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In-store sales tracker: Sweetgoods sales track up 

Innovation within coffeecakes and the nostalgic appeal of turnovers are driving renewed consumer interest in sweetgoods. ...

Consumers scale back on food purchases 

Hy-Vee puts quality and service back in in-store baking 

A commitment to providing the best customer experience is why this 235-unit Midwestern chain with 195 in-store bakeries was named Modern Baking’s In-store Bakery Operation of the Year. ...

Muffin category continues momentum 

Muffins continue to gain momentum within the bakery department, with a sales increase of 14 percent during the past five years....

In-store Bakery Regional Outlook: Southern California 

The food scene in Southern California sets the precedent for California, and California for the nation. Modern Baking takes a look at what is going in the in-store bakery market of Los Angeles and the surrounding region to get a read of what is coming down the pike for the rest of the nation. ...

In-store sales tracker: Cake category growth trend continues 

Cakes continue to increase sales each year, with five consecutive ears of dollar gains....

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....

The Innovative 10: Blending vision with action 

Successes in the bakery industry can sometimes go unheralded, but here are 10 bakeries, allied companies, decorators and pastry chefs who have uniquely contributed to the baking community. ...

In-store sales tracker: Cookie sales continue to boom 

Cookie sales continue to boom...

In-store sales tracker: Bread sales trend up slightly 

In-store baking OnPoint: In-store and retail benefit from business partnerships 

Since supermarkets began adding bakeries to their stores, retail bakery owners and in-store bakery directors have been in competition–fighting for the same dollars. But that may be changing....

2012 Baking Industry Forecast: Better days ahead? 

Well into the second year of ‘recovery,’ bakers remain cautiously optimistic but many variables beyond their control–higher gas prices, European instability, unchanged unemployment rates–temper their expectations....

Pie sales surprisingly down 

Pie sales surprisingly down in in-store bakery...

Top 50 in-store bakeries: In-stores cast a wide net  

As economic recovery drags, the Top 50 in-store bakeries expand their reach by targeting previously neglected dayparts with new products in new areas of the store....

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