Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - July 19, 2007
“When Fancy Food is good, it's very, very good”
Peanut butter sandwich crackers. Shades of grade school. Late July Organic Snacks of Hyannis, Mass., has perfected the genre: Classic Saltine Crackers, Bite Size Cheddar Cheese Crackers, Peanut Butter Sandwich and Cheddar Cheese Sandwich Crackers. The company, like so many others in the organic category, makes certain to advertise that their products contain no high fructose corn syrup or trans fats along with the usual organic litany. If this is what organic tastes like, count me in. These are the most delicious and wholesome noshes I've ever tasted. Get some for the kids, too. (more)
Twenty-nine categories were judged in the 35th Annual Product Awards Competition which took place in April at the NASFT offices in New York City. Eight judges — including specialty food retailers, supermarket buyers, natural food merchants, chefs and culinary educators — tasted and/or analyzed nearly 2,900 products from 1,466 total entries.
The finalists for the 30th category — Outstanding New Product 2007 — will be chosen in June.
Congratulations to the following finalists:
Outstanding Product Line
Alexia Foods: Alexia Product Line
Cypress Grove Chevre, Inc.: Cypress Grove Chevre
Dancing Deer Baking Co.: Dancing Deer Product Line
Fizzy Lizzy: Fizzy Lizzy Late July Organic Snacks: Late July Organic Snacks
Vermont Butter & Cheese Co. Inc.: Vermont Butter & Cheese Company Product Line
Outstanding Snack Food
Anette's Chocolate Factory Inc.: Brent's Micro Brew Firey Beer Brittle
Crispy Green, Inc.: Crispy Apples
Dale & Thomas Popcorn: Popcorn, Indiana Smoked Cheddar Kettlecorn Late July Organic Snacks: Late July Organic Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers
Supermarket Sampler - October 2006
"Try these Halloween Treats"
Sweets may soothe the savage-looking Halloween costumed beasts wandering around your neighborhood with open bags next week, but they frighten the registered dietitians like Bonnie. Sampling some of the products designed for distribution on this hellish holiday is, conversely, like heaven to junk-foodie Carolyn.
We tried to put our individual prejudices aside in compiling this new list of new or improved treats – mostly sinful, a few saintly – with which to appease visiting ghosts and goblins this Halloween.
Late July Organic Mini Classic Rich Sandwich Crackers. Cheddar Cheese, and Peanut Butter. 99 cents per 1.125-ounce snack bag. New mini versions of all-natural takeoffs on Ritz Bits and Lance snack crackers that we have both praised: Bonnie, for being trans fat-free; Carolyn, for tasting almost as good as the non-natural competition.
Progressive Grocer - September 1, 2006
"Editor's Picks 2006"
Late July Organic Snacks: Organic Mini Sandwich Crackers:
Organic Mini Sandwich Crackers were specifically formulated with kids in mind. They're mini versions of Late July's classic sandwich crackers, which have already gained populatity in retail outlets across the country. The miniature crackers are available in peanut butter and cheddar cheese. Late July's packaging includes beautiful illustrations with nostalgic appeal. For more information: (508) 775-1221, www.latejuly.com
Time Magazine - August 21, 2006
"How to Pack a Lunch"
Parents assume the lunch they make is healthier then the ones served at school, but the Canadian Institutes of Health and Research found that the typical lunch box is a nutritional nightmare, fulled with sugar, salt and saturated fat, Here's how to do better.
New Healthier Foods For Kids: Mini Crackers - Crackers often contain unhealthy fats. The organic mini sandwiches from Late July are trans-fat-free and come filled with peanut butter or cheddar.
Channel 5 News - July 7, 2006 "Going Organic"
Child Magazine - February 2006 "Nutritious Crackers Catch On"
You no longer have to persuade your kids to eat cardboard-tasting crackers because they’re the only ones available. Check out these: Late July Mini Sandwich Crackers. Try these crackers, filled with cheese or peanut butter, in a trail mix or with dried fruit.
Boston Herald - January 25, 2006
"Summer Snacks Up"
Late July is more than just the height of tourist season on Cape Cod. It’s also a line of organic crackers from the Bernard family – who founded Cape Cod Potato Chips back in 1980.
The Bernards since have sold the potato chip business, but their new company – founded two years ago – is growing rapidly. Late July is about to complete a new factory (15 Hinckley Rd, Hyannis) and will more than double its work force.
