In order to gain some perspective on current market strategies, we reached out to several key companies supplying and working with bakeries in the bar category.
Macro trends influence consumers' attitudes, behaviors, and trends, ultimately influencing food, color, and flavor trends. COVID-19 has impacted how and where consumers shop, where they eat, and the type of food experiences they are looking for.
Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to talk to Chef Jon Davis, culinary innovation lead, La Brea Bakery, about the recent growth in sourdough's popularity and the bread's health benefits.
Cheez-It crackers are a testament to American snacking ingenuity. Introduced in 1921, the amazingly popular, one-inch-square, 100% real cheese snack crackers have maintained a steadfast ability to reach nearly every consumer demographic, with an inherent, near-universal appeal.
Companies that make seasoning and coating systems for snack and bakery applications, which mostly focus on salty snacks like chips, cheese puffs, pretzels, and popcorn, report a number of trends in requests regarding features and benefits from customers of such machines during the COVID-19 pandemic of the past couple years.