The bakery consulting company shares insights from its three decades of history.

Hungry consumers continue to start their day with flavorful, convenient breakfast goods.

Manufacturers are poised to tackle the various challenges of the chips category.

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery has announced that its 2016 “Snack Producer of the Year” award will go to Unique Pretzel Bakery, Reading, PA, best known for its Original “Splits” pretzels.

Unique Pretzel Bakery astutely combines equal measures of Pennsylvania Dutch tradition and modern-day innovation to catalyze its success.

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery has named industry game-changer Quinn Snacks its 2017 Snack Producer of the Year. 

Even in our crowded and highly competitive snack and bakery industry, when excellence emerges, people take notice. Such has been the case for Quinn Snacks and its co-founder and CEO, Kristy Lewis, which have racked up an impressive list of accolades over the past few years

Over the past 15 years, Late July Snacks, the 2018 Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery "Snack Producer of the Year", has steadily grown its business to its position today as a leader in organic, non-GMO snacks, most notably its strong level of innovation in the tortilla chip category.

Over the past century, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, the 2019 'Snack Producer of the Year,' has grown into one of the world's top nut companies, and a strong culture of growth and innovation continues today.

In the world of snacks, some innovations are hotter than others, and sometimes burn so brightly that the entire industry feels the heat.

Product purchase and consumption patterns in America point toward a desire for affordable simplicity in our foods. This has catalyzed ongoing product development efforts to meet increasing consumer demand for natural and organic snacks. And efforts to bring cleaner snacking options to more Americans find increased success when retailers can offer such simplified products at affordable price points.

Cheez-It crackers are a testament to American snacking ingenuity. Introduced in 1921, the amazingly popular, one-inch-square, 100% real cheese snack crackers have maintained a steadfast ability to reach nearly every consumer demographic, with an inherent, near-universal appeal.

Congratulations to CHEEZ-IT, our 2022 Snack Producer of the Year!

The award will be handed out at SNAXPO 2023, taking place March 19–21 in Orlando.

Consumers continue to crave salty snacks—that behavior isn’t fading anytime soon. However, shoppers increasingly seek more meaningful than mindless noshes.

Snack and bakery producers are demanding more features than ever from extrusion equipment.

This month’s digital edition features a range of in-depth features and industry news.

Companies who make dough handling equipment like dividers, depositors and rounders say their customers want equipment that provides safety and sanitation, automation and the resulting labor savings, gentler handling of dough, and the flexibility to run a mix of high-throughput, and smaller, niche lines, depending on the job.

Automation, advances in sanitary design, greater worker safety and additional flexibility in packaging have been among the top requests that manufacturers of cutting, slicing and portioning equipment say they've been fielding from their customers this year.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recognize grains as an important part of a healthy eating pattern. Grain foods provide dietary fiber as well as essential vitamins (i.e., folate, thiamine, niacin, vitamin B6, riboflavin, and vitamin A) and minerals (i.e., iron, zinc, manganese, copper, magnesium, phosphorous, and selenium).

An expert from Dakota MB discusses emerging trends in grains.

A leader from Icon Foods explains BFY trends and products that can satisfy consumers.

The IBIE organizers name SF&WB sponsors of BEST in Baking for another show cycle.

The suppliers are uniting to launch a sustainable farming initiative.

Tankless water heating technology has proven to be a great success for Wedgworth's, a custom blender of dry and liquid fertilizers for agriculture, sod, nursery, and golf-course applications in Florida.

Onyx Coffee Lab announced the launch of its newly redesigned retail packaging. A standout element of the new packaging is the introduction of interactive cards for single-origin offerings that celebrate the coffee producers.

Launched on the global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.

Imagining the Indian explores the impact that stereotyping and marginalization of Native history have had on Native people. It chronicles the long social movement to eliminate mascoting. KC area interviews are included in the documentary.

Free eye screenings, eye health awareness activities and services for the blind and visually impaired community being offered at a Vision Fair at Cal State Los Angeles, Lot 5, on October 15, 2022.

New Augmented Reality Content Depicting the First African-American to Play in the NBA Powered by Artificial Intelligence

ROCKSTARR MUSIC FESTIVAL TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 3, 2024, IN MIAMI, FLORIDA HOSTED BY REALITY TV LEGEND NENE LEAKES, JUSTINA VALENTINE (WILD N OUT), SAPPHIRE BLAZE (ZEUS NETWORK), SUPA CINDY (99JAMZ) & RADIO BIG MACK (RADIO PERSONALITY/COMEDIAN)

These revolutionary RCPE Lake liners are geomembranes that contain and retain water without the use of any post-consumer resin

I AM CODE: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks to be published in August by Little Brown and Hachette Audio

Fusion Uncovers Solutions and Opportunities for Produce Companies and Retailers Alike

MediaCastpro is the new B2B marketplace to buy and sell stock, news and documentary footage on any topic and of any length.

Held at the Barclays Center in New York City, This Year's Inductees, Presenters & Special Guests Received Over $70,000 in Luxury Vacations, Goods & More!

John Florez began his career in the late 1960's as a Los Angeles record producer. Throughout his career, one out of every three songs he produced was nationally charted.

STARBOYS MUSIC will be around for a lifetime!

This Year's Inductees, Presenters & Special Guests Received Over $90,000 in Luxury Vacations, Goods & More!

"When it comes to specific types of video, B2B marketers indicated they are getting the most bang for their buck with "short-form videos" made for social media." Tequia Burt Editor in Chief at @Linkedin

The legal cannabis market continues to represent the dot-com era. Plenty of opportunity remains.

In addition to the rebrand, Coconut Bliss has added to new ice cream offerings.

Searo Labs has formulated a unique family of materials that harness the strengths of seaweed. PA will help to accelerate the scale-up and commercialization of the technology.

ALPLA, which in early October became majority shareholder of Paboco, is investing in ramping up manufacturing capacity.

Produce Packaging's new containers will be made with Waddington Europe's Eco Blend 100 material that consists entirely of a combination of post-consumer (PCR) and post-industrial (PIR) recycled PET (rPET).

While packaging undeniably offers utility in protecting and preserving products through the supply chain, the days of shrink film, oversized plastic bags, and non-recyclable plastic trays are surely over.

NOVA Chemicals tested its ASTUTE™ plastomers against other blends and found it achieves higher oxygen transmission rates, clarity, and stiffness in breathable films, resulting in fresher food and reduced waste.

While some groups say that fresh produce packaging is unnecessary and should be removed, British Apples & Pears Limited says the protective and shelf-life enhancing properties of packaging should be considered.

This story explores recent innovations making produce packaging more eco-friendly. But first, let's take a broader look at the produce packaging market.