Hostess Brands Inc is purportedly exploring a sale after fielding takeover interest from major snack producers, including PepsiCo, Mondelez, General Mills and Hershey.
The Wisconsin-based small batch meat snack producer celebrated its 75th Anniversary by cracking a world record with a single, continuous meat snack stick measuring 314 feet long (95.7m).
Technological advancements have opened seemingly infinite possibilities for innovation within the snack and bakery industry. We’re in a new era of food manufacturing with the ability to create a more connected experience for consumers and more efficient...
BeyondSKU CPG Accelerator has announced the five startups for its upcoming Fall ’23 track, including woman-owned Dam Good English Muffins that’s committed to revolutionising the English muffin market and Pinsa Love, which provides pizzeria-quality pizza...
Farm Shop & Deli Show - part of the William Reed-owned UK Food & Drink Shows (29 April-1 May 2024, NEC Birmingham) - in partnership with The Grocer, has opened submissions for the Retailer Awards for 2024.
The two, separated entities of the Battle Creek, Michigan-headquartered behemoth have unveiled their respective strategies, capital structures and financial outlooks ahead of the split during the fourth quarter of 2023.
Just as ‘racing provides [drivers] with the fuel to get going’, Entenmann’s is giving race and doughnut fans the ‘boogity, boogity, boogity’ (green flag) to win an unforgettable ride with Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
The Cheez-It, Frosted Flakes and ‘Together with Pride’ cereal maker - which is on track to complete the split into Kellanova and WK Kellogg Co during Q42023 - has been accused of ‘woke’ workplace diversity policies that are unlawful and for ‘sexualising’...
Applications are now open for EIT Food’s latest Proof of Concept Call, which aims to foster a positive impact on society through public engagement initiatives that enhance consumer trust, improve health outcomes and reduce the environmental impacts of...
An international team of researchers has unveiled the entire genome map of an ancient cereal crop called einkorn - the world’s first domesticated crop - which may pave a pathway to a sustainable and food secure future.
Acknowledging the challenges faced by brands in this overcrowded market - especially true of the snacking space - Olaf van Gerwen, founder and global creative director of global creative agency Chuck Studios stresses the significance of every touchpoint...
The global snacking giant has expanded its ‘All-In with Frito-Lay’ initiative through a $400,000 contribution to the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF), a US non-profit that expands access and opportunities for girls and women in sports.
The American Bakers Association (ABA) is partnering with the American Society of Baking (ASB) and Retail Bakers of America (RBA) to give bakers an even stronger voice with US Congress.
Kellogg UK has pledged to uphold the voluntary Arms Forces Covenant, which decrees that those who serve or who have served in the armed forces should be treated with fairness and respect.
While the closure of many high street retailers continues unabated, it’s been a busy year for Two Magpies, with the opening of two new Mini Magpie sites and the construction of a new central bakery, which will give it ‘so much more scope for upscaling...
With 61% of UK consumers expressing a lack of trust in the claims many brands use to declare their carbon footprint, producers need to revamp their strategy to stay current in this increasingly pressurised environment, according to a new report released...
The award-winning Northwest bakery is going back to the future by introducing the bread truck, once a commonplace and essential part of daily life across the UK.
While food security, health and sustainability continue to shape the food landscape, consumers are still demanding a sensory experience, which means there is a growing need for expanded protein choices that can be incorporated into bakery and snacks....
A survey by the Craft Bakers Association (CBA) provides valuable insight in understanding bakery shoppers, what gets them across the threshold, what concerns them and ‘the issues that might help us understand a little bit more about what we, as an industry,...
The move is part of the Special K, Coco Pops and Corn Flakes maker’s drive to become a more inclusive employer: recognising that a university degree doesn’t always have a correlation to the contribution that someone can make within a role.
The Scottish Government has outlined a new approach to turn research into successful products, encourage more businesses to innovate and improve productivity.
Research by pastry and dough manufacturer BakeAway has revealed that Britain is a nation of bakers - with almost a third deeming themselves ‘experts’ - but there remains a marked lack of interest in taking it up as a profession.
PepsiCo said the £58m investment - the snacking giant’s biggest in the UK for 25 years - will help secure the future of the Leicester factory and position the Walkers brand for further growth in the long term.
