Savings-savvy Capistrano’s Bakery combined two small baking operations and renovated a larger, 38,000-sq.-ft. production facility in Phoenix that features a used, multizone, traveling-tray oven it had rebuilt with state-of-the-art features. 

The Charlotte, NC, snack manufacturer says it will focus efforts on branded products and growth categories, such as ‘better-for-you’ snacks.

Pretzel Pete’s launched Pretzel Budz in May at the Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago.

Snack food manufacturer Snyder's-Lance Inc., Charlotte, N.C., signs agreements to acquire Baptista’s Bakery in Wisconsin and to sell its Private Brands and two manufacturing facilities to Shearer’s Foods in Ohio. The transactions are expected to close in the 2014 second quarter.

Snyder’s of Hanover, Hanover, Pa., will celebrate National Pretzel Day on Saturday, April 26, with a series of social media and sampling events for pretzel lovers across the country.

Stacy’s Pita Chip Co.’s adds Stacy’s Pretzel Thins, a line of baked snacks, to its product offerings. Consumers can enjoy two varieties: Simply Naked and Honey Mustard.

Snyder’s of Hanover, a Snyder’s-Lance brand, adds two varieties to its existing line of Flavored Pretzel Pieces. Sweet and Salty Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel Pieces and Sweet and Salty Caramel Pretzel Pieces.

Thin and crispy Pressels is the first all-natural, nonGMO-certified, pressed pretzel to enter the U.S. snack market, says manufacturer Dream Pretzels.