2026 March

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery eMagazine

March's Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery publication features: The 2026 Snack Producer of the Year: Jackson's.

Three Jackson’s chips bags over green and yellow background

2026 Snack Producer of the Year: Jackson’s

The rapidly growing better-for-you snack brand, known for using avocado oil to cook its chips, is a hit with health-conscious consumers and retailers alike.

Jenni Spinner

March 9, 2026

Since our editorial team first visited Jackson’s about 2.5 years ago, the BFY savory snack company has increased its workforce to meet production demands, launched innovative new products, and broken ground on a state-of-the-art warehouse.

This image shows an Antares Vision Group ALL-IN-ONE inspection machine.

Producers look into efficient, easy-to-clean inspection and detection tech

Bakery and snack professionals need their equipment to be reliable and robust.

Ed Finkel

March 23, 2026

Professionals looking to buy new or used equipment prioritize machines that are simple to operate and easy to keep spic and span.

Consumers keep picking pretzels at snack time

Compared to overall sales of salty snacks, the category is performing ahead of the pack.

Jenni Spinner

March 20, 2026

Here’s a twist—pretzel sales pulled in $42.5 billion in sales last year, outperforming the intake of the rest of the savory snack category.

White woman with short blonde hair in blouse and apron holding steaming red bowl in arm, stirring a spoon with the other, and laughing over her shoulder.

One More Bite: Molly Blakely of Molly Bz

The Alaska native cookie-slinger shares her story, from a struggling single mom to a food boss with products starring on shelves nationwide.

March 19, 2026

The scrappy baked good entrepreneur talks about taking her company from a literal kitchen-counter operation to a brand with a national presence.

Three piles and dishes of different types of cookies on a white background

Flavor, function, and other factors fuel fat and oil selection

With sometimes conflicting consumer desires at play, producers have their work cut out for them.

Jenni Spinner

March 18, 2026

The right ingredients for a particular application do more than just make a snack or bakery treat taste good, according to experts.

CandyKing’s Laura Rytkola outside its NYC store.

Swedish brand CandyKing arrives in U.S.

The European company, now with a brick-and-mortar store in NYC, offers a pick and mix concept to consumers.

Liz Parker Kuhn

March 16, 2026

The store will feature a unique blend of candies, including specialty sweets exclusive to its NYC location.

Two women and three men on a panel at ABA Convention 2025.

ABA Convention targets policy puzzles, day-to-day challenges

With its 2026 programming, the American Bakers Association aims to equip attendees with powerful content to grow their businesses.

Liz Parker Kuhn

March 13, 2026

This year’s programming has been engineered to deliver impactful content that helps build leadership skills, and strengthen the industry as a whole.

Consumers take protein intake to the next level

Interest in increasing the amount of the nutrient consumed each day has producers delivering boosted bites.

Jenni Spinner

March 17, 2026

Bakery and snack producers are looking to give consumers what they want—namely, protein-packed products.

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Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery eMagazine

2026 March

Cover Story

2026 Snack Producer of the Year: Jackson’s

Feature Articles

Producers look into efficient, easy-to-clean inspection and detection tech

Consumers keep picking pretzels at snack time

One More Bite: Molly Blakely of Molly Bz

Flavor, function, and other factors fuel fat and oil selection

Swedish brand CandyKing arrives in U.S.

ABA Convention targets policy puzzles, day-to-day challenges

Departments

Consumers take protein intake to the next level

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