American Bakers Association, Biscuit and Cracker Manufacturers’ Association explore merger
This initiative seeks to build on each organization’s strengths to achieve a stronger future together.
American Bakers Association (ABA), Washington, D.C., and the Biscuit and Cracker Manufacturers’ Association (B&CMA), Columbia, Md., announced plans to explore merging the two organizations.
“Both ABA and B&CMA are stable, financially healthy organizations serving their constituents with a wide range of successful programs and services. This initiative seeks to build on each organization’s strengths to achieve a stronger future together,” says ABA chairman Rich Scalise, co-founder of Hearthside Food Solutions. “We are very excited about possibly building upon B&CMA’s outstanding education platforms to fill gaps in the broader baking industry’s leadership and technical training regimens.”