Why Renew?   

The Society is constantly working to provide you with cutting edge resources to continue to help you excel professionally in the wholesale baking industry.  ASB's educational efforts, networking benefits, and our world-class community of baking professionals is only possible through your membership, support and willingness to help shape the future of baking

We hope you will choose to continue to be a part of the ASB community as you experience each new stage of your wholesale baking career. We are here to help you on that journey! 

ASB is committed to providing outstanding benefits, programs and services. If you have any questions please be sure to contact ASB's Membership Manager, Amanda Gonzalez, at agonzalez@asbe.org or 1.800.713.0462, ext 3.

The BakingTech 2019 Planning Committee is already hard at work developing the Society's next conference.  ASB Chairman, Paul Rainey, and Program Chair, Trent Wanamaker, met with session chairs last month in Nashville, TN to outline next year's program: Baking a Fresh Future.  Want a sneak peak?  Some of BakingTech 2019's paper presentations will feature: 

• IoT
• Food Safety Disrupters
• Manufacturing Execution Systems
• Lipases in Baked Goods
• Inhibiting Mold Naturally
• The Future of Bread
• Countertop Science
• Phosphate Chemical Leavening
• Robotics-based Packaging Systems

It's already shaping up to be an exciting event!  Keep an eye on your inbox for additional updates.   Registration will open early September. 

ASB is partnering with the Kansas City Chapter of No Kid Hungry to hold the “World’s Largest Bake Sale” to fight childhood hunger on September 15, 2018. The bake sale will be held in two different locations in Kansas City. Students from Kansas State University and The Ohio State University Bake Clubs will be preparing baked goods and traveling to Kansas city to help with the sale. Several ingredient companies have already agreed to supply the over 100 Kansas City area bakers with ingredients to help cover their costs, while suppliers of packaging and labels are also donating supplies.

In July, ASB will be reaching out to its members at bakeries and other allied members to ask for donations of breads, buns, sweet goods and other baked products, as well as additional allied members to seek donations to help with the bake sale. Please consider ways in which you and your company can help ASB and No Kid Hungry raise money through the “World’s Biggest Bake Sale” to fight childhood hunger. If you would like to donate bakery products, ingredients or other supplies, please contact ASB Executive Director Kent Van Amburg ( kvanamburg@asbe.org). 

The Bakers Courtesy Club of Chicago is excited this year to be celebrating their 90th anniversary as a club and doing it up in style at the Harborside International Golf Center, rated as one of the best and most picturesque venues in Chicago!  Come join them in the celebration and at the same time, showoff your golf talents while winning prizes, and experiencing their networking benefits.  It is promised to be the event of the year and the BCC of Chicago invite you to join them on August 14, 2018.  Mark your calendars and register today!