Salty snack sales are a surging category and retailers should be going along for the ride. “All chip segments have become accepted mainstream food and that’s not going to change in 2012, said Amer Hawatmeh, president of St. George Oil in St. Louis, operator of six Coast to Coast convenience stores. Part of the attraction…
Better-For-You Snacks
C-stores can now stock a healthier version of Doritos and Tostitos snacks. Frito-Lay launches a line extension of Doritos and Tostitos that has less than half the carbohydrates of its top-selling tortilla chip brands. The new great-tasting products, which are named Doritos Edge and Tostitos Edge, have a total of six net carbs, 10 grams…