State of the Industry 2024: Bakers continue to show resilience and creativity
Challenges might persist, but so do bakery producers, showing resilience and creativity.
For U.S. consumers, grocery shopping continues to be a somewhat stressful ordeal. With inflation continuing to elevate prices for basic goods like flour, sugar, loaves of bread, and other staples, they are having to make some tough choices when filling their carts (whether in the store or digital).
Fortunately for the producers that read Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery on a regular basis, consumers continue to choose bakery goods. True, they are perhaps spending less on some items than they did pre-pandemic and before the current skyrocketing food costs, but most bakery categories included in this year’s State of the Industry: Bakery coverage held steady or dropped only slightly—and some subcategories and producers saw increases in dollar sales worth celebrating—thanks to the innovation, ingenuity, and resilience shown by professionals in the field.
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State of the Industry 2024: Buns and rolls capture consumer interest
The category has been showing modest growth over the past year.
State of the Industry: Tortillas sales are mostly flat
Better-for-you varieties of the baked item continue to attract health-conscious consumers.
State of the Industry 2024: Breakfast producers optimistic about the future
The overall flat subcategories in breakfast goods still had some notable producer gains.
State of the Industry 2024: Bakery snacks offer small indulgences
The category’s products continues to serve as ‘little treats’ for consumers.
State of the Industry 2024: Shoppers still seek sweet treats
Consumers continue craving sweet goods.
State of the Industry 2024: Cookies category cools a bit
While sales are down in some categories, creative producers still draw consumers.
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