News on Chips and Snacks from Europe

Iconic Irish potato chips [crisps] brand Tayto exemplifies the problems encountered by local brands in a globalised world. Savaged by rapacious retailers on the one side it is under relentless assault from multinational brands with far greater resourc...

Huancavelica es un departamento ubicado en la zona central del país. En el distrito Pazos, localizado entre los 3.500 y 4.300 msnm, los productores poseen una increíble biodiversidad y pueden mantener y cultivar más de 200 variedades de papa al año. Ca...

Walkers, the UK’s No. 1 Crisps and Snacks manufacturer, has brought four of its leading  single serve snack brands together under a new 99 Calories or less banner. The range which includes much-loved, multi-million pound brands;Quavers, Wotsits, Square...

Irish Crisp maker  Largo Foods expects to make a net profit this year in spite of sales in Ireland of its leading snackfood brands – Tayto, King and Hunky Dorys – remaining flat at about €76 million.“Our sales are up 27 per cent in the North, but in th...

United Biscuits (UBUK), a leading manufacturer of snacks, biscuits and cakes, is launching a diverse range of promotions, new products and reformulations to drive awareness and sales of its bagged snacks in 2010. An engaging Hula Hoops charity on-pack ...

Que en Alava se producen muchas patatas es algo que todos sabíamos. Lo que no es tan conocido es que en Euskadi hay varias empresas líderes en este campo. Destacan especialmente Udapa, una cooperativa que comercializa tubérculos y semillas y factura 14...

Aviko stopt met de productie van koelverse producten voor de retail. Door prijsdruk en concurrentie van huismerken ziet het A-merk onvoldoende potentie om hiermee door te gaan.Aviko blijft wel koelverse aardappelproducten produceren voor de foodservice...

Exports of food and non-alcoholic drinks bucked the recessionary trend and were up 10.2% to £4.82bn in the first six months of the year, according to new research commissioned by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF)[1]. Exports of all UK goods were dow...

United Biscuits (UBUK), a leading manufacturer of snacks, biscuits and cakes, has launched a range of savoury snacks 35p Price Marked Packs, available now, to help retailers and their customers beat the economic downturn. The new selection of Price Mar...

Mac van Dinther van de Volksrant is op bezoek bij de grootste frietfabriek van Nederland: Aviko in Steenderen. Hij beschrijft het proces van de aardappel to friet:   "Gekke plek voor een frietfabriek, zeg ik als we de receptie van Aviko in Steend...

Los expertos aseguran que el futuro de la economía está en la innovación. Sobre todo, en aquellas áreas que, como la agricultura, están sufriendo una crisis desde muchos años que amenaza con convertirse en un camino sin retorno. Por ello, hay todavía a...

El personal técnico del Centro de Desarrollo Agroganadero que el Inorde tiene en el municipio de Xinzo realizó un primer muestreo entre las 35 variedades de patata plantadas en la finca de ensayo de Antela, dentro del "Proyecto Patata", que t...

Rising profits and turnover at Kettle Foods have fuelled speculation that its private equity owners will put the business up for sale.City speculation has suggested that Lion Capital, which bought Norwich-based Kettle for about £170m in 2006, will put ...

Snack food manufacturers seeking to target the better-for-you, natural savoury snacks market will be interested in Kerry’s great-tasting cheese and salami Route to Natural baked snack flavouring. MSG-free and containing all-natural ingredients, this ne...

A new BBC TV series, Beat the Boss, involves teams of youngsters and adults competing to devise new products. For one of the programmes experts at Bradford’s Seabrook Crisps worked with teams to develop new ranges and flavours. Three 11 and 12-year...

DS Smith has created retail-ready packaging (RRP) for Seabrook Crisps that can be turned into a standalone display.The pack can be transformed from RRP to a display unit by opening the perforations on the side of the tray to create special locking tabs...

Intersnack, one of the UK's largest snack manufacturers has revealed plans to extend its premium brand Penn State, by launching a new range of ‘deli-cious' baked chips.Alongside the already popular pretzel range, Penn State will introduce a new deli in...

In preparation for the Christmas and New Year period, Kettle Chips is introducing its winter seasonal flavour, Red Onion Chutney, to its range of hand cooked chips in the UK.