Supermarket In-store Baking
Eat two cupcakes, and call me in the morning
So what's the deal with cupcakes? Trends usually fade, but the cupcake craze remains in full bloom. The television show credited for making cupcakes cool...
Desserts key to in-store sales
As a key component to supermarket in-store bakery sales, the dessert category continued to grow nationally during the 52-week period ending July 26, 2008....
Bakeries appeal to discerning customers
It may seem odd to discuss upscaling product lines while in the throes of a volatile market. After all, consumers have less overall buying power and are...
Highland Park in-storeshit right product mix
Highland Park Market in Farmington, Conn. is not Robyn Bonini's neighborhood grocery store. But it is her favorite. She regularly drives miles out of...
Donuts remain a breakfast staple
Donuts represented 7.5 percent of total in-store bakery sales during the 52 weeks ending June 28, 2008. The donut category is the largest breakfast bakery...
AJ's Brings on the Wow Factor
Most gourmet food stores view bakery as secondary, but AJ's Fine Foods positions its boulangeries as the first step of a customer's shopping trip. AJ's...
Part IV: Ingredient prices challenge profitability
The rapid, steep increase in ingredient and fuel costs has forever changed the accounting landscape for bakeries. To keep up with the increased costs...
Part III: Manage Retail Prices For True Profit
While retail bakers increased prices this year to counter skyrocketing commodities costs, did they raise them enough? Bakery owner Karl Schmitt shares his methods for answering this question and scrutinizing bakery profit and loss reports (P&Ls) in this challenging economy....
Local focus energizesMarket of Choice
Located in the fertile Willamette Valley, Market of Choice, a seven-unit supermarket chain with in-store bakeries, takes advantage of its agricultural resources to produce high quality bakery products from scratch. Natural and organic ingredients form the core of the in-store bakery’s philosophy....
Rolls reflect healthful, upscale trends
Although rolls represent a relatively small proportion of bakery sales compared to other products in supermarket in-store bakeries, rolls reflect much of the same growth trends as other bakery products. ...
Cheesecake sales level off
Cheesecake sales are down slightly this year compared to last, but the popular dessert is showing greater sales spikes during traditional busy times of...
Market District's bakery rule: bench knife in, box cutter out
Giant Eagle’s two Market District in-store bakeries’ success is spurred in large part by the pastries and artisan breads made on-premise....
Part II: Adjust your bakery business
Bakery operators only raise prices when they have to. Most bakers, from the smallest retailer to the largest wholesaler, have had to more often and by...
2008 Leadership Awards
On occasion, bakers of fresh product need to reflect on what is right about their trade. This year, the need to focus on the positive is even greater...
In-store bakeries jump economic hurdles
While the baking industry is being squeezed from all sides by unprecedented ingredient costs and weak consumer spending, the in-store bakery segment is well positioned to cope with the pressure. Learn why and other trends from Modern Baking’s exclusive supermarket bakery research....
