tna has released its latest bagging system, robag 5, which is able to operate 300 bags per minute for chips, pretzels, popcorn and some confectionery products.
The University of Wisconsin was awarded first place for its freeze-dried cake bites in this year's Bimbo-sponsored baking contest at the Baking Tech Conference held in Chicago on February 27 and 28, 2018.
Hostess Brands reported it will focus on future acqusitions beyond the sweet baked goods ca in light of its 9.7% quarterly and 6.7% full-year net revenue increases.
Yamazaki Baking Co. posted a 1.1% sales increase, buoyed by Japan’s demand for premium breads, but noted a 14% drop in income for the year ended December 31, 2017.
From responsibly sourced cereals to complete meals in a bowl, BakeryandSnacks takes a look at what is hitting the bakery shelves around the world this month.
Country Archer Jerky’s founder, Eugene Kang, said more US convenience and mass channels will be stocking better-for-you meat snacks in 2018, and that could hike up a 100% sales increase for his business.
The Baker Street range has won its first listing in the major multiples, following a £500,000 ($698,260) investment by Carrs Foods to rebrand the range.
Campbell Soup’s president and CEO Denise Morrison reported ‘below expectation’ earnings for Q2 2018, but noted steps into healthy snacking space will ‘lead to improved performance’.
Chinese appetites for bakery products continues to grow unabated, despite a market saturated with Asian brands and a continued upswing in foreign offerings.
Winterbotham Darby, which supplies own-label chilled food produced in Europe to UK supermarkets, has expanded from continental meats, olives, antipasti and tapas into fresh pasta, seasonal snacks, bakery and frozen desserts.
RXBar’s CEO Peter Rahal said the company has plans to expand beyond the nutrition bar category and enter the UK market soon, thank to Kellogg's $600m acquisition in October last year.
Plant-based protein snack maker No Cow's founder Daniel Katz said General Mills has been providing resources to grow his company, which has grown double-digit monthly since receive the cash boost last year.
Mondelēz had no non-GMO products before it acquired Enjoy Life Foods in 2015, but now it is unusual not to see the non-GMO verification on some of its power brands such as Triscuit.
Kellogg’s venture capital fund eighteen94 has made its first investment in the in-car commerce company Cargo, but the agreement does not guarantee that Kellogg snacks like Pringles will be available in Uber.
Calbee has entered China’s brick-and-mortar retailers with its fruit cereal brand Frugra, as the company’s CEO Akira Matsumoto hopes the country will contribute one-third of Calbee’s international sales by 2020.
ProSweets/ISM is not only about confectionery. Hundreds of bakery and snack makers will also tout their services– here are just a few examples of what they have to offer in Cologne, Germany (January 28 to 31, 2018).
Bericap is seeing increased demand for lightweight closures for PET bottles and food, expanding into the edible oil, vinegar, soya sauce, ketchup and spreadable products market.
Former PepsiCo executive Will Holsworth contends his clean-label food company's listing on Amazon - expected within a week - could skyrocket the company as Americans look for safe and fairly-priced foods.
Piab has developed a customized suction cup, which can pick up thin and brittle food items such as sheets of pasta used in lasagna or thin slices of cracker bread.
Campbell Soup could take share from Kellogg in the US convenience channel after acquiring Snyder’s-Lance, as the cereal giant is abandoning the direct store delivery (DSD) model for its entire snacks division, said Euromonitor analyst Jared Koerten.
Baby boomers are the fastest growing consumer segment and crucial to the success of the biscuit snacking category, says pladis, so it is critical to pay close attention on how to market to this demographic.
A former senior VP of Global Snacks at Kraft Foods has launched the startup Farm & Oven in Boulder, Colorado, hoping to sell his vegetables- and probiotics-added snacks on Amazon by mid-December.
The M&M’s maker Mars will take a minority stake in KIND Snacks, a deal that aims to bring KIND's nutrition bars and granola products onto the global stage.
Kellogg will open its permanent cereal café in New York City’s Union Square neighborhood on December 14, 2017, after experiencing its first year of ‘success’ in Times Square.
BakeryandSnacks caught up with the president and COO of Chobani, Tim Brown, during Food Vision USA in Chicago recently, and learned that the yogurt company is updating its packaging to look more like a snack brand in the future.
US artisanal flatbread producer Kontos Foods says its Greek Lifestyle Flatbread – made with soy-based flour, which doubles the protein content and halves the carbs – is its top seller.
Mr Kipling maker Premier Foods has posted a strong performance in the second quarter, partly driven by the licence renewal to produce Cadbury-branded cakes.
Organic brand Foodstirs is on a mission to reenergize the baking mix category and has expanded its retail presence from 400 to 7,500 stores in the past year.
Twinkie maker Hostess Brands reported lower-than-expected third quarter results, as revenue from 2016 innovations slipped and hurricanes Harvey and Irma wrought havoc.
US producers are showing tremendous product innovation with plant-based and protein enriched snacks to cope with consumer demand, according to Ron Tanner, VP of the Speciality Food Association.
NightFood Holdings is currently researching cannabidiol’s (CBD) medicinal benefits for sleep, hoping to develop or acquire a line of infused snacks in 2018.
WaffleWaffle’s CEO and co-founder, Samuel Rockwell, said customizing snack products to fit in a certain retail channel is key to competing with larger CPG firms such as General Mills and Kellogg.
Kellogg and Conagra Brands have confirmed they are the only CPG investors behind Chicago-based food incubator The Hatchery, which is moving to a new location.
Campbell Soup’s global biscuits and snacks division has brought Tim Tam single-serve packs to the US and has set about educating consumers on the Tim Tam Slam.
Jerky producer Jack Link’s has unveiled its first lines of refrigerated meat snacks and pork skin products at the NACS Show, hoping to expand its footprint in the convenience channel.
