the possibility of exact final settlement ....

The world's greatest discovery: Caramelized Onion Marmalade - You have to taste it to believe it! Great for caramelized onion bread, French onion tarts, savory bread scrolls, muffins, pizza toppings and deli sandwiches. - Lentia

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May 20 to May 22, 2008 : Bakery China

International Trade Fair for the Bakery and Confectionery Trades in China Shanghai New International Expo Centre: Bakery China - International Trade Fair for the Bakery and Confectionery Trades in China, is the largest trade fair of its kind in the Asian region. It opens its' doors in Shanghai every year, with GHM and IMAG as the largest .... more

October 3-9: iba

International Trade Fair:
World Market for Baking

Trade Fair Centre Düsseldorf

Welcome 2009 in Düsseldorf

iba is by far the most important international specialist trade fair for bakers and confectioners. From 3 to 9 October 2009 it is taking place once again in Düsseldorf. Across a surface area of 123,000 m2, the German Bakers Confederation (Zentralverband des Deutschen Bäckerhandwerks) is hosting the most important trade fair in the industry in conjunction with the exhibition organiser GHM... more

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Classifieds: Employment, Bakeries, and Equipment for Sale

Beverage Air Pizza Oven Model #Y600
Bakers Pride Model #Y600 For Sale. Clean and good condition. $6,000 obo. Call 661-304-0890. Bakersfield area. Features: * Y Series @ 120,000 BTUH per deck, natural or LP gas * 300°-650° F (149°-343°C) throttling thermostat * Top & bottom heat control dampers & micro-slides * ... More
Werner Pfleiderer Oven
German Deck Oven, TOP OF THE LINE, 23.5 sq meters, 5 Decks, Natural Gas Burner, Excellent condition, 1996Weight=30,000 lbsPRICE:$ 29,500New it would cost $ 100,000Call if interested (415) 725 2331 OR E-MAIL ME AT herve30000@aol.com ... More
Wholesale Bakery - For Sale
Ellen’s Coffee CakeVancouver, BC, Canada. Get ready to profit from the 2010 Olympics Wholesale and Contract Bakery -- Turn-Key operation – MUST SELL -- $120,000 plus materials/packaging inventoryreduced from $150,000 (20%)-- make an offer!Style of Operation Tired o ... More
Family Bakery for Sale
Brothers are looking to retire after 33 years of rewarding business. The bakery produces a high volume of bread, buns, and pastries. It is located in a scenic small town of 5000 which is noted for its' world-class fishing, hunting, and golf. Nipawin serves a surrounding population ... More
Artisan Equipment Connection
BAKER CONNECTION is the specialist for Artisan equipments & parts from Europe.We are your connection for new equipment (FRINGAND - MERAND - BAKORR)Second hand Artisan Deck oven (FRINGAND - PAVAILLER) - Fork & Spiral mixerParts for your deck oven - canvas for loader - belt for your moulder ec ... More
Bakerry For Sale
Our bakery is situated 2 hours north of Toronto and 1 hour from Algonquin Park.. We are a "scratch "bakery, hardly any mixes and no "bake off'. It is family operated: father:baker, mother:shop, daughter:bakershelper and in the summer 2 teenage sons parttime sometimes fulltime depending on busyness. ... More

