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State of the Industry Report—June Bakery

June 21, 2012

The June 2012 State of the Industry Report of Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery is now available. We explore the bakery market’s new developments as its gets feedback from consumers and customers. See what bakers are developing in healthy products to bolster nutrition; reduce fat, sugar and sodium; and add more functional ingredients.

J&J Snack Foods purchases pretzel producer

N.J. manufacturer acquires Chicago’s Kim & Scott’s Pretzels

Alyse Thompson-Richards

June 11, 2012

Pretzel manufacturer J&J Snack Foods Corp. has tied the knot with a Chicago-based producer of the twisty food.

Bernie Pacyniak

Snacking… not a guilt trip anymore

Hartman Group report says even the medical community is getting behind snacks these days.

Bernie Pacyniak

May 30, 2012

In case you have not heard, it is OK to snack these days. In fact, it is OK to snack anywhere, anytime and as often as you like.

James S. Herr, Founder of Herr Foods Inc., dies at 87

April 10, 2012

The founder of Herr Foods Inc., the Nottingham, Pa., snackmaker, passed away of complications from pneumonia on April 5. Herr started his snack food business in 1946, and it grew from a small potato chip manufacturing operation to a producer of a full line of snacks.

Potato chips at breakfast?

Mintel releases 2012 snack and nut forecast, including trend predictions

March 21, 2012

It might not be as explicit as potato chips, pretzels and a glass of orange juice, but if a new report by Mintel is to be believed, salty snacks at breakfast could be the next big thing.

Kraft Foods Slashes Up to 1,600 Positions

January 20, 2012

Northfield, Ill.-based Kraft Foods, Inc. says it will cut 1,600 positions in North America as it prepares to split its business in two.

Inventive, Creative Inclusions

Romy Schafer

January 19, 2012

As more consumers scrutinize ingredients in the foods they buy, bakers and snack producers are turning to inclusions to create better-for-you products that deliver irresistible taste.

New Packaging Dimensions

Bob Garrison

January 19, 2012

It doesn’t take 3D glasses to see the new developments and trends in snack and bakery packaging.

Snak King acquires C.J. Vitner

January 9, 2012

Snak King, City of Industry, Calif., one of the largest independent snack food manufacturers in the United States, says it has acquired Chicago-based C.J. Vitner Co., a manufacturer and distributor of snack foods in the greater Chicago market.

Betty Crocker Sweet Rewards

January 4, 2012

General Mills Convenience is bringing everyone’s favorite flavor, chocolate, to its popular line of Betty Crocker Sweet Rewards bars with new Fudge Crunch.