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editor's note

May 2014 / issue 5

The merchandising issue:

share your stories
Compelling stories and sensory experiences are vital to your

socialize with family, friends and community members. Local

marketing and merchandising strategies for your bakery.

products have an appeal due in part to their known provenance,

"Express your passion for your products, and add value to your

and some 62 percent of all survey respondents say they try to

products via storytelling," says Liesbet Vandepoel, marketing

buy local food items whenever they can. Overall, as consumers

manager bakery at Puratos USA, who offered key insights

in 2014 seek to disconnect from the Internet, protect their

from a study of 6,400 consumers in 14 countries. For example,

privacy and become more in tune with the world around them,

you might want to tell your customers the story of a favorite

they will inherently want to enjoy the moment as well.

recipe at your bakery. Your goal is to create an atmosphere
of authenticity. Share the details of your family history in the

This is not to say that retail bakeries should ignore the digital

bakery business and how you are committed to the craft of

environment. Quite the contrary. Yet there are important ways

baking.

to enhance the physical shopping experience at your bakery
that cannot be duplicated online. As one baker in the Pacific

According to Mintel's 2014 consumer research, people are

Northwest recently told me, he believes it is far more important

learning to embrace their local environment, including where

to focus efforts on producing a great product that is supported

they are, who they're with, and even the origin of their preferred

by a compelling story, rather than devoting a majority of his

goods and services, connecting those things to the people or

time to posting photos on Facebook.

places from where they came. In fact, Mintel's survey data shows
that 46 percent of Americans who participate in local commu-

Produce a superior product that is worth bragging about, and

nity activities do so because it gives them an opportunity to

your customers will spread the word, and do the work for you.

JOHN UNREIN

j unrei n@ so sland .co m

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of bake - May 2014

bake - May 2014
Editor's Note - Share Your Stories
Table of Contents
News Bites - CSM Bakery Products welcomes new vice president
Nature’s Bakery prepares to expand
Extension of Barry Callebaut’s health claim on cocoa flavanols approved
My Favorite Things
Management - Be Easy To Do Business With
Labor Front - Summer Interns
Food Safety - Refrigeration & Storage
Legislation - Minimum Wage Law
Ingredients - Innovative and Healthy
Back to Tradition
Cafe Style
Lighting Your Bakery
Taste/Tomorrow
Bread and Baking - Bagel Makeover
Dividers & Rounders
Accuracy in Measurement
Cake - Donuts for Summer’s Dog Days
Decadent Dessert Bars
Smartphone Photography
Cafe - Signature Soups and Salads
Be "Smooth"
Products
Product Showcase
Classifieds
Ad Index
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bake - May 2014 - Editor's Note - Share Your Stories
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bake - May 2014 - Table of Contents
bake - May 2014 - Extension of Barry Callebaut’s health claim on cocoa flavanols approved
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bake - May 2014 - My Favorite Things
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bake - May 2014 - Management - Be Easy To Do Business With
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bake - May 2014 - Labor Front - Summer Interns
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bake - May 2014 - Food Safety - Refrigeration & Storage
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bake - May 2014 - Legislation - Minimum Wage Law
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bake - May 2014 - Ingredients - Innovative and Healthy
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bake - May 2014 - Back to Tradition
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bake - May 2014 - Cafe Style
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bake - May 2014 - Lighting Your Bakery
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bake - May 2014 - Taste/Tomorrow
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bake - May 2014 - Bread and Baking - Bagel Makeover
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bake - May 2014 - Dividers & Rounders
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bake - May 2014 - Accuracy in Measurement
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bake - May 2014 - Cake - Donuts for Summer’s Dog Days
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bake - May 2014 - Decadent Dessert Bars
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bake - May 2014 - Smartphone Photography
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bake - May 2014 - Cafe - Signature Soups and Salads
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bake - May 2014 - Be "Smooth"
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bake - May 2014 - Products
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