Top Journalists in Snack Distributors
Jenni Spinner Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery (BNP Media)
Chief editor at Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery; leads annual State of the Industry snack coverage and reports frequently on chips, crackers and distribution dynamics. Specialties: Snacks, chips, crackers, category trends, manufacturer/distributor coverage
Liz Parker Kuhn Candy Industry; Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery (BNP Media)
Senior editor across Candy Industry and Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery; covers confectionery and snack innovation, pricing and category movement relevant to distributors. Specialties: Confectionery, candy and snacks, new product coverage, supplier interviews
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Ed Finkel Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery
Contributing writer to SF&WB with recent State of the Industry features on nuts/snack mixes and tortillas — useful for distributor assortment planning. Specialties: Nuts & mixes, tortillas, processing/equipment for snack makers
Teresa Tarantino Candy & Snack TODAY (NCA/ProPress, Inc.)
Editor-in-Chief of Candy & Snack TODAY (official NCA publication), covering confectionery and snack industry news from field to shelf with a strong distributor readership. Specialties: Candy and snack trade, distributor/retail insights, NCA trends
Danielle Romano Convenience Store News (EnsembleIQ)
Managing editor at Convenience Store News and point person for candy & snacks; leads trend coverage from Sweets & Snacks Expo and category features useful to c‑store distributors. Specialties: Candy & snacks beat, small operator, show trend reports (Sweets & Snacks Expo)
Hannah Hammond CSP (Informa Connect)
Executive editor at CSP; five-plus years covering snacks, candy and center‑store for the convenience channel — a core route‑to‑market for snack distributors. Specialties: C‑store snacks/candy, packaged beverages, center‑store
Rachel Gignac CSP (Informa Connect)
CSP journalist covering snacks & candy developments, from M&A to category trends impacting convenience distributors. Specialties: Snacks & candy news, recalls, category roundups
Diane Adam CSP (Informa Connect)
Senior editor at CSP (formerly with Supermarket News) covering CPG developments such as ingredient policies and center‑store trends that affect snack distribution. Specialties: CPG policy and ingredients, center‑store implications (including candy/snacks)
Christopher Doering Food Dive (Industry Dive)
Senior reporter at Food Dive with deep coverage of Sweets & Snacks Expo and breakout snack brands entering retail and distributor pipelines. Specialties: CPG/snacks, Sweets & Snacks Expo reporting, confectionery innovation
Christine Blank Food Dive (Industry Dive)
Food Dive contributor focused on candy and snack trends, pricing, and category shifts impacting distributors. Specialties: Confectionery trends, c‑store candy performance, consumer behavior
Elizabeth Crawford FoodNavigator‑USA (William Reed)
Senior editor at FoodNavigator‑USA; covers snack innovation, retail strategies and consumer shifts, including functional and clean‑label snacking. Specialties: Snack industry strategy, retail/omnichannel, Soup‑To‑Nuts podcast
Deniz Ataman FoodNavigator‑USA (William Reed)
FoodNavigator‑USA journalist driving the Snacks sector desk; frequent reporting on gummy, popcorn, pretzel and BFY snack trends relevant to distributors. Specialties: Snacks vertical lead coverage — flavors, formats, packaging, retail
Jess Spiring ConfectioneryNews (William Reed)
Editor‑in‑Chief at ConfectioneryNews, overseeing daily coverage of chocolate, sugar confectionery and supply chain topics that interface with snack distribution. Specialties: Confectionery manufacturing to retail, supply chain, ingredients
Gill Hyslop BakeryAndSnacks (William Reed)
Editor of BakeryAndSnacks.com, covering bakery and snack market moves (from pretzels to chips) and regulatory issues that impact distributors. Specialties: Bakery & snacks trade, tariffs/ingredients, global category news
Neill Barston Confectionery Production; Sweets & Snacks World (Bell Publishing)
Editor of Confectionery Production and Sweets & Snacks World; covers confectionery supply chain, manufacturing and trade shows used by distributors to source products. Specialties: Confectionery industry news, equipment/packaging, international market coverage
Sandra Carpenter Vending Times (Networld Media Group)
Editor of Vending Times; reports on vending and micro‑market trends — a key channel for snack distributors. Specialties: Vending/micro‑markets, unattended retail for snacks, equipment & payments
Linda Becker Automatic Merchandiser / VendingMarketWatch (Endeavor Business Media)
Editor‑in‑Chief of Automatic Merchandiser and VendingMarketWatch, covering product innovation and operator needs in vending and micro‑market distribution. Specialties: Convenience services industry (vending, OCS, micro‑markets), snack product launches
Monica Watrous Food Business News (Sosland Publishing)
Managing editor at Food Business News; long‑time reporter on snack/confectionery innovation and transactions that shape distributor assortments. Specialties: CPG/CPG‑startup snacks, confectionery, emerging brands and M&A
Charlotte Atchley Baking & Snack (Sosland Publishing)
Editor of Baking & Snack; covers wholesale baking and snack manufacturing trends including SNAC International insights used by distributors. Specialties: Wholesale baking & snacks, operations/technology, industry economics
Erin Del Conte (Rigik) CStore Decisions (WTWH Media)
Editor‑in‑Chief at CStore Decisions; leads annual category guides and features on candy and snacks tailored to convenience retail and its distributors. Specialties: C‑store candy & snacks category strategy, retailer/distributor Q&As
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