This year, Baking & Snack launched its first podcast, Since Sliced Bread, which interviews industry leaders about the biggest issues facing the baking and snack industry today. Look back at the top five takeaways from each season of 2020. Heading off declining bread sales Before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the bread category had been in steady decline for 50 years. Long fermentation, sprouted and heirloom grains, and positioning bread as an experience could provide paths to bread innovation. Social media can be a tool to push back against misinformation about the nutritional quality of bread. Consumption habits and diets continue to change, and shoppers are looking at companies holistically. They want to support companies that care. Investing in sustainable agriculture can provide a supply of locallysourced specialty grains to produce " not boring bread. " " WE ALSO KNOW THAT CONSUMERS ARE MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN WHAT COMPANIES ARE DOING WITH REGARDS TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. " Daniel Servitje, Grupo Bimbo 16 Baking & Snack December 2020 / www.bakingbusiness.com ©Talaj - stock.adobe.com Season 1http://www.bakingbusiness.com