Archives for October 15, 2015

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60-second interview: Robert Cruz, director marketing, Dr Schär USA Inc

Where next for gluten-free, and what’s the real size of the prize?

By Elaine Watson

The #1 gluten-free brand in Europe, Schär entered the US market in 2007 and set up a manufacturing facility in New Jersey in 2012, and is now the #2 player in the US gluten-free bread market behind Udi’s Gluten-Free. FoodNavigator-USA (FNU) caught up...

That's it enjoys explosive growth as snackers seek simplicity

By Elaine Watson

When Dr Lior Lewensztain first started pitching That’s it fruit bars to retailers, pretty much everyone he talked to wanted in. Three and a half years later he is in tens of thousands of locations nationwide from Starbucks to 7-Eleven, and sales are...

US benefits of TPP revealed

By Chloe Ryan

Documents describing the specific financial benefits to US meat traders of the trans-pacific partnership (TPP) have been published by the department of agriculture (USDA).