Although the tortilla category is prospering overall and should continue to do so, labor shortages are prompting producers’ interest in automation—as long as the quality can be kept high—while tortilla consumers have turned toward healthier options and innovative flavors.

Inflation continues to eat away (no pun intended) at the food budgets of the average U.S. consumer. The effects are being felt by all manner of businesses, from restauranteurs serving fewer diners in their establishments to many snack and bakery producers moving fewer units than pre-pandemic days.

The annual American Bakers Association gathering is scheduled April 14-17 in Scottsdale.

An investment firm is acquiring the company from the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board

The supplier predicts the bright purple Asian yam will impact snack, bakery, and other foods.

The newly merged unit will represent numerous pork rind and salty snack labels.

Fun Friday products and news from Home Run Inn, Pop-Tarts, La Brea Bakery, and a company that has invented a chocolate box that will notify you when it's opened.

The packaging organization reports workforce woes are fueling automation investment.

The snacks, available online, are made from a blend of non-GMO cauliflower, rice, and corn.

The snack bars wrap chocolate around crunchy cookies and flavorful fillings.