IN BRIEF
PHILADELPHIA — A beloved Philadelphia bakery is celebrating a century in business with — what else? — birthday kake.
Tastykake is marking its 100th anniversary today. The maker of treats such as Butterscotch Krimpets and Peanut Butter Kandy Kakes has scheduled festivities at its Navy Yard headquarters.
Employees also plan 100 deliveries of tasty sweets to charities and first responders throughout the city. In addition, the snack company will introduce a limited edition Birthday Kake Cupcake. Tastykake made 100 cakes on its first day of business in 1914. Now, it produces nearly 5 million cakes, doughnuts, cookies and pies each day.
Tasty Baking became part of Georgia-based Flowers Foods Inc. in 2011.
ATLANTA — Home Depot's fiscal fourth-quarter net income dipped 1 percent, hampered by bad winter weather and one less week in the period than a year ago.Still, its earnings topped Wall Street's view, and the No. 1 home improvement retailer raised its quarterly dividend by 21 percent.Home Depot earned $1.01 billion, or 73 cents per share, for the three months ended Feb. 2. That compares with $1.02 billion, or 68 cents per share, a year earlier.