President Nicole Bernard Dawes credits the explosion in organic-foods production for her ability to create flavorful, organic snack foods. “We tasted 50 organic cheeses to make our cheddar cheese crackers,” she said. “Twenty years ago, there were none available.
“We’re snack makers,” she continued. “We want our products to taste great. If they don’t taste great, what’s the point?”
Food & Wine Magazine - November 2005
"Artisanal Crackers"
The founders of Cape Cod Potato Chips have just launched a terrific line called Late July that includes buttery Classic Rich crackers, made with organic winter wheat.
Country Home - August 2005
"The Dish"
Get Snacking – We love Late July organic crackers as much for what’s not in them (hydrogenated or artificial anything) as for what is (all-organic ingredients, great old-fashioned taste).
The Today Show - July/August 2005
"Get Snacking"
Perfect. Late July takes the whole idea of a cheese cracker and a peanut butter cracker to a whole new level. WATCH VIDEO
The Boston Globe - June 8, 2005
"A Better Cracker"
Hydrogenated oil is the lifeblood of a tasty cracker, so finding one that tastes good without it is a rare thing indeed. Not only are there none of those much-maligned trans fats in these new Late July sandwich crackers ($3.79 for a 6-ounce box; $5.49 for a tray of 1.5-ounce packages), they are also organic, and filled with thin layers of organic peanut butter and organic cheddar cheese. The peanut butter is salty and sweet, the cheese is creamy and aged – the perfect complement to the flaky, buttery crackers that complete this tempting midafternoon or midnight snack.
The Supermarket Guru on the Today Show - May 2006
"Hit or Miss"
Late July Organic Cheddar Cheese Sandwich Crackers.
This product comes from the same people who started Cape Cod Potato Chips. Of course, sandwich crackers with cheese have long been a popular snack item commonly found in convenience stores, vending machines, and kids’ lunchboxes. So, what makes this one special? They’ve left out the hydrogenated oils, which means no trans fats. Also, they’re made with aged organic cheddar cheese from dairy farms where healthy cows eat organic feed and are never given hormones or antibiotics. The result is a delicious snack without the "junk".
Woman’s Day - March 2005
"Good Cooks"
We really like LATE JULY.
Named for that carefree time of year, these snacks are the world’s first organic trans-fat-free Saltine, Cheddar Cheese, and Classic Rich Crackers. They’re now joined by Organic Peanut Butter and Cheddar Cheese Sandwich Crackers.
Child Magazine - March 2005
"Make-Ahead Lunches - Express Lane"
Most cheese-filled crackers are laden with artery-clogging trans fats and taste artificial. But these are made with a blend of healthy oils and have an amazing flavor (adults will love them too). The crackers are also sold with peanut butter filling.
Organic Style Magazine - March 2005
"Natural and Organic Kid's Snacks Taste Test"
Worry about artery-clogging trans-fats no more. These yummy snacks, without unhealthy additives, will help kids refuel between meals. Our pint-size testers tried 66 products to come up with five favorites. Adults will love them too.
Best Cheese Flavored Crackers! - Late July Organic Cheddar Cheese Crackers How they taste: From Steve Bernard, founder of Cape Cod Potato Chips, and his daughter, Nicole, these little bites are the cheesiest of the lot.
The Star Ledger - April 21, 2004 "Never Late"
Do whatever it takes to get these new crackers off the supermarket shelves. Push people out of the way. Bite them on the ankles. These are the best crackers we've had in a long, long time. From Late July Snacks, the all organic crackers come in round saltine, cheddar cheese, and classic rich. They contain no trans fat, no hydrogenated oils, no preservatives, no artificial flavors or colors. They just happen to taste great, rich and smooth.
Syracuse New Times - April 21, 2004
"Salt of the Earth"
It's not often that we rave, really rave, about a new food product, but Late July Organic Snacks , based in Hyannis, Mass., has created three cracker varieties that are truly something to write about.
The New York Times - March 31, 2004 "Bet You Can't Eat Just One, But Why Try?"
Saltines arrived on the scene more than 100 years ago. Ritz crackers were introduced in 1933, and went on to become the world's most popular cracker. (more...)
