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Why Walmart Moved ALOHA From the Nutrition Aisle to Grocery
Nosh spoke with company leaders about what prompted the move, how they’ll measure success and why they believe protein bars are increasingly becoming just another grocery staple.
The Only Bean Bets on Target to Revitalize a Sleepy Snack Set
The launch marks a major milestone for the Las Vegas-based brand, which has rapidly expanded into thousands of stores across the club and grocery channels since its debut six years ago.
Smash Foods Raises $5M
The six-year-old brand markets an assortment of superfood spreads and snacks featuring chia seeds and dates. Its products are available nationwide at Whole Foods Market, Sprouts Farmers Market, Target, Walmart, Costco and more.
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Buying barkTHINS, Hershey Invests in ‘Snackfection’ for Consumer Satisfaction
For bags of broken chocolate bars, Hershey broke the bank. The massive chocolate company announced today that it had acquired the Ripple Collective, which produces fast-growing snacking chocolate line barkTHINS. Hershey has been diversifying its business from being solely confection-focused to offer more healthy snacking options through acquisition and innovation.
CLIF Kid Unveils the Fruits (and Veggies) of Their Labor with New Zbar Fruit + Veggie Bars
CLIF Kid, maker of organic snacks for active kids, is introducing a new addition to the CLIF Kid family – CLIF Kid Zbar® Fruit + Veggie. This certified USDA organic snack not only contains whole grains, but also a blend of fruit puree concentrate and vegetable powders that deliver the taste kids want, with the nutrition parents desire.
Truly Good Foods Reveals New Packaging and Branding for Snack Line
Truly Good Foods – a leading snack food provider – is relaunching their popular line of York’s Harvest Garden Chips with new branding and fresh packaging. Garden Chips debuted a new logo and packaging that better evokes the healthier lifestyle of the brand.
Enjoy Life Foods Unveils New Look for Plentils
Enjoy Life Foods, the leading brand in the growing Free-From category, announced a fresh, exciting look for its allergy-friendly line of Plentils, which highlights the lentil-based chips’ crunchy, craveable flavors and premium ingredient panel that is free-from the top eight food allergens.
Meat Snacks Still Giving Food Industry Lots to Chew On
Over the past year, the meat-based snacking category has continued to grow with new innovations, new brands and lots of investments. While the meat may be, the category itself is far from dried up. In fact, it’s still smoking.
Enjoy Life Foods Debuts New Protein-Packed Power Snacks and Grab & Go Mini Cookies
Enjoy Life Foods, the leading brand in the growing Free-From category, is launching a dynamic new portfolio of delicious, allergy-friendly bite-size snacks, including a decadent line of plant-based protein-packed ProBurst Bites™ and smaller, snack-size versions of the company’s already beloved cookies: Soft-Baked Cookie Minis and Crunchy Cookie Minis.
Snackable Wine Grape Company Raizes $1 Million for RayZyn Line
The Wine RayZyn Company announced that they’ve raised over $1 million to help develop the next superfood snack product. The company has a patented process that dehydrates grapes and caramelizes the nutrient rich wine seed in the grape’s own sugar.
Healthy Snack Products Offer Consumers New Options
While consumers may be trying to eat healthier then ever, snacking hasn’t gone anywhere. Chips, dips and cookies haven’t gone anywhere, they may just look a little different with the additions of superfoods, fermented products and yes, even crickets. The following slide show looks at many of the trends influencing the snack category.
Simple Mills Launches Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cracker Line
Following the success of its natural baking mixes, which have held the #1 spot in sales per point of distribution in the category for the last year, Simple Mills is extending its reach beyond the baking aisle with a new line of almond flour crackers.
Biena Gives the Snack Industry a ‘Pulse’ with Rockin’ Ranch Roasted Chickpeas
Always hungry to meet the challenge of creating a better-for-you snack that also satisfies and satiates, Biena combines the humble chickpea with the spirit of snacking innovation with its debut of Rockin’ Ranch, the latest in its line of award-winning Roasted Chickpea Snacks.