Darlington, an international snack company based in Noblesville, IN, has purchased the Annie’s Homegrown snack and cracker manufacturing plant in Joplin, MO.
Some snack categories today are tough to crack. According to data from IRI, Chicago, dollar sales in the crackers category during the 52 weeks ending September 4, 2016 rose 0.98 percent to reach $7.4 billion.
Crackers are getting a makeover with Simple Mills’ new almond flour cracker collection, a four-SKU line that is Non-GMO Project Verified, certified gluten-free, and formulated entirely without grain, soy, artificial flavors or fillers.
Sustainability is increasingly part and parcel of conducting business in food. Environmental sustainability embodies maximum preservation of our global natural resources at its core.
Although Pocky is well known in Japan, it’s just now transitioning to the U.S. snack market. Savvy American consumers may already be familiar with the brand, but previously, one would have had to gone to a specialty market (such as an Asian grocery store) to find it on the shelves.