Cape Cod Times - March 10, 2004
"Saltines of the Earth"
Unable to find the all-organic crackers she craved when pregnant, Nicole Bernard Dawes decided to make them - with the help of her dad, Cape Cod Potato Chips founder Steve Bernard
Three years ago, Nicole Bernard Dawes was pregnant with her first child and craved saltines. When she couldn't find any organic brands on the market, she decided to make her own.(more...)
The Barnstable Patriot - March 8, 2004
"Late July Snacks Hoping for Year Round Success"
Hyannis company cooks up idea for organic crackers
Late July. It conjures up memories of summers past. Of long days along the shoreline. Of picnics and clambakes. Of horseshoes and badminton. Of collecting shells and skipping stones. (more...)
Boston Business Journal - February, 27, 2004
"Organic Growth - Cape Cod Potato Chips Veterans Enter Organic Snack Market with Late July"
Nicole Dawes turned her craving into a business.
She came up with the idea for Late July Snacks, an organic snack company based in Hyannis, when she was pregnant with her son two years ago. (more...)
Taunton Daily Gazette - February 8, 2004
"Chip off the Old Block"
Nicole Dawes has a chip on her shoulder. The chip belongs to her father, Steve Bernard. Steve is the New England business genius who successfully launched Cape Cod Potato Chips and Chatham Village Foods over the last two decades. (more...)
Cape Cod Common Sense - February 7, 2004
"Native Cape Cod Entrepreneur Develops National Product Line"
Nicole Dawes and her father, Steve Bernard, Founder of Cape Cod Potato Chips and Chatham Village Foods, Delve into the Organic Market with Late July Snacks. (more...)
Press Releases
Sandwich cookies get smarter with arrival of Late July - July 11, 2007 Organic Snack Maker Launches New Line of Irresistibly Better Cookies
HYANNIS, Mass. – July 11, 2007 – Fans of rich dark chocolate, real Madagascar vanilla beans and green tea get the treat of their dreams with the arrival of Late July Organic Snacks’ new line of mouth-watering organic sandwich cookies. Both flavors, rich Dark Chocolate and creamy Vanilla Bean with Green Tea hit store shelves this summer, just in time for picnics, family vacations and back-to-school lunch boxes.
Late July’s newest offerings are like the sandwich cookies you remember as a kid, but all grown up. They deliver outstanding flavor using the finest organic ingredients like dark chocolate and whole grains with unexpected benefits like antioxidants and fiber giving new meaning to the term “smart cookie.”
“Our mission was to take the ordinary sandwich cookie and upgrade it into something I would love and feel good about sharing with my children. Finding the right ingredients and developing the recipes has been a long and intense process,” said co-founder Nicole Dawes, “but it was worth it when I saw the look on my son’s face when he tried the first one.”
Even though this is Late July’s first line of cookies, Dawes is no stranger to cookie making. As a child while her father and Late July co- founder was busy building their first family business Cape Cod Potato Chips, she spent summer vacations baking cookies from scratch and selling them to local delis in a wagon. These recipes have truly been a lifetime in the making.
The new offerings include:
Organic Dark Chocolate: Intense and decadent, Late July makes its own antioxidant rich organic dark chocolate using simple, pure ingredients like cocoa and Madagascar vanilla. The irresistible filling is sandwiched between two delicious organic chocolate cookies made with whole grains.
Organic Vanilla Bean with Green Tea: A hint of sweet green tea, one of nature’s best sources of antioxidants, is the perfect complement for pure Madagascar vanilla, including the whole seeds packed with flavor. The result is the classic you grew up with, but with a twist – a filling that’s rich and creamy, but not overly sweet, and the added benefit of whole grains.
Convenient Snack Size for Families on the Go
Both flavors come in convenient, grab-and-go single serve sizes and boxes for the whole family.
- Take home boxes (SRP $3.99):Dark Chocolate 8.2 oz, Vanilla Bean with Green Tea 9 oz
- Lunch Packs (SRP $6.49): Dark Chocolate 6/1.5oz, Vanilla Bean with Green Tea 6/1.7oz
- Single Serve (SRP $1.19): Dark Chocolate 1.5oz, Vanilla Bean with Green Tea 1.7oz(more...)
Late July Organic Snacks Gives Mini Sandwich Crackers an Organic, Trans Fat Free Makeover - April 12, 2006 Late July's founders set out to do for sandwich crackers what they did for potato chips in the 80s.
