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Bimbo Bakeries USA: Launches National Recycling Program

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Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. (BBU), the largest baking company in the United States, has partnered with international recycling leader TerraCycle to make their bread, buns, bagels and English muffin bags in the United States nationally recyclable. As an added incentive, for every pound of packaging waste sent to TerraCycle through the Bimbo Bakeries USA Bag Recycling Program, collectors earn points… Read more »

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Bakery giant Bimbo to build 1,000 electric trucks per year

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The dynamics of the commercial vehicle market are very different from those of the fashion-driven passenger vehicle market. When it comes to electric trucks, it’s fleet buyers who are taking the initiative, from Germany’s Deutsche Post to Amazon to UPS . Now the bakery giant Grupo Bimbo has announced plans to build its own EVs. Mexico City-based Grupo Bimbo is… Read more »

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Bimbo Bakeries USA launches organic bread line

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Bimbo Bakeries USA has introduced a new organic line of bread under the Arnold, Brownberry and Oroweat brands. According to the Organic Trade Association’s 2017 Organic Industry Survey, organic bread ranks as the sixth largest organic category, and with consumer demand for more organic options at an all-time high, Arnold, Brownberry and Oroweat Organics Bread will offer consumers a better-for-you… Read more »

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Grupo Bimbo closes Mankattan deal, growing presence in China

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Grupo Bimbo has gained a greater foothold in the Chinese market after completing the acquisition of Mankattan. A deal for the Chinese company, which produces sliced bread, cakes, buns and Japanese-style sandwich bread, was announced in February. It includes four production sites owned by Mankattan that serve consumers in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan, and Guangdong. Bimbo has now… Read more »

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Grupo Bimbo to Become First US Company to Use 100% Renewable Energy

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Grupo Bimbo announced that it has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) to receive 100 megawatts of wind energy from Invenergy, North America’s largest independent renewable energy company. The agreement will deliver emissions reductions as well as social and economic benefits related to Invenergy’s Santa Rita East wind farm in Texas. Construction and operation of Invenergy’s Santa Rita East… Read more »

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Grupo Bimbo partners with Invenergy in wind power supply deal

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Bakery company Grupo Bimbo has taken a step towards its emission reduction goals after partnering with Invenergy, who will supply the company with 100 mW of wind energy. Grupo Bimbo is aiming to become the first bakery company in the US to source 100% of its energy from renewable sources and aims to achieve this ambition by 2020. The company… Read more »

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Bimbo, industry wait on F.D.A. rulings

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Bakers and their ingredient suppliers, eager to put adjustment plans in place, are waiting on new Food and Drug Administration rulings. The F.D.A. has yet to finalize a compliance date for its new Nutrition Facts Panel, and it has yet to rule on whether certain ingredients, including inulin, meet the agency’s definition of dietary fiber. “The biggest challenge I think… Read more »

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Bimbo to invest $ 129 million in distribution center in Mexico

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The Bimbo baking company announced today that it will invest 2.3 billion pesos (about 129 million dollars) in the construction of the “largest and most modern” distribution center in the country. Industry in America. The baking company Bimbo announced today that it will invest 2.3 billion pesos (about 129 million dollars) in the construction of the distribution center “more Large… Read more »

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Bimbo to close Canada Bread bakery in Quebec

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Canada Bread Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V., has announced plans to close its bakery in St-Côme-Linière, Que., on May 19. Production of the facility’s bread will be transferred to other Canada Bread bakeries in Quebec, the company said.

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