Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh is Director of Content Strategy for Beverage Industry, Dairy Foods, Food Engineering, The National Provisioner, Packaging Strategies, Flexible Packaging, Prepared Foods, Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, and Candy Industry at BNP Media. For over three decades, his work has followed the food industry from farm to fork, including concentrations in agriculture, ingredient processing, packaging and processing equipment, retail grocery branding, foodservice menu development, and food product R&D and manufacturing.

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The Top 50 Snack & Bakery Companies of 2020

Many snack and bakery companies continue to find opportunities for growth, and some familiar names enter the rankings.
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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
December 2, 2020
Revenue from the U.S. grain-based snack and bakery industry accounts for over $100 billion in annual retail sales, and a significant portion of that total comes from the top 50 companies, ranked according to annual revenue.
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Introducing automation and safety measures in new snack and bakery facilities

Introducing automation and safety measures in new snack and bakery facilities

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt our global society, snack and bakery companies look toward a safer, more-efficient future.
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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
November 23, 2020
There is nothing like a pandemic to test a company's limitations. While food producers received official designation as "essential" businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic descended on the American food industry, continuing operations during the pandemic did not equate to business as usual.
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Inside the history of innovation at Rich Products Corp.

Inside the history of innovation at Rich Products Corp.

As Rich Products Corp. celebrates its 75th anniversary, we look back at its history of innovation—and catch up with the company’s progress during the pandemic.
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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
November 13, 2020
History marks select years with unilateral distinction. Consider 1945 and the conclusion World War II, closing a door on a turbulent time in our global history, and opening a new door to an exciting new time in America, marked by significant growth and prosperity over the ensuing decade.
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Developing enticing, better-for-you, specialized desserts

Developing enticing, better-for-you, specialized desserts

American consumers continue to seek more from their favorite baked goods.
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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
September 18, 2020
These days, you can have your cake and eat it, too. Today's sweet bakery treats like cakes, pies, cheesecakes, and cookies often combine the best of multiple worlds, bridging apparent gaps between indulgence, better-for-you and specialized dietary choices, clean label, sound functionality, and globally minded sustainability.
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Joyful and permissible

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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
September 15, 2020
During the interview for our September issue cover story profile on fast-growing entrepreneurial brand Ka-Pop! Snacks, a company founded and led by Dustin Finkel, he talked about the need to keep the joy in better-for-you snacking.
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Ka-Pop! Snacks offers ancient grain snacking alternatives

Ka-Pop! Snacks offers ancient grain snacking alternatives

Fast-growing entrepreneurial brand Ka-Pop! Snacks brings truly better-for-you options to market.
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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
September 15, 2020
Ka-Pop! Snacks launched in April of 2018 with a core line of Ancient Grain Popped Chips, and the word about the brand started to spread. Then an appearance on "Shark Tank" to kick off 2020 brought Finkel's visionary snack concept to the world, catalyzing brand growth. Most recently, Ka-Pop! Snacks added a line of Ancient Grain Puffs, and product distribution continues to expand across the U.S., and into international markets.
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