Bakers CEO serves up advocacy
- January 22, 2021 |
- Kathryn Walson
CEO Robb MacKie tours the Turano Baking Company in Chicago in 2019. Left to right: MacKie, ABA staffers Jennifer Colfelt and Samantha Moore.Robb MacKie, CEO of the American Bakers Association, says a common misperception about his industry is that bakers are "at the kitchen counter making cupcakes and brownies and cookies."Far from it: "If you walk into a modern bakery, it's like walking into any high-tech company. There's robotics. There's all kinds of automated mixing and measuring," MacKie said. "A lot of it is done with automation. And some of these plants are huge. I mean, they will be a half-mile long."And then the great part is it smells awesome."Many people are… Read More