With a new year just around the corner, you have likely endured a barrage of information of late related to trend predictions du jour, product characteristics estimated by pundits to see potential prevalence in the snack and bakery worlds in 2016.
But the flipping of a calendar from one month to the next doesn’t magically yield new ingredients, categories and formulation tactics. The momentum behind the dynamics of every given snack and bakery product category relentlessly builds over time, forever renewed and taking shape within our interconnected foodscape spanning retail brands and private label, retail storefront bakeries, and our many levels of foodservice, from in-store offerings to restaurants continually jockeying to best position themselves for ideal consumer appeal. Meanwhile, the supply chain continues to reshape itself to meet the sourcing demands of snack producers and bakers from coast to coast.