Late July Organic Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips from Late July Organic Snacks wins Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery’s midyear online poll of the best new baked goods and snack products of 2014.
We’re only halfway through the year, but we’ve uncovered so many interesting new snack and bakery products already that we can’t wait to share our favorites with you.
The 25th annual Tortilla Industry Association (TIA) convention and trade expo, May 30-31, enjoyed a 20% boost in attendance, nearing a record number, says TIA CEO Jim Kabbani. The show also experienced a 10% increase in exhibitors.
Shearer’s Foods, owned by Toronto-based Wind Point Partners, acquires the assets of Medallion Foods from Omaha, Neb.-based ConAgra Foods for $33.5 million. Medallion Foods produces value- and private-label, corn-based snack foods, including tortilla chips, corn chips and extruded corn products. ConAgra bought Medallion Foods as part of its purchase of Ralcorp Holdings Inc. in early 2013.
With more than 48% of the votes, Tumaro’s Low-in-Carbs Wraps are the winner of Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery’s Best New Snack & Bakery Products of 2013. Coming in second and third, respectively, are Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Cups and RW Garcia Tortatos.