News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Imagine – a range of kiddies snacks that provide ‘a good source of protein and calcium’ – has embarked on a three-year partnership with No Kid Hungry, a national campaign to fight childhood hunger in America.
New owner Atlas Holdings has rebranded the private label maker's snack arm in a long-game effort to build a ‘standalone company and category leader.'
The owner of the Frito-Lay and Quaker brands broke ground on the site – which it hopes will double its snacks business by 2022 – in Uttar Pradesh in late July.
News in brief
The breakfast cereal giant will lay off 108 of its workers when it shuts its Atlanta frozen food plant on October 10, 2019, according to the Georgia Department of Labor.
An innovative two-year project to identify ways to improve the nutritional qualities and shelf life of baked goods with sprouted grains and pasteurization has been awarded a £650k ($790k) grant by Innovate UK.