bake - August 2014 - 6

news bites

IDDBA names new
president

leadership, communication, strategic

products and a technical services team

planning, and team-building skills,"

that can help customers adjust their

says Voni Woods, another search

recipes and processes to manage 2014

committee member and current Sr.

winter wheat ﬂour quality," He says.

Director of Deli, Bakery, and Specialty

"We're happy to work with customers

Cheese at Giant Eagle, Harmony, PA.

to determine which product is best
suited to their speciﬁc needs."

Global executive search ﬁrm
Kincannon & Reed assisted the IDDBA
in its recruitment efforts.

Corbion Caravan
helps customers
adjust recipes

Foodservice
consumers still
smitten by bacon
US foodservice consumers are smitten
by bacon and to show their love they
ate some 1.1 billion servings in the

A deluge of rain after a prolonged

in servings of 6% compared to a year

crop yield and wheat likely to require
The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery

year ending April 2014, an increase

drought has led to a signiﬁcantly lower

ago, reports The NPD Group, a leading

recipe adjustments.

global information company. Pork
bacon holds the bulk share of units

Association (IDDBA) has named
Michael J. Eardley as its new President

According to Huifen He, director

and dollar volume shipped to restau-

and CEO. He succeeds Carol Christison

of product development, Corbion

rants and other foodservice outlets,

who passed away in March, 2014, after

Caravan, bakeries will have to contend

but bacon varieties, like beef, chicken,

leading the Association for the past 31

with several issues as they start baking

duck and turkey are capturing more

years.

with this year's winter wheat.

attention, ﬁnds NPD's SupplyTrack.

Eardley will join the IDDBA on August

"Lower yields often lead to higher

The pork bacon category grew in the

25 from HEB Grocery Company in San

protein content that impacts dough

year ending April 2014 with a 2.3%

Antonio, TX, where he has worked for

water absorption and mixing time," He

increase in units shipped in spite of

the past 13 years in various roles with

says. "To compound the challenges,

dollar volume increases due to higher

increasing responsibility, becoming the

the heavy rains during harvest time

pork prices, according to SupplyTrack,

Director of Deli, Cheese and Prepared

can also contribute to sprout damage

which tracks every product shipped

Foods in 2009.

that inﬂuences the natural enzymes

from a critical mass of leading broad-

present in the wheat ﬂour, resulting in

line distributors to each of their

poor baking quality."

foodservice operators. Although bacon

"I'm looking forward to working

types other than pork hold a very

with the talented and hard-working
IDDBA staff and welcome the oppor-

He says Corbion Caravan helps bakers

small unit share, turkey and chicken

tunity to develop and meet new

manage drought-related wheat crop

realized single-digit unit growth in the

short- and long-term goals that keep

issues with many products, such

year ending April 2014 period while

the Association relevant and a vital

as Arco Pro Relaxer, a product that

beef bacon units increased by double-

resource for the industry," Eardley

contributes to clean label, and LC-5

digits and duck by triple-digits.

says.

ASSIST-both products reduce dough
mixing time and improve dough

"Our search committee was comprised

rheology and machinability.

of past IDDBA Chairmen and current
members of the Executive Committee.

"Given the variety of baked goods

We concluded that Mike was the most

impacted by this crop, Corbion

qualiﬁed candidate with outstanding

Caravan has a number of different

06 < AUG 2014 | bakemag.com
http://www.bakemag.com
bake - August 2014

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