A Spicier Comeback
February 2023
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A Spicier Comeback
The salty snacks category hasn’t stopped growing since its pandemic bounce back, and spicy flavors reign on.
It’s a comeback story for salty snacks. In 2021, the salty snacks category was up 11.3% over 2020, and in-store sales averaged $7,913 per store, per month, according to the NACS State of the Industry (SOI) Report of 2021 Data, and that growth continued into 2022.