2020 December

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery eMagazine

December's Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery publication features our cover report: The Top 50 Snack and Bakery Companies; plus much more!

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.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

December 2, 2020

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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.

Snack and bakery companies face dust mitigation challenges and safe ingredient handling

Clean, sanitary, dust-free production environments help keep snack and bakery facilities safe.

Liz Parker

December 18, 2020

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Safe ingredient handling and keeping dust to a minimum are important food safety considerations for snack and bakery companies. Lessening sanitation obstacles is also a strategic goal.

Pest control best practices for snack and bakery facilities

Strategies and best practices for keeping snack and bakery facilities pest-free.

Liz Parker

December 21, 2020

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Sanitation is crucial for snack and bakery facilities, especially this year during the COVID-19 pandemic. Legacy facilities must be brought up to code, but there are potential problems lurking in new facilities, as well. Pest control maintenance is also key.

Safe and automated dough laminators and sheeters

Snack and bakery companies have advanced options with today’s dough laminators and sheeters.

Ed Finkel

December 17, 2020

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Automation, ease of operation, simple cleanability, hygienic design, operator safety, and the ability to process nontraditional and healthier ingredients are among the top of mind requests for snack and bakery operators looking to buy or upgrade laminators or sheeters.

Packaging innovations for convenience snack and bakery products

Innovations help bakery and snack producers meet consumer demand.

Neal Lorenzi

December 16, 2020

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The latest advances in convenience packaging options, single-serve, re-sealable, portion-controlled, on-the-go, offer retailers and consumers greater convenience, reliable containment, and sustained freshness. Increased recyclability and sustainability are other features. This is good news for bakery and snack producers who are striving to meet consumer demand.

In quarantine, the role of snack and granola bars is shifting

COVID-19 hit the bars market hard, but the market points to significant opportunities even with on-the-go temporarily off the table.

Melissa Kvidahl Reilly

December 15, 2020

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Through the years, an overall shift toward clean eating has generally benefited the snack and granola bars market, encouraging consumers to reach for bars instead of candy, cake, cookies, and other snacks.

Clean-label leavening agents appeal to consumers

New cleaner-label leavening agents make baking more flexible and efficient.

Joyce Friedberg

December 14, 2020

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Leavening is a fundamental ingredient category in baking that performs some serious heavy lifting. Leavening agents help create the textural quality in many baked goods.

Industry engagement crucial in post-election landscape

December 16, 2020

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The 2020 election is over, but efforts to understand the impacts are just beginning.

Healthy indulgences

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

December 15, 2020

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Over the past few months, as I went through the process of developing SF&WB's annual "Top 50 Snack & Bakery Companies" list, I felt a renewed sense of admiration for the inherent power of merging true nutrition with indulgence.

On Demand BEMA’s leadership will engage in a roundtable discussion focused on current events, the state of the industry and an outlook for the remainder of 2020. Tune-in for dialog about recent lessons learned and information on upcoming opportunities being brought to you by BEMA.

Clean Label Snack & Bakery Shopper Insights

Food industry dynamics like organic, natural, ingredient avoidance, and overall product simplification continue to drive category growth. Understanding shopper patterns related to these trends helps provide a roadmap for future product strategies. This webinar will highlight shopper intelligence from Thea Bourianne, MBA, RD, LDN, manager of solutions consulting for Label Insight, a leading CPG metadata specialist that performs comprehensive ingredient analysis to identify unique product attributes across over 30,000 brands and a leading collaborator with IRI.

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery eMagazine

2020 December

Cover Story

The Top 50 Snack & Bakery Companies of 2020

Feature Articles

Snack and bakery companies face dust mitigation challenges and safe ingredient handling

Pest control best practices for snack and bakery facilities

Safe and automated dough laminators and sheeters

Packaging innovations for convenience snack and bakery products

In quarantine, the role of snack and granola bars is shifting

Clean-label leavening agents appeal to consumers

Columns

Industry engagement crucial in post-election landscape

Healthy indulgences

How the global pandemic has changed packaging engineering priorities

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