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Q&A with Veggies Made Great on better-for-you snacking

February 10, 2022

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to talk to Elliot Huss, CEO, Veggies made great, about how the company is making veggies more accessible, and its new keto line.

Q&A with Dawn Foods: Experiential desserts for Valentine's Day

Liz Parker Kuhn

February 9, 2022

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to talk to Dawn Foods, about experiential desserts for Valentine's Day as well as some upcoming trends for this year's holiday.

Wyandot Snacks and its B Corporation journey

Wyandot Snacks, a legend in salty snacks, shares insights on its recent journey to B Corporation status.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

February 3, 2022

The U.S. snack industry established strong roots during the first half of the 20th century. Retail channel diversification, ingenious equipment engineering, and an increasingly mobile American public hungry for snacking adventure all contributed to the boom. Upstart innovators blazed their own paths across this fertile land, rich with opportunity.

Automation, sanitation, gentler handling sought for slicing, cutting, portioning equipment

Slicing, cutting, portioning equipment amps up their features and benefits.

Ed Finkel

February 2, 2022

Higher capacities, new shapes, longer blade life, automation, flexibility, sanitary design, quick changeover, and gentler handling of fragile ingredients are among the top features and benefits that snack and bakery companies want from their slicing, cutting and portioning machinery.

Q&A on evolving UPC barcodes, with GS1 US

Liz Parker Kuhn

February 1, 2022

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to talk to Carrie Wilkie, senior vice president, standards & technology, GS1 US, about the transition away from UPC barcodes and some challenges and opportunities related to it.

Q&A with Kerry on 2022 flavor trends

Liz Parker Kuhn

January 31, 2022

Read our interview with Kerry about upcoming flavor trends for 2022.

2022 Snack and bakery industry outlook

Industry leaders provide perspective on trends to watch in 2022.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

January 30, 2022

Every year poses its share of market challenges to companies operating in the snack and bakery market, a vital economic sector, which at retail alone accounts for over $100 billion in annual U.S. sales.

2022 CPG outlook and strategies from Deloitte

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

January 28, 2022

Building consumer trust, understanding a product’s life cycle, and addressing challenges like increasing costs and the supply chain.

New data shows that peanuts are more water efficient than ever

January 28, 2022

America’s most popular nut improves water usage to 3.2 gallons per ounce.

Crackers category ups its game with exciting flavors, new SKUs

Consumers look for better-for-you crackers, as well as nostalgic brand names.

Kimberly Decker

January 27, 2022

As far as Carla King is concerned, the contemporary cracker aisle is a far more welcoming, perhaps even a more progressive, place than it was when she was younger.