Abbott Labs Enters the Crowded Snack Market
Abbott Laboratories, the world’s largest maker of heart stents and adult nutritional beverages, is doubling down on the crowded $6.2 billion U.S. snack market with a line of six bars it hopes will grow into a new brand of wide- ranging products. The Curate snacks — including a chocolate-quinoa-hemp seeds bar and another one combining mission figs and balsamic vinegar — will start selling this month, with additional children’s choices...
Venezuelans’ Energy Bars Created In U.S. With the Tastes of Home
St. Louis — Energy bars were Luis Rivero’s go-to meals when he came to the U.S. in 2003 for graduate school. With no time to cook, he quickly got caught up in the eat-on-the-run culture that was not as familiar in Venezuela. The bars, he noticed, were not particularly tasty, especially those high in protein. And he began to grow tired of the flavors. He continued eating the bars when he came to St. Louis two years later to work for...
