Chips en Snacks

PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, today announced it will open a long-term research laboratory in New Haven with a focus on the development of healthier food and beverage products. The company also will fund a...

It happens all the time: You open a snack bag, cereal box, or pill bottle and find a little bit of product and … lots of air. Consumer Reports dings such products with a Black Hole Award, and loyal readers are quick to send us nominees.

PepsiCo, la empresa madre del fabricante de aperitivos Frito-Lay ( Doritos, Tostitos y Cheetos) quiere cambiar la cara de la compañia y darle una presentación de empresa responsable con el medio ambiente ya ha mostrado algunos avances con el desarrollo...

To celebrate Pringles' "parade of 100 crisps"and less air than the leading bagged chips, Pringles' teams are coming to New York City on November 25 for 24 hours, to donate air not used in its cans for parade balloons this holiday season. Dur...

Joining the likes of Microsoft’s Bing and The Beatles Rock Band, Kettle Brand® Potato Chips, one of the fastest growing brands in snack food, made its debut this week on Advertising Age’s list of the “Hottest Brands of the Year.” In an ironic twist, t...

Snyder's of Hanover and Utz Quality Foods announced today their decision to discontinue pursuit of the merger between the two snack food companies. After receiving word late last week that the first and second filing had not been cleared by the Federal...

Procter &Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) reported net sales of $19.8 billion for the July - September quarter which exceeded the Company's guidance. Organic sales growth was up two percent versus a guidance range of flat to minus three percent on better ...

Delays in P.E.I. potato harvest operations are getting even worse after heavy rains continued to plague the island Thursday night.The recent wet weather has put some farmers close to two weeks behind schedule, and more rain is expected on the weekend, ...

Deep River Snacks, a family owned and operated gourmet snack food company recently announced signing an agreement with Big Geyser, New York city’s largest independent non-alcoholic beverage distributors.Deep River Snacks product line of all natural sna...

Carl E. Lee, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Snyder’s of Hanover, recently announced the company’s intention to acquire Utz Quality Foods, Inc., pending clearance from the Federal Trade Commission.“We are pleased to announce that two mark...

The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty snack food manufacturer, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 26, 2009, highlighted by a seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year earnings growth, an ...

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America today announced its Plano, Texas, headquarters has been awarded LEED® Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). LEED is the natio...

Leading snack food manufacturer, The Inventure Group (Nasdaq: SNAK), has expanded international distribution of its Burger King(TM) line of ready-to-eat snack chips to include 17 new countries throughout Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The new market...

It's confirmed: the recession really did make us chow down on potato chips and other salty snacks. A new report from Mintel shows that after years of mediocre sales increases, the potato chip market grew 22% during the economic downturn.

ConAgra Foods Inc (CAG.N) posted weaker quarterly sales though its profit beat expectations, raising concerns about the strength of its brands as consumers turn more to private-label products.Shares of the maker of Banquet frozen dinners and Hebrew Nat...

PepsiCo, Inc., (NYSE: PEP) today announced that Heidi Kleinbach-Sauter, Ph.D., will join PepsiCo as senior vice president, R&D Global Foods, reporting to Dr. Mehmood Khan, PepsiCo chief scientific officer and John Compton, CEO, PepsiCo Americas Foo...

Wise Foods, Inc., a leading regional salty snack company, announced today the completion of a new $25 million credit facility. The new facility is being provided by GMAC Commercial Finance, as Lender and Arranger, and Siemens Financial Services, Inc. a...

Kettle Foods has tapped independent Cultivator Advertising &Design here for ad services following a review.The Salem, Ore.-based client provides the agency with a potential creative showcase, and work is set to break next month, targeting consumers...