With roots in the snack industry going back to the 1950s, Star Snacks, Co. LLC of Jersey City, New Jersey offers high-quality snack nut products for retailers and those seeking private label products. From their large state-of-the-art, processing, and packaging facility, they are a “one source solution for quality branded”, private label, and custom packed nuts and dried fruit.
Star Snacks has participated in Food Export programs since 2015 to gain worldwide brand awareness for its snack products. Over the past two years the company has made substantial export sales due to attendance at these events.
In February of 2023, Star Snacks LLC attended Food Export-Northeast’s Northeast Buyers Mission held in Jersey City where they met with buyers from several countries. As a result of that activity, Star Snacks made export sales of sweet and savory snacks worth $1.5 million to Canada, Peru, and the Cayman Islands. The New Jersey company also projects additional sales of $630,000 over the next twelve months.
Later in 2023 Star Snacks also participated in Food Export’s Sweets and Snacks Buyers Mission at the Sweets and Snacks Expo, the Focused Trade Mission to Mexico for Private Label, Retail and Foodservice, the Product Showcase at ANUFOOD Brazil, and the Specialty Food Buyers Mission at the Summer Fancy Show. These combined events resulted in $220,000 in additional projected export sales, 21 new foreign buyer contacts and 23 new distributorships established.
In June of 2022, Star Snacks, Co. attended Food Export-Northeast’s Caribbean and Latin American Buyers Mission where they had 10 pre-arranged, private meetings with buyers from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, and Uruguay. During the meetings, they presented their Imperial and Star Snacks brands of mixed nut products.
December 2022, Star Snacks was able to report earning $50,000 in sales from Barbados and $20,000 in sales to Trinidad and Tobago. They also are projecting to complete another $100,000 and $50,000 in sales to these markets over the next twelve months. Both sales represent new export markets for the New Jersey supplier.
Star Snacks has been a participant to Food Export’s programs and services since 2015. The New Jersey company is a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality branded and private label nuts, trail mixes and dried fruits. They are committed to providing their customers with the products they need at the best price point possible. Their mission is to offer their customers a quality dried fruit and nut at an attractive price point with excellent margins. Their brands include Star Snacks, Imperial Nuts, and Platinum.
Food Export uses funding from the Market Access Program (MAP) to help America’s small businesses increase their exports of food and agricultural products. As these exports increase, these small businesses are creating jobs and improving the strength and stability of our agricultural economy. Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast are non-profit organizations that work in collaboration with their member state departments of agriculture and the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. They offer a wide range of programs and services that help boost America’s agricultural exports.
