The snack and bakery industry is filled with wonderful stories. Writing about the origins, growth and scope of the amazing companies that grace our covers is absolutely one of the best aspects of my job.

Joel Clark, founder of Baker Mills and the Kodiak Cakes brand, got his start in the food business when he was just 8 years old, pulling a wagon around his Salt Lake City neighborhood selling whole-grain pancake mix in paper bags door-to-door. His mom ground the wheat. It was his grandfather's recipe.

This month marks our first dedicated Report covering the legal cannabis edibles market that has emerged in multiple states across the U.S., and nationwide across Canada.

While developing this year's Top 50 Snack & Bakery Companies list, I dug into the story behind Quest Nutrition and its stratospheric rate of growth over the years.

From a philosophical point of view, the notion of "quality" has formed a focus since the days of Aristotle. He saw quality as tied to the very nature of an object. Other thinkers through the years more prone to subjectivity brought relative

Every aspect of a snack or bakery business is like a cog in a wheel. When each part fits perfectly into the design, the engine runs smoothly

Earlier this year, I started to notice Outsiders Pizza Co. products hitting the frozen food case at my local Chicago-area grocery stores. Intrigue arose as I noticed "Detroit Style" emblazoned across the pizza's packaging.

In my home baking pursuits, I’ve long relied on the classics. Apple pie. Chocolate chip cookies. Cinnamon streusel coffee cake.

We Americans tend to obsess over size. We revel in Big Data. Big Brother is watching. Theodore Roosevelt advised, "Speak softly and carry a Big Stick."

We recently held the annual Sanitary Design Workshop in Chicago, and this important food safety training event continues to get better every year (Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery is the exclusive media sponsor of the event).