News on Chips and Snacks from Northern America

Chips fall off the line at a Shearer's Foods plant in Massillon, Ohio. Courtesy: Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer

September 12, 2011

Shearer Foods Massillon plant: the first LEED Platinum Snack Food Plant in the World

“An expanding customer base meant we needed to make more product, and to do that we needed a new plant.” With that succinct summation, CEO Bob Shearer of Shearer’s Foods explains the background behind the Millennium Manufacturing Facility, a 110,000-sq...

September 09, 2011

PepsiCo Named Top Food and Beverage Company in 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index

PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) today announced its inclusion in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI). PepsiCo is ranked as the number one company in the DJSI Food and Beverage Supersector, the only company based in the United States to earn a t...

September 08, 2011

ConAgra Foods Recognized in Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG), one of North America's leading packaged food companies, today announced that it will be added for the first time to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America. One of the world's most recognizable sustain...

August 31, 2011

Snack Food Association one of the Pack Expo 2011 partners

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011 (Sept. 26–28, Las Vegas Convention Center) is collaborating with several industry associations to add even more value to the most comprehensive processing and packaging event taking place in North America. “While brand owners ...

August 30, 2011

Frito-Lay Combines Delicious Flavor and Slow-Burning Heat With New Cheetos and Doritos Fiery Fusion Snacks

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America division is taking spicy snacking to the next level with the introduction of new Doritos and Cheetos Fiery Fusion snacks. Now available in convenience stores across the U.S., Fiery Fusion snacks are the latest evolutio...

August 29, 2011

7-Eleven Hot Dog Potato Chips Are Actually Delicious

If you think a Hot Dog flavored potato chip is not going to work, think again... It looks like 7-Eleven Big Bite Hot Dog Potato Chips have the flavor and the buzz. This is what the Huffington Post writes about them: "When we at HuffPost Food rea...

Dole 3lbs sweet potatoes mesh (Wada Farms)

August 26, 2011

Sweet potatoes in bags making inroads

Shippers say consumers like the convenience of picking up bagged sweet potatoes, and the 3-pound bag seems to be just the right size. Sales of bagged sweet potatoes are picking up, said George Wooten, president and partner, Wayne E. Bailey Produce Co....

August 26, 2011

Cherkees: Beef jerky meets potato chip

This new snack, Cherkees are a blend of two delicious snack foods;beef jerky and potato chips. These are NOT beef jerky flavored potato chips. Cherkees are real beef jerky AND potato chips at the same time! Lean beef and crispy potato are finally com...

August 22, 2011

Saratoga Springs Mayor to proclaim August 24th is "Saratoga Specialties Original Saratoga Chip Day"

Saratoga Specialties Company is excited to announce that Saratoga Springs Mayor Scott T. Johnson will proclaim that August 24th is “Saratoga Specialties Original Saratoga Chip Day”. A presentation is set to be made on the steps of City Hall in Saratog...

August 15, 2011

US Potato Sales & Utilization estimates by the United States Potato Board

The USPB is pleased to deliver the industry’s sales and utilization estimates for calendar year 2010. The full report is attached following this story.

August 11, 2011

Snyder's-Lance reports loss for Q2 2011

US-based snack food company Snyder's-Lance has reported $3.84m loss for the second quarter ended 2 July 2011, compared to a $12.4m profit during the same period last year. The prior year results were reported by only Lance prior to its merger with Sny...

August 09, 2011

Snyder's-Lance acquires George Greer Company to strengthen distribution network

Snyder's-Lance, Inc. (Nasdaq-GS: LNCE), acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of George Greer Company, Inc. ("Greer"), a snack food distributor serving Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire markets. This strategi...

August 05, 2011

Texas A&M University studied oil removal after vacuum frying

Scientists of the Texas A&M University, writing in the Journal of Food Process Engineering, report that short frying time and/or longer centrifuging time combinations would maximize oil removal from the chip's surface during vacuum frying. Accord...

August 03, 2011

Diamond Foods Receives Final Anti-Trust Clearance on Pringles Acquisition

Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) today announced that The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has granted its approval to Diamond Foods, Inc. for its pending acquisition of the Pringles business from The Procter &Gamble Company. Earlier this summer ...

July 31, 2011

Chips met vetvervanger kunnen bijdragen aan gewichtstoename

Amerikaanse onderzoekers van de Purdue University Indiana bestudeerden het effect van kunstmatige vetvervangers en vergeleken daarbij normale chips met light chips. Daarbij kwamen ze tot de verrassende uitkomst dat chips gemaakt met vetvervangers bijdr...

July 28, 2011

Snack manufacturer Inventure Foods reports Q2 2011 Results

Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty food maker and marketer, today reported financial results for the second quarter ending June 25, 2011, highlighted by net revenue growth of 24.9% and second quarter earnings of $0.05 per fully d...

July 23, 2011

Herr’s® Introduces Hot Sauce Flavored Ripple Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

Herr’s Foods, Inc. has combined forces again with TW Garner Food Company to create the next great taste in festive snack foods. The new Herr’s Hot Sauce Flavored Ripple Kettle Cooked Potato Chips combine the fresh, great-tasting Herr’s Ripple Kettle C...