Cake Decorator
   Cake Decorator Wanted for bakeshop in Burlington. Must be experienced. No weekend work. Please apply in person to Eastway Bake Shoppe, 4047 New Street, Burlington, Ontario905-637-6333 or send resume to eastwaybakeshoppe@sympatico.ca ... More
Culinary experience needed
I am in graduate school at NAU to become a culinary arts teacher for high school students and will be student teaching at a high school in Gilbert in August. I recently found out that in addition to being certified to teach, I need at least 240 clock hours of culinary/ food service experience. I hav ... More
Senior Baker
WANTED SENIOR BAKER EXCITING CAREER!  ·                    HAND MADE PASTRY, DOUGHS, BARS·             &nb ... More
Wanted Qualified Pastry Chefs
Wanted – Qualified Pastry Chefs or people with pastry/cake production experience for large cake plant in Toronto.  Apply to GCP Consulting Tel: 416-564-2865 ... More
Sales Representative
Well and Good USA, LLC is looking for a sales representative to market our line of gluten and other allergen-free baking mixes. Responsibilities would include introducing our products to commercial or retail bakeries and grocery stores, soliciting orders and facilitating an ongoing relationship with ... More
CAKE DECORATOR - BAKER
Decadent Designs Bakery, a small, retail, walk-in bakery located in the Ballantyne area of Charlotte, NC is looking for a full-time, experienced cake decorator/baker.Candidate should possess 3 to 5 years' commercial bakery experience in all facets of cake preparation and decorating. The duties for t ... More

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Are you an experienced baker, pastry chef, confectioner, cook, caterer or professional in another hospitality-industry field such as restaurant or resort management? If so, CESO may give you a way to combine personal development with service to others.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Recalls

ADVICE TO CONSUMERS - SALMONELLA IN THE UNITED STATES
OTTAWA, November 2, 2006 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) have been following a multi-state investigation http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01503.html by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) into recent illnesses caused by the bacteria Salmonella typhimurium believed to be associated with fresh produce.

National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation and Steritech Jointly Release Study Showing the Effectiveness of a Food Safety Management System on Reducing Risk Associated with Foodborne Illness

CHICAGO – In an effort to ensure our nation’s restaurants are as safe as possible, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation commends The Steritech Group, Inc. (Steritech) on the release of its food safety audit research publication, Annual Food Safety Audit Trends Report. Steritech announced today the findings of its research and will be ....

Worldwide Opportunities for Short-term Volunteer Assignments

If you are an experienced baker, pastry chef or confectioner, CESO may give you a way to combine personal adventure with service to others. For 35 years, this Canadian non-profit organization, backed by the Canadian government, has been ....

Thinking of relocating to France?

