Pocket-sized bakery and snack products are more readily available than ever to cater to consumers’ on-the-go lifestyles and demand for portion-controlled foods.
Consumers in the Northeast will soon be able to again enjoy Devil Dogs, Ring Dings and other Drake’s products, as McKee Foods Corp., the new owner of Drake’s, prepares to bring back the snack cakes in September.
With a growing line of acclaimed fruit and nut snacks, Seattle-based Sahale Snacks is recognized by Circle Up as one of today’s most innovative consumer brands.
Global information firm NPD Group reports that every day, 28 million people in the U.S. eat a grab-and-go snack, accounting for billions of eating occasions each year. These buy-and-eat-within-an-hour occasions are 50% more likely to be performed while traveling or in a car, which make convenience stores a primary source for grab-and-go snacks. NPD’s snacking research also indicates that c-stores represent five times their fair share of grab-and-go snacking occasions, beating out grocery stores and even discount stores.
A proliferation of tasty new flavors, non-beef proteins and all-natural formulations demonstrate that jerky and meat snacks are doing swimmingly in the snack industry.