What will 2024 hold for the bakery industry? In this latest podcast, Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery checks in with two experts from Rich Products—Seb Margaglio, customer shopping marketing manager, and Bill Heiler, senior customer shopping marketing manager—to talk trends. The experts share their thoughts on what might show up on bakery shelves in terms of flavors, colors, ingredients, and more.

Predicting the future can be difficult and risky, but having an idea of what consumers are looking for can be incredibly helpful for snack and bakery pros planning for future success. Daludado, senior food technologist with T. Hasegawa, sat down with Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery Chief Editor Jenni Spinner to talk dessert and confection trends, and what the coming year might hold for producers.

Creating snack chips out of chicken breast might seem like a wild idea, but it’s one that’s caught on with consumers, who now can purchase the products at Target and other high-profile stores. Wright, founder of Wilde, talks about the company’s early days, notable growth trajectory, and what’s ahead for the brand.

Lots of U.S. households have a bottle of soy sauce in their pantry, which they typically employ to season homemade or take-out Asian dishes. However, as Chef Andrew Hunter shares with Chief Editor Jenni Spinner, soy sauce is a much more versatile substance than most consumers realize. The culinary expert explains how soy sauce can be used in a broad range of snack and bakery products, and the difference between chemically produced soy and the company’s painstaking traditional brewing process.

What started out as a labor of love in the Reamers home kitchen has become a rapidly growing national snack brand. Specializing in sweet potato chips cooked in avocado and coconut oils and sprinkled with creative seasoning blends, the company’s products are attracting consumers and winning awards.

Consumers aren’t just interested in healthier eating—often, they are seeking out foods that deliver a specific benefit, such as improved heart health. Colindres, BENEO’s nutrition communication manager for North America, explains how bakery and snack producers can hit the mark and deliver with their products.

Baking is not a business for the faint of heart, and the challenges of the past few made that saying truer than ever. Experience baker Gordon and husband Hartong spoke with SF&WB Chief Editor Jenni Spinner to share how creative thinking and perseverance helped carry the Brooklyn-based bakery through some very tough times.

Serving as director of sustainability at the almond growers collective seems like a great career fit for Sonke—as a kid growing up on his family’s almond farm, he knows a lot about almonds and environmental stewardship. In this podcast, he talks about the organization’s mission and dispels some common misconceptions around the sustainability of almonds.

Brett Parker of SF&WB sat down with Lioy, Dawn’s chief people officer, to discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion work at the company. He highlights how a bakery company can successfully implement DEI efforts, what to do if such programs are challenged, and how to be innovative in shaping new techniques.

After decades in the baking business, the Ozery family is going against the grain—literally. First, the Ozery Bakery’s SeedWise offshoot came out with grain-free granolas. Now, the company has launched better-for-you cookies that promise better taste. We chatted with CEO/founder Guy Ozery to get the scoop.