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VOLUME NINE, ISSUE THREE SNAC WORLD SNAC INTERNATIONAL STAFF Thomas Dempsey President & CEO tdempsey@snacintl.org (703) 836-4500, ext. 209 Liz Wells Vice President of Meetings lwells@snacintl.org ext. 202 Abby Valentino Manager, Meetings & Events avalentino@snacintl.org ext. 201 David Walsh Director, Government Affairs dwalsh@snacintl.org ext. 213 Paul Downey Director, Finance & Administration pdowney@snacintl.org ext. 208 Lily Wachtor Communications Coordinator lwachtor@snacintl.org ext. 210 Colleen Farley Meetings & Events Coordinator cfarley@snacintl.org ext. 203 SNAC INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairperson SFA General Counsel Mark Winkelman Martin Hahn Better Made Snack Foods, Inc. Hogan Lovells US LLP Vice Chairperson Dan Sifer Herr Foods, Inc. Canadian Snack Food Association Rep. Kent Hawkins W.T. Hawkins Ltd. 2nd Vice Chairperson Jolie Weber Wise Foods, Inc. Chris Kuechenmeister PepsiCo North America Treasurer Mike Harper Rudolph Foods Co., Inc. Secretary David Flavell PepsiCo Dan Cooper AEC Past President Fuchs North America, Inc. Past Chairperson (2015-16) Dan Morgan BFY Holdings, LLC Tom Ennis Amplify Brands Michael Horn A.C. Horn Manufacturing Charlie Kennedy Packaging Corp. of America AEC President Jeff Higgins Savor Seasonings, Inc. Jeff Partridge Truco Enterprises President & CEO Thomas Dempsey SNAC International Bill Hooker Snyder's-Lance 14 24 Sean Shanley Bryce Corp. Robert "Bob" Cantwell B&G Foods, Inc. Steve Sklar Inventure Foods, Inc. Dave Jones Golden Flake Snack Foods Kerry Lynch klynch@torreydc.com Dan Malovany dmalovany@sosland.com Steve Berne sberne@sosland.com Nico Roesler nroesler@sosland.com Subscription Coordinator Lily Wachtor lwachtor@snacintl.org Policy Outlook As the 114th Congress wraps up, here's a look at what happened - and what didn't. Trace Benson Old Dutch Foods, Inc. Cindy Kuester Snak King Corp. Design Nick Martens Advertising Sales Paul Lattan plattan@sosland.com 11 Jeff Martin Utz Quality Foods, Inc. SNAC WORLD STAFF Editorial Sarah Hubbart shubbart@torreydc.com 11 Scott Smith Pretzels, Inc. Directors at Large Jeff Almond AEC Vice President Heat and Control, Inc. Past Chairperson (2014-15) Mark Singleton Rudolph Foods Co., Inc. Fritz Kohmann Shearer's Foods, Inc. 11 Charlotte Atchley catchley@sosland.com Beth Day beth.day001@verizon.net 14 Legislative Summit Brings Industry's Voice to DC SNAC International members protect and promote the snack industry. 20 Business Member Profile B&G Foods: Innovating to exceed changing consumer needs. 22 Associate Member Profile tna leading with innovation. 26 C-stores The range of consumers shopping at convenience stores is broadening. SNAC INTERNATIONAL 1600 Wilson Blvd. Suite 650 Arlington, VA 22209 Phone: (703) 836-4500 or (800) 628-1334 Fax: (703) 836-8262 Web: www.snacintl.org E-mail: snacintl@snacintl.org CONVENIENCE FOODS ASSOCIATION CFA SNAC World is the official magazine of SNAC International and is produced in conjunction with Sosland Publishing. SNAC World is distributed freeof-charge to members of the organization. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Contact Lily Wachtor, lwachtor@snacintl.org. SNAC and Sosland Publishing assume no responsibility for the validity of claims in items reported. ©2016 SNAC International. All rights reserved. Reproduction of the whole or any part of the contents without written permission is prohibited. Printed in U.S.A. 06 Letter from SNAC 29 New Snacks 08 News 30 Products & Services 31 Advertisers' Index www.snacintl.org August 2016 SNAC World 5 http://www.snacintl.org http://www.snacintl.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Snac World - August 2016

Snac World - August 2016
Table of Contents
LETTER FROM SFA - SNAC International Leading the Way
GMO Free: Supplier’s Perspective
News - Reasons millennials find snacking fulfilling
Consumers willing to pay extra for quality ingredients
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS - Policy Outlook
LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT - Legislative Summit Brings Industry’s Voice to DC
BUSINESS MEMBER PROFILE - B&G Foods
ASSOCIATE MEMBER PROFILE - Leading with Innovation
CONVENIENCE STORE TRENDS - Victory in Variety
NEW SNACKS
PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Snac World - August 2016