News on Chips and Snacks from the Americas

PepsiCo, Inc. and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced a landmark partnership to spur social and economic growth in 26 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Breeders at Cornell University are helping to feed the US appetite for the crispy snacks

Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi talked to CNN in Davos about the global economy and the company's plans in Russia and India.

RDO-Calbee Foods, a potato-dough manufacturing plant at the Port of Morrow (OR), achieved a year without a recordable injury in January.

Chip and popcorn company Better Made Snack Foods may move some of its operations to Greenville northeast of Grand Rapids, if MichCon and Detroit officials don't help grow its business.

Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading food manufacturer, announced today that it has received approval by NASDAQ's Listing Qualifications Department to list its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market.

Snyder's-Lance, Inc. today announced a plan to convert its company owned Direct Store Delivery (DSD) routes to an independent operator (IO) structure over the next 12 to 18 months.

Plano-based Frito-Lay Inc. posted its “strongest profit growth performance in a decade” last year, even as parent PepsiCo Inc. reported a fourth-quarter drop in profit due in part to higher costs. Frito-Lay, the largest snack maker in the US, boosted o...

Bite-sized snacks are big business. While Wall Street focuses its attention on makers of semiconductor chips and movers of casino chips to make its money, companies that manufacture snack foods are busy building their fortunes through potato chips, pr...

Los papicultores de Nariño, que orgullosos estrenarán este primero de marzo su planta de procesamiento de papa con fines industriales a gran escala, son los propietarios de una empresa comunitaria que surgida desde sus parcelas se convierte en la mejor...

Federal safety regulators say that some substitutes for the chemical diacetyl, believed to cause a condition known as microwave popcorn lung disease in food manufacturing workers, may also be linked to the potentially deadly ailment.

Ontario bucked the national trend of a decline in potato production last year and saw an increase in the amount produced over the previous year.

Barrel O’ Fun Snack Foods Co. of Perham, MN is recalling 'Valu Time Salt &Vinegar Potato Chips”, 5 oz., UPC Code 11225-03388 as the product contains undeclared milk protein.

Papa Andina es una iniciativa regional coordinada por el CIP. Su objetivo principal es promover sistemas de innovación que favorezcan a agricultores pobres dentro de las cadenas productivas, a fin de mejorar su seguridad alimentaria, facilitar el acces...

Sweet potato is a hot food trend across America. Loaded with nutrients and high in fiber, this vegetable has continually received rave reviews by nutritionists.

These days people expect instant gratification. From finding where you parked your car to checking movie times on the go, 'there's an app for that.' In the same vein, no longer do you need to sit down and order a full meal. Now, there's a chip for that!

Just in time for football playoff games and the “big game” in February, Cape Cod Potato Chips is launching the Big Game Chip Switch.

DeMet's Candy Company announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the TrueNorth® nut snack brand from Frito-Lay North America ('FLNA'- a division of Pepsico, Inc.).