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Bakeries serving the buns and rolls segments of fresh bread have multiple opportunities to build sales by aligning with prevailing trends across retail and foodservice.

The latest innovations in fleet management offer a new world of interconnectivity that accelerates and streamlines the rapid delivery of goods to market.

Grains are fundamental ingredients in snacks and baked goods, providing function, flavor, texture and nutrition. Grains are classified as either whole grains or refined grains.

When Sheila G's Brownie Brittle hit the market in 2011, it redefined the cookie category forever. It's like the brownie’s edges, crispy and full of rich, chocolate flavor, the best part of the brownie. As a bonus, Brownie Brittle is lower in calories than traditional brownies, and is highly snackable.

Some types of bakery equipment bring multiple functions to streamline operations. Such is the case with Rapidojet, a revolutionary hydration and mixing technology offered by Bakery Concepts International, Enola, PA.

Snack food and bakery facilities need to efficiently deliver water for sanitation and cleaning tasks, using just the right amount, while reusing what they can. They also often need to manage, treat and/or recover wastewater, maintaining peak sanitary standards and food safety, including proper placement of drains, to help save time and money.

As you walk down the aisle of your local grocery store nowadays, you'll find more better-for-you snack and bakery choices. Companies know that consumers are reading ingredient labels more closely, and even private label is getting in on the game.

Snack food and bakery facilities have a long list of requests for manufacturers of mixers, including improved speed, efficiency, throughput, durability, food safety, batch uniformity and labor reduction, as well as the flexibility to easily switch out recipes and easily perform cleaning and sanitation tasks.

Designing robotics for packaging functions in snack and bakery plants is a challenge. This market segment requires robots that are highly flexible for product changeover, yet easy to program.

Thanks to Americans' increasingly hectic lifestyles, sales of grab-and-go items like salty snacks, including chips, popcorn and pretzels, are increasing, according to the June 2018 "Salty Snacks: U.S. Market Trends and Opportunities" report from Packaged Facts. Convenience is cited as a top purchase driver.