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plans to close a North Little
Rock, Ark.-based Brent &
Sam's cookie plant it acquired
in March 2008.

2009

The Pillsbury Co., subsidiary
of Grand Metropolitan P.L.C.,
intends to sell five of its food
processing interests in Central
and South America. Wholly
owned interests to be divested
include Molinos-Caracas Maracaibo, S.A., a flour milling
subsidiary in Venezuela, and
Pajias Milani, S.A., a pasta
subsidiary in Venezuela.

Campbell Soup Co. has completed the acquisition of Ecce
Panis, East Brunswick, N.J.
Toys"R"Us, Inc., a toy and
baby products retailer, has
launched "R" Market, a new,
dedicated shop in select
stores offering an assortment
of food and beverages.
The board of
directors of
The Coca-Cola
Co. on April 23
elected Muhtar
Kent as chairman of the
board.

The Wheat Foods Council is
urging consumers to approach
gluten-free dieting with caution in the wake of publication
of "The G Free Diet: A GlutenFree Survival Guide."

Unilever U.S. is combining four of its United States
foods businesses - including
Durkee Industrial Foods and
Pennant Products - into a
new company, Van den Bergh
Foods Co.

1989

Kent

With the view that acting together would minimize market
disruptions, wheat industry
groups in the United States,
Canada and Australia said May
14 they would work toward
the objective of "synchronized
commercialization of biotech
traits in the wheat crop."
Robb MacKie, president and
chief executive officer of the
American Bakers Association, said the A.B.A. and most
bakers agree with the points
made by a group seeking
synchronized release of bioengineered wheat in Australia,
Canada and the United States.
The Kellogg Co., which acquired the trademarks and
recipes of
Mother 's
Cake &
Cookie
Co. this
past December, has reintroduced
Mother 's cookies in the western United States.
Lance Inc. has announced
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by Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts &
Co., has placed its European
biscuit, cracker and snack operations on the auction block.

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The 70th birthday of the
introduction of Hostess cupcakes will be observed May
10 by Continental Baking Co.,
a St. Louis-based subsidiary
of Ralston Purina Co. Various
activities are underway to
promote the celebration.
Robin Hood Multifoods, Inc.,
a subsidiary of International
Multifoods Corp., is constructing a new oat mill at
Port Colborne, Ont.
R. Jack Lewis Jr., president
of Lewis Bros.
Bakeries, Inc.,
Evansville,
Ind., will deliver the keynote
address at the
annual convention of the Bak- Lewis
ery Equipment
Manufacturers Association
June 25-28 at Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego.
Drew A. Borden, son of Darwin Borden, director, flour
marketing, The Pillsbury Co.,
Minneapolis, died April 29
in an automobile accident in
Buffalo, Minn.
RJR Nabisco Inc., in moving to
reduce bank debt incurred in
its acquisition earlier this year

Reports from Australia indicate the International Wheat
Agreement of 1949 is likely
to be thrown out by the Australian Parliament. However,
these reports have not yet
been confirmed.
Declaring that the state of
the milling industry is in the
hands of every miller, John L.
Locke, president
of the Millers'
National Federation, stated
in his address
at the opening
of the organization's fortyLocke
seventh annual
convention that the lifting
of gloom from the business
depends on the acceptance of
individual responsibility.
Of the aggregate of all shipments by wholesale bakers in
1947, totaling $2,417,000,000,
about 62% was by units selling primarily to grocers.

At the Millers' National Federation chairman's reception were
members of a delegation from
ConAgra, Inc. - from left, Judy
and Thomas L. Manuel, Omaha,
with Paul Korody, Mary Kirtley
and Laurie Segura of the company's Washington office.
Bennett Dorrance has been
elected to the board of directors of Campbell Soup Co.,
filling a vacancy on the board
created by the death of his
father, John T. Dorrance.

1949
Following an outline of the
activities and accomplishments of the Millers' Long
Range Program during the
past year by J.C. Beaven,
Standard Milling Co., chairman of the Millers' Long
Range Program committee,
and by Lloyd Ellingwood,
director of the Program, the
forty-seventh annual gathering of the Millers' National
Federation voted unanimously for funds to continue the
campaign into 1950.

The Sally Ann Bread Co., a
subsidiary corporation of the
C.J. Patterson Co., Kansas
City, has purchased the Sally
Ann Bakery, Grand Junction,
Colo., according to an announcement in Kansas City.
Brigadier General Parmentier,
deputy director of the United
Nations Palestine refugee
relief, has arrived in Beirut to
take action on a scandal that
broke out over inferior flour
delivered to the refugees.
The Bureau of Entomology
in Denver purchased 3,750
tonnes of bran for use as
grasshopper bait on May 13.
James E. Degnan, for many
years associated with the
baking industry in Chicago,
has joined the
Weber Flour
Mills Co., it
was announced
in Salina, Kas.
Mr. Degnan
will continue to
make his home Degnan
in Chicago,
where he has lived for a number of years. MBN
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