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AB Mauri Will Acquire Specialty Blending Business
21 Dec 2016 --- AB Mauri North America, manufacturer of yeast and bakery ingredient products and solutions, has reached an agreement to acquire the business and assets of Specialty Blending Co., LLC – a bread and sweet goods mix manufacturer located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and a subsidiary of Flowers Foods, Inc. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017. Financial terms have not been disclosed. Specialty Blending's mix and milling operation is situated in 44,000-square feet on four acres in Cedar Rapids and features multiple blending lines, including two for whole-grain bread concentrates and a third for sweet goods mixes used in items such as doughnuts and honey buns. Additionally, there is a specialty mill operation ideally suited for ancient grains, organic grains and custom blends.
The current product portfolio includes specialty bread, cake, doughnut, muffin, brownie and cookie mixes as well as blends and mixes for crackers and biscuits. “Specialty Blending has supplied our bakeries with high-quality fresh bread mixes and ingredients since we acquired the business in 2009,” said Allen Shiver, president & CEO, Flowers Foods. “We look forward to continuing that relationship now as a customer of AB Mauri.” The acquired facility joins AB Mauri's other manufacturing sites located across North America including Fleischmann's Yeast production plants in Memphis, Tennessee, Calgary, Alberta, and Montreal, Quebec, and bakery ingredient plants in Greenville, Texas, and Wilsonville, Oregon. AB Mauri's regional headquarters and bakingHUB research bakery and fermentation science laboratory are located in St. Louis, Missouri. To contact our editorial team please email us at editorial@cnsmedia.com 
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