Chips y Aperitivos

Plano-based Frito-Lay Inc. posted its “strongest profit growth performance in a decade” last year, even as parent PepsiCo Inc. reported a fourth-quarter drop in profit due in part to higher costs. Frito-Lay, the largest snack maker in the US, boosted o...

Bite-sized snacks are big business. While Wall Street focuses its attention on makers of semiconductor chips and movers of casino chips to make its money, companies that manufacture snack foods are busy building their fortunes through potato chips, pr...

Federal safety regulators say that some substitutes for the chemical diacetyl, believed to cause a condition known as microwave popcorn lung disease in food manufacturing workers, may also be linked to the potentially deadly ailment.

Barrel O’ Fun Snack Foods Co. of Perham, MN is recalling 'Valu Time Salt &Vinegar Potato Chips”, 5 oz., UPC Code 11225-03388 as the product contains undeclared milk protein.

Sweet potato is a hot food trend across America. Loaded with nutrients and high in fiber, this vegetable has continually received rave reviews by nutritionists.

These days people expect instant gratification. From finding where you parked your car to checking movie times on the go, 'there's an app for that.' In the same vein, no longer do you need to sit down and order a full meal. Now, there's a chip for that!

Just in time for football playoff games and the “big game” in February, Cape Cod Potato Chips is launching the Big Game Chip Switch.

DeMet's Candy Company announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the TrueNorth® nut snack brand from Frito-Lay North America ('FLNA'- a division of Pepsico, Inc.).

Zappe Endeavors LLC, the maker of Zapp’s potato chips, has agreed to be acquired by Utz Quality Foods Inc., the largest independently held snack food company in the country.

York-based Bickel's Snack Foods Inc. made no ironclad promises to Mark Troyer when Troyer agreed to sell Troyer Potato Products Inc. in December 2008.

Diamond Foods, Inc. announced the launch of a website dedicated to providing information on living a healthy and active lifestyle, www.diamondsnackbetter.com.

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC) announced today that Kettle Brand® Chips will begin shipping its products throughout the U.S. on iGPS' all-plastic pallets with embedded RFID tags

The overall economy may continue limping along in 2011, but American farmers could plow their way to record harvests.

Tropical Foods, a food manufacturer that specializes in raw and roasted nuts, dried fruit and snack mixes, is launching Garden Chips just in time for the New Year.

A small group of scientists in white lab coats — some bearing the Pepsi logo — wander through their laboratory, describing the state-of-the-art equipment.

La división de América del Norte de Frito-Lay dijo hoy que aproximadamente el 50 por ciento de sus productos se elaborarán con ingredientes naturales, incluyendo tres de sus principales marcas: Lay's® potato chips, Tostitos® tortilla chips y SunChips® ...