Snacking

National Association for Convenience Stores

How brands and c-stores can drive sales and in-store experiences through promotions

25-Oct-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Convenience stores are evolving into experiential destinations driven by consumers’ diverse usage occasions while brands have an opportunity to bundle their top sellers with retailers’ prepared foods, driving relevance for consumers, executives at Mars...

ELAVI expands its gut-friendly portfolio with plant-based cashew butter jars

21-Aug-2023 By Deniz Ataman

On trend with the healthy indulgence movement, ELAVI launches its low sugar, gut-friendly and plant-based cashew butter jars, adding to its existing portfolio of nut butter packets and snack bars.

Younger consumers lead snack market growth, as shift to private label continues, Circana finds

14-Apr-2023 By Ryan Daily

As consumers look for quick energy boosts or moments of indulgences throughout their day, they are driving the snack market to new heights, while simultaneously becoming more critical of what they buy and trading down from premium brands to smaller sizes,...

The holistic nutrition opportunity in snacks: ‘Consumption is becoming more sophisticated’

31-Mar-2023 By Flora Southey

Consumers are talking less about ‘general health’, and more about cleansing, detoxing, carb-free, and cholesterol-free, according to Tastewise. How does this trend translate into opportunity for industry?

Frito-Lay: Flavor combinations and discovery drive snacking purchases

29-Jun-2022 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Consumers have heightened interest in flavor twists and combinations (e.g. salty & sweet, tangy & spicy) and are less driven by brand recognition and familiarity when it comes to their snacking purchases, finds Frito-Lay North America in its recent...

Nestlé USA CMO talks 'doubling down' on plant-based, snacking, and coffee

17-Dec-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Nestlé USA is highly focused on several key food and beverage categories as it heads into 2022, including growing plant-based meat alternatives (i.e. chicken), plant-based creamers, coffee, and new snacking opportunities, says Nestlé USA CMO Alicia Enciso....

Rise of frozen snacking driven by consumers' desire for permissible indulgence

26-Oct-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Consumers have evolved their definition of what qualifies as a snack and are increasingly seeking out permissibly indulgent options, which has given rise to a new type of snacking behavior in the frozen set, Mintel consumer insights research suggests....

Nestlé debuts Rallies Nut Butter Bombs, a snack for world-weary 'slumpers'

20-Oct-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Nestlé has entered the refrigerated snacking set with its line of permissably indulgent Rallies, a three-bite snack of chocolate enrobed nut butters, which is targeting a growing group of consumers who need a pick-me-up to rally themselves out of a slump,...

Conagra: 'We look at our $2.7bn snacks business as a continued source of fabulous growth'

07-Oct-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Conagra Brands is dialing up the investment in its snacks business with several new product launches under its Slim Jim brand, the #1 brand in meat snacks, and its broader salty snacks portfolio, shares Burke Raine, president, grocery and snacks.

‘Blockbuster year’ for snacking innovation on horizon after product launches slowed during pandemic

13-Apr-2021 By Elizabeth Crawford

This year promises to be a “blockbuster year” for snacking innovation after 2020 saw drastically fewer new products hit stores than previous years, but of those that did launch the best sellers catered to Americans’ pandemic-influenced demands – portending...

‘Wellness’ inspires emotionally-soothing indulgent snacks along side immunity-boosting options

26-Jan-2021 By Elizabeth Crawford

As the pandemic expands consumers’ definition of wellness to include not just physical fitness but also emotional welfare, they increasingly are seeking snacks that balance both – opening the door for products that are nostalgic and indulgent as well...

Quevos egg white chips attracts Shark Tank investment from KIND Snacks founder

25-Jan-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

After appearing on ABC's Shark Tank last week, Quevos – an emerging brand making egg white-based chips – received an investment from Equilibra Partners Management, the family office of KIND Snacks founder, Daniel Lubetzky, to fuel its next phase...

‘We’re putting our account on pause, because no one’s in the office…’ NatureBox CEO on pivoting in a pandemic and ‘work-from-home snacks’

31-Aug-2020 By Elaine Watson

NatureBox – a VC-backed startup that burst onto the scene in 2012 as the Trader Joe’s of online snacking with curated subscription boxes – has evolved its business model over the years, making a move into bricks & mortar retail, and getting heavily...

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: How is the coronavirus pandemic & unemployment reshaping snacking?

22-Jun-2020 By Elizabeth Crawford

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has reshaped virtually every aspect of American’s lives, including what, when and how we eat, according to research from the flavor, ingredient and color company Flavorchem, which found our emotions are influencing our...

PeaTos launches DTC website: 'The fight for snack share just headed online'

20-May-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused brands to look at their direct-to-consumer (DTC) businesses with fresh eyes, including emerging brand PeaTos, which launched its own DTC site, BetterSnacks.com, to fulfill Americans' at-home snacking needs and desire...

Stryve aims to double retail sales in 2020 as biltong gains on traditional jerky

20-Jan-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Stryve, the largest producer of biltong in the US, is entering 2020 with a new look and branding campaign intended to teach more US consumers about the South African air-dried meat snack.

Good Source Foods hits the market with day-part snacking concept

03-Sep-2019 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Noting the rise in snacking throughout the day and among all generations, better-for-you snack company Good Source Foods believed there ought to be a snack brand with products intentionally developed for specific parts of the day.

BRAMI undergoes brand revamp unlocking further growth in 'great-for-you' snacking

02-Jul-2019 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Since launching three years ago, lupini bean snacking company BRAMI is at the precipice of its next wave of brand growth bolstered by refreshed packaging and a new partnership with a lupini bean manufacturer based in Italy.

Mondelēz advances mindful and sustainable snacking roadmap

14-May-2019 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Mondelēz International is making headway against its 'mindful and sustainable snacking' goals including growing its portion control snack sales to 15% of total net revenue last year, and improving the nutritional profile of some of its legacy...

Evolve Brands works to make 'mindful snacking' a mainstream concept

08-May-2019 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Organic snack company Evolve Brands is built around "mindful snacking," a concept which informs every business decision the founding partners make, says partner Cindy Poiesz.

Nielsen: 'We expect consumers' focus on fresh to sharpen'

27-Feb-2019 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Consumers' desire to eat better is having a strong impact across the fresh food sector from produce to prepared foods to meal kits, according to recent Nielsen research.