News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Natural snack brands including Pirate’s Booty (gluten-free rice and corn puffs) and True North (premium nut clusters) have huge untapped growth potential, bosses at B&G Foods told delegates at the Barclays back to School conference this week.
Frito-Lay has received a hefty fine for acting to ensure Turkish retailers only stocked its salty snack brands and not rival products.
Flowers Foods will ignite growth in new markets and pick up lost volumes with its newly acquired ex-Hostess brand Wonder – a product its president and CEO describes as a ‘powerhouse’ brand.
With an eye on cost-cutting and safety, processors are increasingly turning to firms like Microscan for high-tech inspection tools.
Hexacomb Corp. has opened its second Mexico facility to meet demand for protective packaging.