The Kellogg’s-owned toaster pastry brand has signed a multi-year agreement with Florida Citrus Sports to become the latest title sponsor of college football, which holds the attendee record among bowl games.
BeyondSKU - a New York-based accelerator for consumer-packaged goods (CPGs) - has issued a callout for F&B startups to apply for the next programme in in September.
With more than a third of snackers citing ‘the excitement of flavour’ as the reason to indulge, the flavour experts at T. Hasegawa - one of the world’s top 10 flavour houses - get to grips with what both the better-for-you (BFY) and indulgent-minded consumer...
The luxury dessert franchise with 45 UK stores and two further afield is turning to the land of the rising sun for inspiration for its newest mocktail menu.
The European bakery products manufacturer has penned a partnership with the UK food redistribution charity to redistribute products and ingredients that would otherwise be destined for waste.
The Quaker Oats pancake mix and syrup brand is inviting eligible nonprofit organisations to apply for a chance to receive a grant of up to $100,000 to develop and grow meaningful programmes that make an impact within their communities.
Scottish Bakers’ annual conference – held in Glasgow over the weekend (5-6 May) – saw Mimi’s Bakehouse fight off stiff competition to take the title; the launch of a government-backed fund to support the sector with reformulation; and a warning to ignore...
Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV acquired Natural Bakery in Winnipeg, Canada, and made a minority investment in Delaware-based Olyra Foods during its first quarter, which saw net profit down 9.4%, citing the sale of its confectionary business in the same quarter...
Research from the UK Brain Music Research Project has identified the sound of some of the nation’s favourite breakfast toppings – measuring brain activity when eating syrup, marmalade and butter – and turned them into music.
Did you know there are six official classes of wheat? That each tiny wheat berry seed (the kernel) contains three distinct parts that are separated during the milling process to produce flour? That wheat made into fortified flour is subjected up to 21...
The breakfast cereal and snack giant is on track to achieve its 2025 ED&I goals (equity, diversity and inclusion), noting a 1.3% increase in female representation and 22.7% rise in racially underrepresented talent at the end of 2022.
I was once again honoured to be invited to be part of that troupe, which had the task to scrutinise, scratch, sniff, scrunch and savour 630 treats from 70 master bakers from all corners of Scotland.
We’re in the midst of the deadliest bird flu outbreak in US history, with the knock-on effect of squeezing egg supply. Combined with high commodity feed prices and labour shortages, eggs have surged in price – not a happy situation for either the consumer...
The four-time UEFA Champions League winner and FIFA World Cup 2022 Champion takes the brand’s No Lay’s, No Game platform to the next level, starring in a new commercial – titled Messi Visits – to remind fans that watching football without Lay’s is unthinkable.
The American multinational breakfast cereal giant has realised its ambition of having 50% and above of male and female representation at manager level in the UK, three years ahead of schedule.
Ahead of the 2025 World Health Assembly Nutrition deadline, several heads of African Union (AU) member states have called for more commitment and accountability in tackling malnutrition and food insecurity.
PepsiCo’s philanthropic arm and the Frito-Lay brand's initiative have entered into a year-long partnership with the Black Nonprofit Changemakers programme, developed to uplift community leaders and amplify their voices to showcase the positive impact...
Crown Flour Angels – an initiative of the wheat-milling business in Nigeria – has launched a baking academy to train and economically empower more women.
While the popularity for energy efficient air fryers has rocketed as consumers attempt to offset the cost-of-living crisis, the kitchen gadget also fits in with the healthier living trend, so it’s not surprising the tech has been adopted by the commercial...
Investments in consumer-centric innovations – like Frito-Lay Minis, Doritos Sweet & Tangy BBQ, Doritos dips, Cheetos Bolitas and SunChips Black Bean Spicy Jalapeno – were instrumental in the division’s strong growth.
EIT Food has launched its 2023 Entrepreneurship Programmes, designed to offer support to entrepreneurs to scale up their agrifood startups working to solve global food system challenges and deliver new innovations worldwide.
Kind Snacks founder Daniel Lubetzky and the team that helped to build his brand into a multi-billion dollar realisation have formed Camino Partners, an investment platform committed to help build the next generation of entrepreneurs.
