News on Chips and Snacks from the Americas

Snyder's-Lance, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNCE) announced today the completion of its acquisition of Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) ('Diamond Foods' or 'Diamond').

2016 is the year of the Canadian invasion. Americans have been clamoring over all things Canadian: hockey, the 2016 NBA All-Star game, poutine, and, most recently, Ruffles All Dressed potato chips.

Boulder Canyon Authentic Foods introduces a new better-for-you line of ready-to-eat popcorn: Real Thin™ Pop.

Workers on strike at the Covered Bridge Potato Chips company in Hartland are still on the picket line, five weeks after the strike began over better pay and seniority issues.

Ron Offutt, founder and Chairman Emeritus of the R. D. Offutt Company, the United States’ largest producer of potatoes, spoke about his business success on the final day of Manitoba Potato Production Days in Brandon on January 28.

Market research company IRI highlights the foods that see a sales lift before the Superbowl. Salty snacks constitute the leading category by units.

As the demand for spicy snacks grows, America's favorite ready-to-eat popcorn brand has answered the call with the launch of Smartfood Spicy Jalapeño Ranch Popcorn.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) announced today the completion of the sale of its private label operations to TreeHouse Foods for proceeds of $2.7 billion in cash, excluding transaction-related expenses and subject to post-closing adjustments.

A meeting date of February 26, 2016 is set for the vote of the stockholders of Diamond and Snyder's-Lance to vote on approving the recently announced acquisition of Diamond Foods by Snyder's-Lance, Inc.
Snyder's-Lance also announced estimated preliminary unaudited net sales for the full year of $1.66 billion

With flavor exploration on the rise, the Lay's brand is asking Americans to put their taste buds to the test and help choose between four all-new potato chip flavors and the classic ones they know and love.

Unionized employees at Covered Bridge Potato Chips near Hartland have walked out and are now on strike to back demands for a first contract with the company.

Snacks manufacturer and co-packer Keystone Food Products has dramatically expanded production capabilities at its Easton, Pennsylvania site by adding three new tna packaging lines.

In October JetBlue Airways, New York's Hometown Airline™ and TERRA® Real Vegetable Chips, part of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., revealed the T5 Farm -- a blue potato farm and produce garden at Terminal 5 (T5) at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Continuing in its journey toward zero waste, and in recognition of last week’s America Recycles Day, ConAgra Foods announced its annual Zero Waste Champion award winners.

Conagra Foods announces plans to separate into two independent public companies, Conagra Brands ('Diverse portfolio of Leading Brands') and Lamb Weston ('Leading Foodservice Supplier of Frozen Potatoes')

PEI Scalloped potatoes, a potato chip flavour submitted by Jordan Cairns, wins the Lay’s® Canada Do Us a Flavour™ Tastes of Canada contest.

Tis the season to get ready for holiday celebrations, and Kellogg Company is offering the sweet and savory flavors people love this time of year. Pringles brings back some holiday favorites while introducing new, on-trend flavored salted-caramel crisps.

A fire in a centrifugal cooking vat in the Kettle Foods potato chips factory in Beloit caused no injuries but about USD 170.000 damage in contents