Flour Power - Flour Millers Investing Dough in Milling Facilities

SUGAR LAND--August 20, 2009--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--If you're not eating a cookie at work, you're eating a cracker at home. The flour industry is not recession-proof, but the industry is spending upward of $100 million to increase production and ensure your flour supply does not run low. The spending starts with one of the nation's largest millers, Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) (Decatur, Illinois). The company just completed flour mill expansions in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Spokane, Washington. The company increased daily grind production by 280,000 hundredweight to meet growth in regional demand. Other companies featured: ConAgra Flour Milling (NYSE:CAG)