Potato chips and chocolate? Snack manufacturers and bakeries are experimenting with unique combinations to satisfy consumers’ desire for a snack with the perfect sweet-savory blend.
With more than 50% of the votes, Nonni’s Salted Caramel Biscotti is the winner of Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery’s Best New Snack & Bakery Products of 2012. Coming in second and third, respectively, are BIGS Hidden Valley Ranch Sunflower Seeds and Sister Schubert’s Sweet Hawaiian Rolls.
Vienna, Va.-based Vie de France will cease production at its Bensonville, Ill., facility on April 27. The company makes croissants, pastries, cakes, cookies and European-style breads.
Tulsa, Okla.-based Nonni’s expands its specialty cookie offerings by acquiring La Dolce Vita, a maker of traditional, artisanal biscotti in Glendale, Ariz.
Walkers Shortbread, Hauppauge, N.Y., joins The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) for the 2012 Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles Halloween Half-Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 28.
As its first acquisition, Kraft Foods Europe, which is being integrated into spunoff snack giant Mondelez International, purchases Italy’s Vitasnella snack business from France’s Danone for an undisclosed price as part of its consolidation plans in Europe.
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