June2005


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SnackFood & WholeSale Bakery

2005
State of the Industry
What Inquiring Minds Need to Know

State of the Industry
- 2005 State Of The Industry
Inquiring minds demand to know who’s hot and who’s not in our annual, award-winning State of the Industry report. This year, in-depth coverage provides the only comprehensive overview of the snack food and wholesale baking industries. The statistical and analytical report gives you detailed coverage of more than 20 product categories and subcategories. It provides branded sales and volume as well as trend information gleaned from dozens of interviews with the movers, shakers and survivors in the industry. In addition, the Snack Food Association has collaborated with SF&WB’s editors to jointly produce the salted snack section.
To purchase the Annual State of the Industry Report contact gesquibel@stagnito.com or call 847-205-5660 ext 4020

Bonus Coverage

Hats Off to Roman Meal
- Hats Off To A New Attitude
With a sassy new marketing campaign and unconventional new products, Roman Meal salutes its core consumers, namely women who believe that life begins at 50.

Back to Nature
- Fresh Identity For Healthful Brands
To give a fresh identity to its healthful brand, Back to Nature introduces dozens of new products in the cookie, cracker and snack arena.

Marci’s Fun Foods
- If At First You Don’t Succeed...
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s how Marci’s did it, redesigning its packaging and finding a new distributor to spark sales of its kettle corn.

Producing Healthy Snacks
- Snack Healthy
Healthy processed snack foods are no longer a contradiction in terms, as manufacturers introduce a wide variety of new products that meet consumer demand for nutritional foods.

Bite-Sized Bitties
- Bitte-Size Me
Discover how portability and poppability are giving snack and bakery producers the ability to cater to market trends with agility.

Technology & Development
Europain Post-Show Coverage
- King Europain
USA! USA! Yes, once again, Team USA won the World Cup of Baking at Europain, the international baking show held in Paris. Find out more about the competition and about the new equipment featured by many exhibitors to the baking industry.

Ingredient Showcase
- North Dakota Mill, Edlong Dairy Flavors and more...

Cutting Edge
- Dorner Manufacturing, Packaging By Design, Inc. and more...

From the floor
- Identify With EPI

Corporate profile
- Grote Company, APV Baker and more...
- Strength In Sandwiches

The SFA Section
Day in D.C.
- SFA Members Gain Washington Experience At Day In D.C.

Chairman’s Letter
- An Opportunity Realized

Departments
Editor’s Note
- Beyond The Headlines
Beware, producers of cookies, crackers, energy bars and other snacks, Frito-Lay is lurking. The company is going beyond the salted snack aisle, where it dominates, and targeting the much larger “macro-snack” market. This means you.

Business Trends & Analysis
- Nagle: Expand IBA’s Membership
- Grains Will Reign
- Business Briefs
- People On The Move

Advertiser Index
- Index