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02 ▲0 M&Ms adds Mint Crunchy Cookie as a Walmart exclusive this September DROPS · kmikeym · flavorist.com ↗ · Aug 18, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
03 ▲0 Pringles debuts a suitcase-shaped tin sold only at airports and duty-free shops DROPS · kmikeym · dfnionline.com ↗ · Aug 17, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
04 ▲0 Vietnamese snack brand Kokomi designed a noodle pack you can eat dry, like chips DROPS · kmikeym · minimeinsights.com ↗ · Aug 16, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
05 ▲0 Snack giants Q2 results show a two-track world: US pullback, overseas growth BIZ · kmikeym · bakeryandsnacks.com ↗ · Aug 15, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
06 ▲0 Oreo launches Chicken & Waffles, Deep Fried, and Banana Pudding; fan vote picks permanent DROPS · kmikeym · prnewswire.com ↗ · Aug 14, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
07 ▲0 Lotus Bakeries bets €500M on Biscoff as first-half sales climb 14% BIZ · kmikeym · fooddive.com ↗ · Aug 13, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
08 ▲0 Rap Snacks and Jones Soda launch hip-hop-inspired craft soda line CULTURE · kmikeym · prnewswire.com ↗ · Aug 12, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
09 ▲0 Flipz and Dunkin’ launch pumpkin spice donut-flavored covered pretzels DROPS · kmikeym · sporked.com ↗ · Aug 11, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
10 ▲0 Khloé Kardashian's Khloud adds collagen to its protein chip line at Walmart DROPS · kmikeym · snackandbakery.com ↗ · Aug 10, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
11 ▲0 Tostitos Launches Spicy Queso Blanco Chips for Football Season DROPS · kmikeym · pepsico.com ↗ · Aug 9, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
12 ▲0 Doritos F1 Head2Head chip splits one bag into two rival flavors DROPS · kmikeym · parade.com ↗ · Aug 8, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
13 ▲0 Orkla acquires Dutch candy maker for €207M to scale BUBS, its TikTok gummy brand BIZ · kmikeym · esmmagazine.com ↗ · Aug 7, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
14 ▲0 Oreo x BTS hotteok cookie reaches 80 markets, Oreo calls it its largest collab ever CULTURE · kmikeym · parade.com ↗ · Aug 6, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
15 ▲0 J&J Snack Foods Q3: sales down 6%, margins up 240 bps as Apollo plant plan runs ahead BIZ · kmikeym · globenewswire.com ↗ · Aug 5, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
16 ▲0 Goldfish brings back 'Smiles Back' to push against ultra-processed food stigma CULTURE · kmikeym · marketingdive.com ↗ · Aug 4, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
17 ▲0 Lotte's Choco Pie holds 70% of India's snack-cake market and just added a fourth line BIZ · kmikeym · koreaherald.com ↗ · Aug 3, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
18 ▲0 European family-owned conglomerates are snapping up US snack brands BIZ · kmikeym · cyprus-mail.com ↗ · Aug 2, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
19 ▲0 Mars Snacking shuts its Newark headquarters and moves US operations to Chicago BIZ · kmikeym · fooddive.com ↗ · Aug 1, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
20 ▲0 Chips Ahoy drops its first mystery flavor, offering $25K to whoever guesses right DROPS · kmikeym · sporked.com ↗ · Jul 31, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
21 ▲0 Hershey raises 2026 outlook after salty snacks segment surges 23% BIZ · kmikeym · qz.com ↗ · Jul 30, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
22 ▲0 Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo bars recalled over undeclared pistachio BIZ · kmikeym · confectionerynews.com ↗ · Jul 29, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
23 ▲0 Pretzel brand ships actual crayons with its new Crayola back-to-school pack DROPS · kmikeym · prnewswire.com ↗ · Jul 28, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
24 ▲0 Ghost-shaped Oreo candy has a dark chocolate shell filled with cookie-crème DROPS · kmikeym · sporked.com ↗ · Jul 27, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
25 ▲0 Little Debbie merges Fudge Round and Oatmeal Creme Pie into one snack cake DROPS · kmikeym · prnewswire.com ↗ · Jul 26, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
26 ▲0 Cheez-It and Coors Light debut Beer Cheese crackers DROPS · kmikeym · prnewswire.com ↗ · Jul 25, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
27 ▲0 ADM says GLP-1 drugs, Gen Z, and clean label are rewiring how snack brands innovate CULTURE · kmikeym · foodingredientsfirst.com ↗ · Jul 24, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
