Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery

INGREDIENTS: Current #sweetener trends within the #snack and #bakery category are focused on sugar reduction. There also is a growing demand for natural sweetening solutions, delivering clean-label benefits without compromising on the taste or texture of products. Thanks to Icon Foods, Global Organics®, Batory Foods Inc, ADM, Incredo, and Sensient Flavors & Extracts for their input! Read it here: https://brnw.ch/21wRgfq

📺 WATCH: BNP Media Group Publisher Doug Peckenpaugh sits down with Erik Brainard, president & CEO of Anritsu Infivus Inc and VP of the Food Production Solutions Association Board of Directors, as they discuss the upcoming Food Solutions Exchange & Conference 2025. The event will take place March 19-21 at Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass in Phoenix, AZ. View it here: https://brnw.ch/21wRekO

Tate's Bake Shop, the cookie and snack brand established in 1980, are now offering a gluten-free version of its Tiny Tate’s Chocolate Chip Cookies. Bite-sized and packaged in a resealable 5.5-oz bag for snacking, the cookies are rolling out onto shelves nationwide in early March and are currently available on Amazon. Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wRd1T

EDITOR'S NOTE: Everyone snacks, it turns out—and that includes the scribes at high-end food publications like Bon Appetit. While such magazines are known for sumptuous recipes, write-ups on the latest fancy eateries to open across the country, and emerging culinary trends, they recently shared a list of notable noshes in the #betterforyou column. Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wRcck

COVER STORY: Bakery company McKee Foods Corporation has been feeding Americans for nearly 100 years. While the organization is best known for making snack cakes under the brand name Little Debbie, it has become one big bakery business, pulling in a reported $1.9 billion in annual sales. Read it here: https://brnw.ch/21wRbsO

This week's Fun Friday includes General Mills' Cinnamon Toast Crunch LTO offering for #NationalCerealDay, See's Candies x McConnell's Fine Ice Creams collab, Ferrero's Nutella giving back campaign, Instacart's Pi(e) Day Data Report, and a Mattel, Inc. Polly Pocket x Just Born, Inc. Peeps crossover toy. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gcyRZS-p

The Specialty Food Association (SFA) Trendspotter Panel navigated thousands of specialty food products showcased by nearly 1,100 exhibitors from January 19-21 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Guided by the SFA’s 2025 Trend Predictions, the Trendspotters assembled a diverse collection of products from which seven overall trends have emerged. See the #trends here: https://brnw.ch/21wRb6G

CATEGORY FOCUS: With more people on-the-go, #snackbars are an easy, portable way to get nutrition without sacrificing on taste. Better-for-you bar companies have been hard at work innovating, and 2025 should bring a plethora of new and exciting offerings. Thanks to KIND, Bobo's, ALOHA, Three Wishes Cereal, and Skout Organic for their input! Read it here: https://brnw.ch/21wR9AO

CKE Restaurants, Inc., parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardees, has appointed Joe Guith as CEO, effective immediately. Guith arrives at CKE with extensive experience in franchising, restaurant management and the expansion of consumer brands. Previously, he served as CEO of Church's Texas Chicken, and has held senior leadership roles at GoTo Foods (formerly Focus Brands), McAlister's Deli, Cinnabon, and The Coca-Cola Company. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gNiyJUPx

Are you currently attending #ExpoWest? Don't forget to read our guide to the show, scheduled March 4-7 in Anaheim, CA. The annual event brings together an estimated 60,000 stakeholders across multiple industries. The focus of the event is glimpsing all things natural and organic that the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry has to offer, and the latest developments in bakery and snack food products are on that list. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gsu7ktSm