Conagra Brands, Inc., Chicago, announced plans to build The Conagra Brands Center for Food Design in Chicago at 350 N. Orleans Street, located next to its existing headquarters in The Merchandise Mart.

In a survey of kids ages 5-11 and their parents, Stonyfield uncovered that snack time presents a great opportunity to build healthy food habits for all meal times.

Young Gen Z adults (18-24 year olds) are more likely than their Millennial predecessors to say they often snack between meals (74% vs. 66%), and when they do slow down to prepare a meal, young Gen Z adults are more likely to prefer simple, easy-to-prepare meals (58% vs. 40%), according to “Looking Ahead to Gen Z: Demographic Patterns and Spending Trends,” a report from Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

Whether at home, at work, in the car or on the go, “snack meals” are on the rise. That’s because 86% of Americans eat snacks in place of meals, according to a new nationwide survey of 2,000 adults (ages 18 and over), commissioned by Farm Rich, St. Simons Island, Ga.

General Mills, Minneapolis, unveiled a host of new products rolling out in early 2017 aimed at meeting today’s snacking trends.

This study finds that consumers snack for a variety of reasons.