According to the survey, 61% of higher income households choose healthy snacks over junk food, and of total snack buyers, 15% say it's important for snacks to be natural or organic.
Flagstone Foods, a leader in private brand nut snacks, said it will source 100% of its almonds from bee-friendly farms and has introduced an initiative to do its part to improve the bee population that is crucial to nut-snack production.
Post Holdings acquired the private label leader’s ready-to-eat cereal business for $85 million; the two companies attempted a deal two years ago but was halted by FTC.
The retailer has rolled out Pure Balance Pro+ dog and cat food that is vet-formulated and joins a move to grow its overall pet assortment to meet the increasing rate of pet households.
The company’s Marconi Avocado Oil, previously sold in an Editors’ Picks-winning bag-in-box packaging, rolls out in a smaller light-blocking bottle for private label.
Private label arm of Post, 8th Avenue Foods & Provisions, has arranged to acquire Ronzoni from Riviana Foods, who sold several pasta brands to TreeHouse Foods last year.