Hearthside Food Solutions has announced two major acquisitions that the company hopes will help it expand rapidly in the fastest-growing bar categories in the Americas and Europe.
The company expects to close on the purchase of VSI, the largest European producer nutrition, diet and functional bars, and Post Holdings’ Idaho nutritional supplement bar production facility, in September.
As better-for-you sentiments integrate themselves into the snack and bakery landscape, manufacturers have begun to offer more downsized options that make portion control easier to grasp.