Relocation Services to Paris, France - Consulting Mobility International - Paris

USDA/FDA offers training sessions on food security
FDA and USDA are jointly offering a course to raise awareness among government officials and private industry on preventing intentional adulteration of food. For more information on course locations and course content visit: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News/Food_Security_Awareness_Training/index.asp
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Farmers' face highest-ever increase in rail rates
Farmers' face highest-ever increase in rail rates April 30, 2008 - (OTTAWA) – Farmers are facing the highest-ever annual increase in rail rates for grain, renewing calls for a long-overdue review of railway costs for grain transportation. Rates will increase eight per cent in 2008-09 under the railway revenue cap for grain, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) announced on April 24, after adjusting its volume-related composite price index due to higher fuel and labour c ... More
Food Safety Is a Growing Concern Among Consumers and the Food Industry IDDBAs Whats In Store 2008 Re
Food Safety Is a Growing Concern Among Consumers and the Food Industry, IDDBA's What's In Store 2008 Reports For Immediate Release Madison, WI, March 20, 2008 — Despite improvements over the past decade, the number of food-borne illnesses in the United States continues to be dramatic: an estimated 76 million cases annually. Of these, 325,000 are serious enough to require hospitalization and 5,000 result in death, according to What's In Store 2008, the trends report from the ... More
Celebrate Your Heroes with Customer Designed Dunkin Donuts Cards for Mother's and Father's Day
Celebrate Your Heroes with Customer Designed Dunkin' Donuts Cards for Mother's and Father's Day For Every Card Bought at DunkinDonuts.com during the months of May and June, Dunkin' Donuts will donate $1* to the Dunkin' Brands Community Foundation in Support of Everyday Heroes CANTON, Mass. (May 2, 2008) -- This Mother's Day and Father's Day, Dunkin' Donuts is making it easy to honor not just your parents, but also the local heroes who make a difference in our communities every day. Dunkin' ... More
Yeast gives rise to new concept cell fuel is brains behind division
Yeast gives rise to new concept: cell fuel is 'brains' behind division 25-Apr-2008 - With the cost of diesel and gasoline getting nearer to the hourly minimum wage, too bad the fuel doesn’t do more work - like deciding what route to take and pressing the gas pedal. While that concept isn’t likely to work for vehicle fuel, a new study has found that it is, in fact, what goes on in the cells of yeast. Mitochondria, the fuel of a cell, has been found to be the “dr ... More
Highlights from the May 2008 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
Highlights from the May 2008 Journal of the American Dietetic Association 1-May-2008: The May 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association contains articles and research studies you may find of interest. Below is a summary of some of this month’s articles. For more information or to receive a copy of a Journal article, e-mail media@eatright.org. Americans Not Following MyPyramid Advice, Prefer Foods High in Fats and Added Sugars. Americans are not eat ... More
Your brain on Krispy Kremes
Your brain on Krispy Kremes 6-Mar-2008: CHICAGO--What makes you suddenly dart into the bakery when you spy chocolate- frosted donuts in the window, though you certainly hadn't planned on indulging? As you lick the frosting off your fingers, don't blame a lack of self-control. New research from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine reveals how hunger works in the brain and the way neurons pull your strings to lunge for the sweet fried dough. Krispy Kremes, in perhaps th ... More
New pan European collaboration launched into the diagnosis and control of coeliac disease
New pan European collaboration launched into the diagnosis and control of coeliac disease 9-Apr-2008: €12 million, equivalent to nearly £9.5 million has been invested by the European Commission into a new pan-European partnership which will design an advanced diagnostic tool for the detection and control of coeliac disease, the most under-diagnosed common chronic condition in the UK today. The collaborative project, entitled Coeliac Disease Management Monitoring Diagnosis us ... More
After KVD wheat exports will continue to meet Canadian Grain Commissions standards for quality
News releaseFebruary 11, 2008 After KVD wheat exports will continue to meet Canadian Grain Commission’s standards for quality WINNIPEG, February 11, 2008 – On August 1, 2008, kernel visual distinguishability (KVD) will be removed as a registration criterion for all eight western Canadian wheat classes.This change was announced today by the Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. “When KVD is removed, western Canadian producers will continue to deliv ... More
90% FTNF Gojiberry flavour
90% FTNF Gojiberry flavour Gojiberries originate in the fertile vallies of the Himalayan mountains and have long been valued for their health giving properties. Now consumers in the UK have picked up on the benefits of this amazing fruit and are looking for mainstream products which contain Gojiberries as a key ingredient. In response to this demand HoF have developed a 90%+ from the named fruit Goji berry flavour which contains gojiberry extract produced exclusively for HoF in the ... More
Eating wholegrain breakfast cereals may be associated with a lower risk of heart failure for men
Eating whole-grain breakfast cereals may be associated with a lower risk of heart failure for men Public release date: 22-Oct-2007- Men who consume a higher amount of whole grain breakfast cereals may have a reduced risk of heart failure, according to a report in the October 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. “The lifetime risk of heart failure is estimated at 20 percent (one in five) for both men and women aged 40 ... More
China and new high yielding, disease resistant wheat boosting domestic production as world prices so
China and new high-yielding, disease-resistant wheat boosting domestic production as world prices soar Chinese scientists responsible for developing innovative wheat varieties recognized with international award for 'Outstanding Agricultural Technology' BEIJING, December 3, 2007 - An intensive domestic research effort to bolster China’s wheat production has over the last four years produced new high-quality, high-yielding varieties that already have added 2. ... More
Doctors call on UK government to proceed with folic acid fortification of flour
Doctors call on UK government to proceed with folic acid fortification of flour Public release date: 13-Dec-2007 - A group of UK doctors have called on the UK government to proceed with folic acid fortification of flour to prevent neural tube defects in pregnancies, and not to be delayed by two papers which they say do not prove any connection between folic acid and colorectal cancer. Dr Roger Bayston, Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, Peterborough, UK, and colleague ... More

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