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Hello Baking Industry,  By now many of you have probably taken advantage of your priority access to IBIE exhibit space! Whether you’ve just submitted your application for Round 2, or already selected your space in the expo hall – here’s the latest on how to prepare for IBIE 2022, the Western Hemisphere’s largest and most comprehensive baking event.

We’re living in a time where there are many places to find information, yet it’s hard to know if the time spent searching is time well spent. With an abundance of resources available, how does one keep up with it all, especially as we look for ways to keep our lives and our businesses informed and moving forward?

Registration is now open for IBIEducate 2021, a new kind of educational event for the entire baking industry. For the first time in IBIE's 100-year history, the world-class IBIEducate training found at the triennial Baking Expo™ will be accessible more frequently with its debut in Kansas City from October 26-28, 2021. Backed by two of the most trusted industry associations—American Bakers Association (ABA) and Baking Equipment Manufacturers and Allieds (BEMA)—with co-located workshops hosted by the Retail Bakers of America (RBA), IBIEducate 2021 will deliver actionable takeaways for wholesale, retail, and supplier sectors.

IBIE Round 2 is open to BEMA members, as well as past exhibitors. BEMA members can save up to 30% / sq. ft. vs. the non-member rates!

Although, we live in a world with constant access to data, it’s not always easy to discern the value of the data received. The BEMA Intel platform offers a better way to understand the marketplace and improve management of one’s business through the application of quarterly data inputs and quality data analysis.

The supply chain remains in great flux, making the importance of transparency between bakers and suppliers more important than ever before. Both are ramping up communications internally and externally to keep all involved informed and on the same page.

Another BEMA Convention is in the books and after 15 months of virtual connection overload, it was great to be back in person. One attendee observed that the connections, information and sharing that look place over the four days of Convention would take months to replicate in the virtual environment.

The new Workforce Wednesday edition kicked off BEMA’s Convention 2021 on Wednesday, June 23. The inaugural event combined the networking of Convention with the education of BEMA-U.

BEMA’s keynote Convention speaker provided an energetic and inspirational conversation that took a fresh look at innovation. Many thanks to Duncan Wardle for helping us think about new ways to think and new questions to ask. Thank you to our sponsor, Kwik Lok, for helping us kick-off Convention with a bang!

On Thursday June 24, Convention attendees received an in-depth look at how quick-service restaurants (QSRs) continue to adjust to intense and evolving changes within the industry. The panel of bakers and their customers shared how they are dealing with ongoing labor issues, transportation costs and erratic disruptions in the supply chain.