Category: Snacks and baked goods
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Ishida Europe will use SNACKEX 2026 to spotlight faster automation. The company will show weighing, bagmaking, film handling, and seal-testing systems aimed at higher throughput and tighter line control.
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The CMA has provisionally cleared ABF’s Hovis deal in Great Britain, while keeping Northern Ireland under review and pushing both bakers toward remedies that could alter supply footprints across the UK.
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Bakers Basco is digitising bakery-equipment recovery operations across the UK. Intel 360 gives investigators mobile case logging, faster stakeholder alerts, and cleaner operational data as the organisation steps up protection of reusable baskets and dollies.
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Arla is bringing high-protein bar concepts to Brazil soon. The company will showcase Easy Bite and clear protein water formats at Nutri Ingredients Summit in São Paulo from 31 March to 1 April, centred on whey-based texture and shelf life.
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KP Snacks has begun consulting on closing its Uttoxeter site. The proposal follows plans to discontinue Tyrrells vegetable crisps, with the plant currently manufacturing the brand’s non-potato lines.
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Bakeit Food has opened a £3m granola plant in Winchester. The 12,500 sq ft site is producing up to 220 tonnes per month, combining baking, packing, and warehousing for contract manufacture across granola, cereals, and related snacks.
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ETi Gıda has agreed to buy nutrition bar brand Trubar. The $173m cash transaction gives the Turkish snacks group a US platform and adds a fast-growing clean-label range as functional confectionery and protein snacking keep expanding.
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PepsiCo cuts suggested snack prices by nearly fifteen percent nationwide. The US rollout starts this week on Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Tostitos, and other lines, with retailers setting final shelf prices.
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Most shoppers do not know what is inside sliced bread. New YouGov research behind Biona’s Rye January campaign shows widespread confusion about additives and processing. The findings sharpen the commercial case for clean-label reformulation, fermentation-led baking, and simpler ingredient decks in mainstream loaves.
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Grupo Bimbo is buying Morocco’s Joy Food, via Spain subsidiary. The deal, disclosed via a Moroccan Competition Council filing, brings a local packaged bakery producer into Bimbo’s orbit as it builds out North African capacity and product range.