To celebrate the 30th anniversary of National Pretzel Day and encourage Americans to taste pretzels, Snyder’s of Hanover is hosting a series of events on April 26 in five U.S. cities.
BIGS Sunflower Seeds and baseball author and collector Zack Hample are partnering to raise money for Pitch In For Baseball, a charity that collects and redistributes new and gently used youth baseball and softball equipment.
Marketers are prompting something nicknamed "hand-to-mouth" snacking with packaging that encourages such behavior. Such packaging includes resealable bags that eliminate the chore of unwrapping products inside, single-serve trays, cups, bottles and more.
Frito-Lay’s Doritos brand partners with Taco Bell to bring two Doritos Locos Tacos (DLT) Tortilla Chips varieties to grocers’ snack aisles for a limited time.
Known best for its canned and frozen vegetables, Green Giant is venturing into grocers’ snack aisles with the introduction of Green Giant Roasted Veggie Tortilla Chips in a Zesty Cheddar flavor and Green Giant Multigrain Sweet Potato Chips in a Sea Salt flavor.
Hostess Brands Inc. says the stalking-horse bid submitted by McKee Foods Corp. for the Drake's snack cake brand will be the bid presented for approval to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court; no other qualified bids were received for those assets. It also says the bid submitted by affiliates of Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co. for the majority of the company’s snack cake business, including Hostess and Dolly Madison brands, will be the one presented for approval to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court; no other qualified bids were received for those assets.