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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.

Farmer’s Pantry presents the first cornbread cracker snack.

Golden Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) and Utz Quality Foods, Inc. of Hanover, PA (“Utz”) announced that they entered into a definitive merger agreement on July 18, 2016, pursuant to which Utz will acquire the Company and Company stockholders will receive $12.00 per share in cash.

Snacks are ingrained within U.S. consciousness. We’re a snacking culture. It’s built into our DNA.

The cracker market, like many other snack segments, is in an evolutionary state. If you ask Craig Lieberman, president and founder of Denver-based 34 Degrees, changes in the category span “from the types and styles of crackers to the location and placement of crackers in the store.”

Pepperidge Farm now offers a new line of crackers prepared with non-GMO ingredients.

La Panzanella has launched a new line of specialty, bite-size crackers in three flavors. 

Mondelēz International has introduced Nabisco Honey Maid Dippers Graham Snacks, now in the perfect shape for dipping.

Grain diversity has grown into a topic of great interest in the wake of significant gluten-free and other snack and baked goods innovation of late.

A robust educational program, a new hands-on workshop, tabletop exhibits and more await Biscuit & Cracker Manufacturers’ Association members at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead in Atlanta on May 1–4.