American Bakers Association

How big is baking?
Baking has a direct impact of $102 billion a year in the U.S. and accounts for 633,000 American jobs. Learn more!
Your Representatives. Our Expertise.
ABA is the only advocacy group specifically focused on baking. Our job is to help tell your company's story to policymakers so they support pro-baking positions. Learn more about ABA's top policy priorities.
Where Baking Meets Policy
You can shape the industry's policy positions on the Hill by participating in ABA's committees. Learn more!
Join the family!
Many of our members are second, third, or even fourth generation bakers or suppliers, but they love to welcome new faces. Join them (and us)!
Meetings that matter.
Our annual convention is the gathering of the baking elite, and it sets the tone for the industry's policy positions. Likewise, our targeted committee meetings do the same on specialized issues. Learn more!
IBIE - Founding Partner
Did you know ABA was a founding partner and continues to co-manage the International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE) show? ABA members receive exhibitor discounts. Learn more!

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Baking Directions From Sam’s Club and American Bakers Association

Find out what Sam’s Club is doing to energize the baking category in this video interview of Shawn Bladwin, SVP, fresh freezer cooler, Sam’s Club, by Editor in Chief David Orgel, Supermarket News, as part of the 2012 ABA Convention’s Retail Panel – “Get Into the Mind of Today’s Consumer.

More highlights available on the 2012 ABA Convention Homepage.