Garden Lites, The Delicious Vegetable Company, announced the arrival of their Chocolate Muffins at Costco, now in 20-count packs, along with Garden Lites Blueberry Oat and Chocolate Muffins at Kroger and Meijer stores across Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Picked at the peak of ripeness, red raspberries grown for processing are frozen within hours of harvest to capture the fruit’s sensory and nutrient integrity.
Several foodservice segments central to snack and bakery businesses continue to demonstrate strong levels of innovation. New chains focused on customization have emerged, while others continually shift and evolve to capture away-from-home food dollars from competitors.
With Americans eating more of their meals on the go, it’s no surprise that breakfast is increasingly consumed behind the steering wheel, on the train or at the office.
Every year, as students of all ages head back to school, parents inevitably find themselves searching anew for the latest, better-for-you, healthy school snacks that their kids can pack into their lunchboxes and backpacks—snacks that feed their mind, as well as their belly.
When it comes to sweet goods like doughnuts, Danishes, sweet rolls, muffins and coffee cake, the market is in a state of flux. As Walter Postelwait, president of Pak Group LLC/Bellarise Baking Ingredients, Pasadena, CA, puts it: “The total segment appears to be growing slowly, but has hot pockets of activity.”
The frozen breakfast category, anchored by waffles, pancakes and French toast, has produced its share of picks and pans over the past year, largely dominated by a handful of big-dollar items with little variation in sales.