News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Retailers interested in attracting more Black shoppers, who Nielsen reports wield an annual buying power of $1.5 trillion and make more grocery trips per year than all other racial groups, need to stock and prominently highlight more products by...
Public Health England has unveiled new voluntary salt reduction goals for industry at the same time as publishing a second progress report on salt reduction. The report reveals ‘little progress’ made from 2017 to 2018, says the British Nutrition Foundation.
The packaged consumer goods giant is adding a new Cinnamon Toast Crunch line at its plant in Covington, Georgia, along with a $37m refurbishment of its plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Diversity
Confectionery giant has announced a multi-year commitment planned to accelerate the company’s existing diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts, spending $1bn annually with minority- and women-owned businesses by 2024.
The Mexican bakery giant and the world’s largest bread maker is allegedly in talks with private equity firm Everstone Capital to acquire a majority stake in its packaged foods platform Everfoods to further cement its foothold in the $8bn Indian bakery...
Experts at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have continued to vouch for the merits of Golden Rice despite a recent weeklong-protest held against the genetically-modified crop across Asia.