As history has proven in the baking industry, sometimes distribution can make or break a company. Through the years, direct-store delivery (DSD) routes have grown increasingly complex, as the market for drivers has become exponentially more competitive. Meanwhile, complete transparency and tracking of actionable data for analyzing productivity are increasingly standard industry features.
In some areas, it wasn't uncommon to walk into the local grocery store during the COVID-19 pandemic and see the shelves wiped out of frozen pizza. Consumers want quick and easy meals that also function as comfort food, and the same goes for easy-to-prepare frozen snacks like pizza rolls and pizza bagels, as well as ethnic appetizers like egg rolls.
Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to talk to Justin Guilbert, founder & chairman, GOODFISH, about its salmon chip business and what's next for the brand.
Efficiency is the name of the game across all aspects of the food industry. For snack and bakery companies managing varying degrees of their product distribution, including direct-store delivery (DSD) routes, streamlining operations can come in many forms, including new technologies.
2021 has brought with it some good news: the world’s best-known cookie has finally launched its gluten-free variants and by most initial accounts, they’re pretty good and taste just like the original.
Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to talk to Steve Broad and Annie Chun, co-founders, gimMe Snacks, on why more consumers are choosing seaweed as a snack, and seaweed's health benefits.
Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to catch up with Tim Kenny, vice president of marketing, California Raisins Marketing Board, to ask a few questions about California Raisins' growth and consumers' eating habits.
Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to catch up with Christine Cochran, executive director, Grain Foods Foundation, to talk about COVID-19 trends in the grain industry.