News on Chips and Snacks

The second day of the hugely successful Mikesell’s potato chip sale has been moved to 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday March 6, 2023.

Solynta and PepsiCo’s Ethiopia-based Foods Unit, Senselet Food Processing PLC (Senselet), have launched a project to introduce hybrid true potato seeds (HTPS) to Ethiopia.

Conn’s Potato Chip Company announced on January 13 it has obtained a brand licensing agreement with Mikesell’s and will begin to produce the chip brand in Zanesville effective immediately.

Europe Snacks, a leading European producer of savoury snacks for third party brands, announced the acquisition of 100% of Burts Snacks.

SNAXPO23, to be held March 19-21 in Orlando, FL, will include a Startups Hub, Co-Pack Central, Flavor Showdown, Knowledge Zone, and SNAC Bites.

Unique Snacks, a sixth-generation family snack business, is well-known for its variety of Original Splits Pretzels, Pretzel Shells, Sourdough Craft Beer Pretzel Rings and award-winning pretzel dips.

The food manufacturer intends to expand its operations in the area, having agreed to purchase the 6.4-acre site off Thurcaston Road from the city council for more than GBP 3.5m (USD 4.2m).

Productos Monti, la fábrica de patatas fritas reconocida en el mercado por la sostenibilidad de sus productos, anuncia hoy una importante inversión.

Snack food sales in the United States jumped 10.5% to USD 616 million during Super Bowl Week 2022, according to new data from IRI commissioned by SNAC International (SNAC).

Mikesell’s, a snack food company based in Dayton, Ohio, has announced it will be closing after more than 100 years in business. Luke Mapp, President of Mikesell’s, thanked the community, consumers, and partners for their support over the past 112 years.

With Super Bowl LVII just around the corner, consumers are looking forward to not only rooting for their teams, but also enjoying their favorite snacks alongside family and friends.

Calbee's Harvest Snaps is introducing a righteously cheesy addition to its lineup of veggie snacks: White Cheddar Baked Green Pea Snacks.

FrontWell Capital Partners Inc. ("FrontWell") announced the closing of a USD 7.4 million secured credit facility with Savor Street Foods Inc. ("SSF" or the "Company"), a Pennsylvania-based food manufacturer producing an array of health‐conscious pretzel snacks.

Campbell Soup Company is closing its Snacks offices in Charlotte, North Carolina and Norwalk, Connecticut. Most of the company’s office-based employees will be unified in its headquarters in Camden.

Frito-Lay announced the near completion of its Modesto, California, facility's transformation into a first-of-its-kind showcase for sustainable manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution technologies.

Australian supermarket chain Woolworths has confirmed a major potato shortage has caused the price of potato-based snacks to soar – resulting in 'insane prices' for a single bag of chips.

Zweifel Pomy-Chips AG has been the leading potato chip manufacturer in Switzerland for many years. Every day, tons of raw material from Swiss fields are processed into high-quality, crispy chips for the food retail trade throughout Switzerland.

Savory Snack manufacturer Balaji Wafers is planning to set up a wafers and namkeen manufacturing unit at Kanagale Industrial Area in Belagavi district of Karnataka, India