Retail Baking
As seen on TV
The tagline used to refer to products from late-night infomercials, but with the proliferation of food-focused shows, it can now be readily applied to the baking industry....
A new Alliance
Peter Rios used his pastry chef background to breathe new life into a 90-year-old Chicago bakery....
The next cupcake?
Despite rumblings about the next hot bakery product, nothing has unseated the cupcake. Do pie, donuts, macarons or whoopie pies have what it takes?...
Change of ownership gives La Bonbonniere new direction
In 2010, Brian Pansari purchased a thriving 4-unit full-line retail bakery business. Slowly he is putting his own stamp on the bakeries....
Groundbreakers: Bakeshop owner dreams large (scale)
Kim Boyce, owner of Bakeshop, a specialty wholesale bakery in Portland, Ore., enjoys the challenges specific to large-scale production and plans to continue growing her wholesale business....
For better (or worse): Wedding cake trends
In this connected, technological time, brides are more educated about wedding cakes than ever before. They want a cake that is unique and all about them, and decorators are finding ways to make that happen within brides’ budgets....
Where are they now?
The editors catch up with a few of the bakery operations covered by Modern Baking in its first year of publication. Unsurprisingly, all of the businesses have gone through major changes in the past quarter century. ...
25 years and counting of baking trends
A peek at the evolving product trends and baking industry innovations of the last 25 years reveals that while times may change, bakers’ passion and determination to keep customer coming back stays the same....
Consumer Reports gives high marks to bagels made by Dunkin' Donuts, Lender's Original, and Costco
Consumer Reports recommends four store bought bagels: plain varieties from Dunkin' Donuts, Lender's Original (frozen), Kirkland Signature (Costco) and Dunkin' Donuts' everything...
How Byers Butterflake Bakery brings product to the people
Dean and Naomi Byers do a booming business in farmers’ markets, which in turn draws more customers to the retail store....
'Good' grains
Consumers are increasingly aware of their diet and seeking ‘good-for-them’ food; many bakers are responding by producing ‘good’ grain bread. However, what makes one grain or flour better than another?...
Groundbreakers: Carlo's Bakery expands, adds shipping
Carlo's Bakery is using its Cake Boss fame to expand production and add nationwide shipping....
In-store Bakery Operation of the Year Application
Groundbreakers: The learning never stops at Sweet Discoveries
Sweet Discoveries bakery owner Luda Tchijova crafts special occasion cakes, gourmet cupcakes, decorated cookies and European-style pastries. ...
Groundbreakers: Dominique Ansel bakery thrives on change
Pastry chef Dominique Ansel makes the switch to bakery owner with his European-inspired, full-serice New York City bakery....
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