Baking & Snack - March 2019 - 14

McMullian to succeed
Shiver at Flowers Foods

ARYZTA adding cookie
dough line in Minnesota

Amos Ryals McMullian Jr. has been elected president and CEO of Flowers Foods, Inc., Thomasville,
GA, by the company's board. He will succeed Allen
Shiver, who intends to retire from the company and
step down from the board of directors following
Flowers' annual meeting in May.
McMullian
Mr. McMullian joined Flowers Foods in 2003 as
associate general counsel. He later was promoted
to vice-president of mergers and acquisitions and
chief strategy officer. He had been COO since July
2018, responsible for executing the company's strategies to drive growth and expand margins through
Shiver
cost savings and operating efficiencies under Project Centennial.
He also had oversight of the company's two business units, supply
chain and sales. In addition, he maintained oversight of corporate
strategy and ventures and communications.
Mr. McMullian said he is "deeply honored" to take on the responsibility of leading Flowers into the future.
"I firmly believe in Flowers' vision and long-term strategic
plan," he said. "We will leverage the power of our unique culture
to foster an even greater sense of ownership, engagement and accountability among all team members. We will continue to take
the necessary steps to better position Flowers for future growth in
a dynamic business environment by strengthening critical brandbuilding capabilities, moving into growing adjacent segments and
better leveraging our cost structure. I am energized by the exciting
opportunities that lie ahead to grow shareholder value."
Mr. McMullian's father, Amos McMullian, is a longtime executive at Flowers Foods, including previously being CEO, and has
been chairman emeritus since 2006.
- Eric Schroeder, Milling & Baking News

ARYZTA North America, Chicago, plans to add a frozen cookie dough line extension at its bakery in Chaska, MN. The plant
currently makes Otis Spunkmeyer branded cookies and custom
cookies for retail, convenience and foodservice customers.
ARYZTA said the frozen cookie dough line will be the third
production line at the Chaska facility and will expand production
capacity by more than 40%. The line is expected to become operational in March and will require 30 new employees.
"We are responding to increased demand of our popular Otis
Spunkmeyer cookies, as well as custom cookies produced for
our customers," said David Johnson, CEO of ARYZTA North
America. "Chaska's third line will enable us to meet our customers' frozen cookie dough needs across foodservice, convenience
and retail channels. We are investing to further strengthen our
supply chain to better support our customers."
The new production line also will have capabilities to produce
multiple formats and configurations.
- Eric Schroeder, Milling & Baking News

GFF expert named to
advisory committee
Twenty experts have been appointed to serve on the 2020 Dietary
Guidelines Advisory Committee. Richard Mattes, PhD, a professor at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, and a member of
the Grain Foods Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board, is one
of the 20.
The independent advisory committee will review scientific evidence on topics and questions identified by the US Department
of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS). The committee then will provide a report
that, along with public and agency comments, will help inform
the USDA and the HHS in developing the 2020-2025 Dietary
Guidelines for Americans.
14 Baking & Snack March 2019 / www.bakingandsnack.com

Mondelez capturing greater
snack market share
Consumers have a snacking dilemma, and Mondelez International,
Inc., Deerfield, IL, management is intent on solving it as a strategy
to accelerate growth. With the heavy lifting of transforming the
company mostly complete, the focus now is on execution in the
market for packaged snacks.
"While snacking as a behavior is growing, consumers feel a certain degree of tension because, on one hand, they want to snack
because it fits in their lifestyles; on the other hand, they want to
eat right," said Dirk Van de Put, chairman and CEO, Mondelez
International. "We do not see that tension as a limitation of the
snacks markets nor of our business."
He said the highest percentage category growth is in the natural, wholesome products segment, where the company has such
brands as Enjoy Life and Triscuit, but that the biggest dollar
growth is in indulgent snacks, where Mondelez owns both the
Cadbury and Oreo brands.

http://www.bakingandsnack.com

Baking & Snack - March 2019

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Baking & Snack - March 2019