The Hillshire Brands Co., Chicago, expanded its Jimmy Dean brand to include pancakes and sausages on a stick in Apple Cinnamon and Very Berry varieties.
In honor of National Breakfast Month, ConAgra Foods’ Marie Callender's brand is encouraging Americans to rethink their breakfast experience with Marie Callender's Breakfast Sandwiches.
To help meet consumers’ increasing demand for quick, tasty and satisfying breakfast options, the Jimmy Dean brand, produced by Chicago-based Hillshire Brands, introduced new frozen convenience breakfast items that are microwaveable and ready in minutes.
Despite the recession, the breakfast foods category experienced a 20% increase in sales from 2007-2011, rising from $10 to $12 billion, according to Chicago-based Mintel. The study also forecasts continued growth, with the category expected to grow nearly 26% by 2017.
Ian’s Natural Foods, Framingham, Mass., stepped up to the gluten-free plate yet again by introducing new breakfast items, including French toast sticks, pancrepes (in Blueberry, Apple, Sausage and Strawberry varieties) and Original Pancakes.
New research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that eating a protein-rich breakfast reduces hunger, boosts satiety and reduces brain responses involved with food cravings more than a typical breakfast that is lower in protein.
Seeking to expand its breakfast portfolio, ConAgra Foods will buy Odom's Tennessee Pride, a producer of refrigerated and frozen breakfast sandwiches and sausage.
