The snack and granola bars category continues to perform well, with IRI, Chicago, reporting that sales hit $5.6 billion for the 52 weeks ending March 22, 2015, up 3.47 percent in dollar sales?and that figure saw a nice boost from the nutritional and intrinsic value bars segment, which saw dollar sales growth of 9.41 percent for the period. -Publication: Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery