In the landscape of food retailers, channels and individual banners are also jockeying for position to meet snacking occasions and more fluid eating occasions in general.

Snacking may very well be the new American pastime.

Snacking has become so ubiquitously part of the U.S. dining culture that the trend has begun to blur the lines between retail and foodservice

Global consumers spent $374 billion1 on snack foods annually between 2013 and 2014, a year-over-year increase of 2%, according to a new global report released by Nielsen.