date:Aug 30, 2018
e salty snacks category see continued growth over the last year, with overall category sales increasing 5% to reach an estimated $11.9 billion in 2017. Looking at the past five years, sales have grown 31% since 2012, making salty snacks one of the best performing major packaged food categories in recent years.
The diverse salty snacks category benefits from the increasing prevalence of snacking and the blurring line between traditional meal times and snacking occasions. However, salty snack pur