28 ▲0 California heat wave threatens pistachio supply even as snack nuts hit $6.7B BIZ · kmikeym · snackandbakery.com ↗ · Jul 23, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
29 ▲0 Calbee and Haitai put salmon sushi in a chip — South Korea calls it addictive DROPS · kmikeym · en.sedaily.com ↗ · Jul 22, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
30 ▲0 Van Leeuwen's $23.8M trademark win proves the ice cream wars are real and boutique brands have finally figured out how to fight back. BIZ · mikemerrill · inc.com ↗ · Jul 21, 2026
31 ▲0 Americans have fully accepted the snacking economy and there's no going back—we've basically become professional nibblers with jobs. CULTURE · kmikeym · circana.com ↗ · Jul 21, 2026
32 ▲0 Intersnack paying 91% premium for Utz suggests potato chip consolidation has officially peaked—when you're overpaying this hard for salty carbs, the snacking boom is priced in. BIZ · kmikeym · seekingalpha.com ↗ · Jul 21, 2026
33 ▲0 Welch's launches a frozen PBJ that's 50% bigger than Uncrustables DROPS · kmikeym · thetakeout.com ↗ · Jul 20, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
34 ▲0 UC Davis: 93% of avocado oil chips are cut with cheaper oils, new study finds CULTURE · kmikeym · ucdavis.edu ↗ · Jul 19, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
35 ▲0 Industry panel coins 'snealing' for the snack-as-meal shift CULTURE · kmikeym · foodbusinessnews.net ↗ · Jul 18, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
36 ▲0 Nissin debuts a cold-water Cup Noodle, five years in the making DROPS · kmikeym · soranews24.com ↗ · Jul 17, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
37 ▲0 Wicked Cutz and Cinnabon made a cinnamon roll-flavored bacon jerky DROPS · kmikeym · prnewswire.com ↗ · Jul 16, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
38 ▲0 Lotte betting a Singapore hub can make Korean-Japanese candy beef irrelevant, which tracks for a conglomerate that's basically a country unto itself. BIZ · kmikeym · koreajoongangdaily.com ↗ · Jul 15, 2026
39 ▲0 Atkins went from "low-carb prophet" to "low relevance" faster than a keto flu, and Simply Good Foods just learned that owning zombie brands costs real money. BIZ · kmikeym · globenewswire.com ↗ · Jul 14, 2026
40 ▲0 Ghirardelli's betting Americans will pay chocolate-bar premiums for something that still gets shoved next to Hershey's—brave move or sign the everyday aisle is finally ready to evolve. DROPS · kmikeym · sporked.com ↗ · Jul 13, 2026
41 ▲0 Clio Snacks launches chocolate-drizzled Greek yogurt bars in ice cream flavors DROPS · kmikeym · prnewswire.com ↗ · Jul 12, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
42 ▲0 PepsiCo slashed Frito-Lay prices 15% — shoppers still pulled back in Q2 BIZ · kmikeym · cnbc.com ↗ · Jul 11, 2026 · NO TAKE YET
43 ▲0 Reese's Pieces finally admits that peanut butter candy alone was leaving people unsatisfied, so they're doing what every snack brand does when sales plateau: add chocolate and call it innovation. DROPS · kmikeym · thetakeout.com ↗ · Jul 10, 2026
44 ▲0 Nestlé is basically admitting that half their customer base is now medicated into flavor oblivion, so they're turning up the heat to compete with ozempic—the most unhinged market dynamic yet. BIZ · kmikeym · qz.com ↗ · Jul 9, 2026
45 ▲0 Hershey's betting a PepsiCo lifer can turn chocolate into a beverage-scale business—which tracks if you've seen how they're packaging candy like it's a lifestyle brand now. BIZ · kmikeym · prnewswire.com ↗ · Jul 8, 2026
46 ▲0 Spain's Fini selling YumEarth to PE is the organic candy equivalent of a VC bro explaining why selling out actually makes the product "scale the mission." BIZ · kmikeym · foodbusinessnews.net ↗ · Jul 7, 2026
47 ▲0 Pringles finally solved the age-old question nobody asked: what if your hot dog bun had the structural integrity of a saddle and tasted like regret? DROPS · kmikeym · prnewswire.com ↗ · Jul 6, 2026
48 ▲0 All Time Low designing snack chips is exactly the kind of mid-tier celebrity pivot that makes you realize the entertainment economy has fully collapsed into itself. DROPS · kmikeym · nosh.com ↗ · Jul 5, 2026
49 ▲0 Hot Pockets finally realized their core audience wants to commit less time to regret, so Snack Breaks is just microwaved penance in bite-size form. DROPS · kmikeym · sporked.com ↗ · Jul 4, 2026
50 ▲0 General Mills discovered that frozen pizza can't save you from bad execution, and now the frozen food aisle's biggest bet has become its biggest liability. BIZ · kmikeym · foodbusinessnews.net ↗ · Jul 3, 2026