NEW EVENT! Cutting-edge Trends for Food Products at PACK EXPO Southeast

Discover all the latest packaging & processing solutions for food products at the all-new PACK EXPO Southeast in Atlanta, GA, March 10-12, 2025

Snack food producers have intriguing insight on technology's helpful impact on employees.

How Technology is Assisting Employees in the Snack Foods Market

Technological tools including virtual reality headsets, sensors, and instructional materials are helping to train snack food producer employees.

January 10, 2025

Industry News

PMMI Foundation and SparkForce Join Forces to Shape Manufacturing's Future

New Year, New Name, Same Mission: Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® becomes SparkForce as summer camp partnership enters fifth year.

January 7, 2025

Top 10 Articles of 2024 – No. 1: Mars’ Strategy Aims to Double Snacking Revenue

Join ProFood World in looking back at the site’s most popular articles of 2024. The No. 1 article of the year tells the story of how a candy giant rethought its snack-selling methods with a healthy twist.

January 3, 2025

With more focus from consumers on healthier options, Mars' Kind bar will be instrumental to further growth in the snacking sector.

Top 10 Articles of 2024 – No. 2: Fruit Stripe Gum Discontinued After Half a Century

Join ProFood World in looking back at the site’s most popular articles of 2024. The list’s top runner-up article provided information on a decisive iconic chewing gum move.

January 2, 2025

Fruit Stripe Gum

Top 10 Articles of 2024 – No. 8: Prison Labor Linked to Popular Food Brands

Join ProFood World in looking back at the site’s most popular articles of 2024. No. 8 highlights the concerning labor situations prisoners have been put into for bare minimum pay.

December 25, 2024

A prisoner works in a field under a guard's watch.

Top 10 Articles of 2024 – No. 10: Ice Cream From Hershey’s, Friendly’s, Chipwich, and Others Recalled Due to Listeria Concerns

Join ProFood World in looking back at the site’s most popular articles of 2024, starting with food recall news that included a popular food brand.

December 23, 2024

Hershey's Friendly's Chipwich Ice Cream Recall

What’s Driving Optimism in the Snack Foods Market

Snack producers are excited to see more productivity and more new products ahead for their business.

December 20, 2024

Most (80%) snack producers have some level of optimism about their company's future investments.

One-Minute Survey: Topics in Food Production

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December 18, 2024

Differences in Training, Retaining Snack Operators and Maintenance Staff

Snack producers are using different training strategies between machinery operators and maintenance technicians and seeing different retention behavior between these groups.

December 16, 2024

Nearly a third of snack industry machine operators leave within a year of employment, according to PMMI Business Intelligence's '2024 Snack Foods Packaging Trends' report.

PMMI Invests Over $800K to Empower the Future Workforce – 2024 Year in Review

PMMI Foundation celebrates milestone achievements in 2024.

December 16, 2024

One-Minute Survey: What's on Your Mind?

Please answer a few quick questions to tell us more about what you want to see in ProFood World.

December 5, 2024

How to Evaluate OEE in Food Processing Operations

Joe Zembas, former project manager at Procter & Gamble, taps into decades of CPG experience as he explains how food processors can evaluate, improve, and maintain overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

December 4, 2024

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FDA and USDA Seek Input on Food Date Labeling Practices

The FDA and USDA have issued a Request for Information to gather insights on food date labeling practices, aiming to address consumer confusion and reduce food waste.

December 4, 2024

FDA and USDA Seek Input on Food Date Labeling Practices

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