HYANNIS, MA (April 12, 2006) – Twenty-five years ago the Bernard family, the founders of Cape Cod Potato Chips, Inc., revolutionized the snack food industry by making all-natural potato chips without trans fats, hydrogenated oils, corn syrup, artificial flavors, artificial colors or preservatives. Now with their new company, Late July Organic Snacks, they are hoping to do for mini sandwich crackers what they did for potato chips in the 80s. The company has taken creamy, organic peanut butter and mild, organic cheddar cheese and sandwiched them between mini versions of their already popular Organic Classic Rich Crackers. The result is a pair of delicious new organic snacks that are helping to reinvent the sandwich cracker from an unhealthy, much-maligned, “junk” food into a snack parents can feel good about eating and giving to their kids.
“As a working mother I'm constantly in a position where I need to give my three-year-old a snack on the run, but I'm not willing to sacrifice the quality of the ingredients for convenience,” said Nicole Bernard Dawes, Late July's President and COO. “Our mission is to produce snacks that kids and parents think taste great using simple, responsible, high quality, organic ingredients. We are proud to be the first to offer a mini sandwich cracker, one of America's most popular on-the-go snacks, that fits that bill.”
Like Late July's large sandwich crackers introduced last year, the new Organic Mini Peanut Butter and Classic Rich Sandwich Crackers and Organic Mini Cheddar Cheese and Classic Rich Sandwich Crackers are USDA certified organic. Organic ingredients are grown without the use of dangerous pesticides, chemical fertilizers, genetic engineering, hormones or antibiotics.
And like all their past snack creations, the new mini sandwich crackers contain no artificial flavors, colors or preservatives, no highly refined sweeteners (like corn syrup), no hydrogenated oils and no trans fats. Trans fats have been linked to an increase in heart disease and obesity. In September 2002, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies issued a report stating that there is no safe level of trans fats, which have become a common ingredient in hundreds of popular foods and are found in the majority of conventionally processed snack foods. (more...)
Introducing the First Organic Saltine, Rich and Cheddar Cheese Crackers - March 1, 2004 Late July Organic Snacks Offers Consumers An Organic And Trans Fat Free Choice For Beloved Classic Snacks By Announcing Their New Line Of Crackers
HYANNIS, MA (March 1, 2004) -- The founders of Cape Cod Potato Chips, Inc. and Chatham Village Foods, Inc. are looking to put the comfort back in comfort food by offering consumers organic choices for some beloved snacks. Their newest venture, Late July Organic Snacks, took some of America's favorite crackers and made them organic and trans fat free.
Late July Organic Snacks initial products are organic cheddar cheese, saltine and rich crackers made without heart-clogging trans fats. All of the crisp, flaky crackers are made without any hydrogenated oils (where the trans-fats hide), preservatives and artificial flavors or colors.
“Late July Organic Snacks trans-fat-free organic crackers set a new standard for healthy snacking,” said Steve Bernard, the company's Chairman and CEO who started the company with his daughter Nicole. “We all have enough to worry about in our lives that we shouldn't have to worry about what is in the products that we eat.”
A commitment to family runs throughout Late July Organic Snacks, including its choice of farmer partners. All three trans-fat organic crackers are made with organic, soft, red winter wheat from family-owned mills, for example. These mills supply a lower gluten content wheat that combines with trans-fat free organic palm oil (not to be confused with palm kernel oil) to give Late July's crackers their flaky texture.
“Organic provides a safety net consumers can't find with other products,” said Nicole Dawes, the company's President and COO. “Buying organic is an easy step parents can take to protect their family.” (more...)
There is Nothing More Natural Then a Bond Between Father and Daughter... Except Perhaps Organic Crackers - January 1, 2004 Steve Bernard, Founder of Cape Cod Potato Chips and Chatham Village Foods, and
His Daughter Nicole Delve Into The Organic Market with Late July Snacks
HYANNIS, MA (January 1, 2004) -- There is only one thing that can drag an accomplished entrepreneur out of retirement - his only child. Luckily for Steve Bernard, who successfully launched Cape Cod Potato Chips and Chatham Village Foods during the 80's and 90's, coming out of retirement was made easier because it was for a great idea. “I would do anything for Nicole, but after she went into detail about the concept, I began to understand her enthusiasm and really thought she was on to something,” explained Steve Bernard, co-founder of Late July Organic Snacks. “I have always been dedicated to making the best products for consumers, but this was a chance to blaze a new trail.” (more...)
