Chips en Snacks

An integrated marketing campaign for snack manufacturer Intersnack has been devised by Gardiner Richardson, for the client’s Penn State pretzel range.

Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) today announced an $8.4 million planned expansion of its production facility in Salem, Oregon to meet increased demand for its Kettle Brand potato chips. More than 15 new jobs will be created, and production capacity w...

Walkers are launching new Walkers Extra Crunchy – ‘The Walkers you share’ – into the crisps and snacks category this month.

Con el inicio de un nuevo año fiscal, el Consejo de la Papa de los Estados Unidos (USPB, por sus siglas en ingles) ha publicado en línea la estrategia que sus programas seguirán para cumplir los objetivos propuestos. Se encuentra en ingles en http://ww...

A total of 1,909 metric tons of fresh US chipping potatoes were shipped to Japan under the February – June 2010 shipping window.

With the start of the USPB’s new fiscal year (FY11) July 1, the newly revised Long Range Plan (LRP) is now available at www.uspotatoes.com/120lrp.html. The Long Range Plan is the USPB’s annual strategy document that guides each and every program the B...

Frito-Lay Canada, a division of PepsiCo Canada, is investing more than $2 million in its New Minas (Nova Scotia) operations to upgrade production equipment and make the facility more environmentally sustainable.

Old Dutch Foods will expand their Hartland plant with support of a $15-million loan of the New Brunswick government.The New Brunswick governement is investing in Old Dutch Foods Ltd. to help it expand its operations in New Brunswick and add 40 jobs to ...

Indra K. Nooyi, chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP), visited Peru this week to announce that the company is investing USD $3 million over the next three years to create the Agricultural Development Center of Peru (CEDAP).  The Center, which i...

La multinacional PepsiCo, fabricante de refrescos y de otros productos alimentarios, invertirá en Perú más de 200 millones de dólares en los próximos cinco años, anunció hoy su presidenta ejecutiva, Indra Nooyi, tras reunirse con el gobernante de este ...

The European Snacks Association (ESA) recommends a portion of 30g for savoury snacks and Nuts.This portion recommendation for savoury snacks was agreed in close cooperation with CIAA.In defining portions for snacks and for nuts, ESA aims to ensure that...

The UK’s large sharing snack hopes to spice up snacks sales this summer with two new Pringles Xtreme flavours: Hot Paprika &Smoky Bacon and Spicy Sour Cream &Onion.The launch of the new Xtreme flavours builds on the success of the current Pring...

ConAgra Foods Inc. has moved the headquarters of its snacks segment from Edina to suburban Chicago, cutting 120 Twin Cities jobs in the process.

Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK) today reported record financial results for the second quarter ending June 26, 2010, highlighted by the Company's tenth consecutive quarter of year-over-year earnings growth, basic EPS increase of 33%, EBITDA gain ...

Lay's®, America's favorite potato chip and a leading brand from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division, unveiled today a mobile greenhouse designed to bring a rural farm experience to the center of metropolitan areas across the country.  The six-city "Lay's...

German potato lovers will soon have to put up with shorter french fries, the country's Farmers' Association (DBV) has warned.The current heat wave is producing smaller potatoes, DBV spokeswoman Verena Telaar told the BBC."The potatoes are just not...

Seabrook Crisps is looking to develop a second factory within the next five years. The company, which in the last three years has become the UK’s fastest growing potato crisp brand supplying all major supermarkets, intends to have a second factory up a...

The snacks and biscuits division of UK manufacturer United Biscuits could be parcelled out to different buyers, according to a research firm's analysis of the market following media reports the company is to be sold by its private equity owners.