News on Chips and Snacks from Europe

October 06, 2018

Walkers starts a recycling effort for potato chips bags after protests

Potato chips manufacturer Walkers - a subsidiary of Pepsico - starts a recycling effort for potato chips bags in the United Kingdom after consumer protests.

October 05, 2018

Calbee buys UK potato chip manufacturer Seabrook Crisps

Calbee has acquired UK potato chip manufacturer Seabrook Crisps from Private equity investor LDC

September 28, 2018

Empty chip bags mailed back to Walkers in protest against plastic packaging

British potato chip maker Walkers is being inundated with mail deliveries of its own packaging. Empty bags are mailed to Walkers to hold the company accountable for its packaging waste and to pressure the company to come up with a better design.

September 05, 2018

A Shortage of Potatoes for Chips? Time to re-evaluate your cutting solutions, says FAM

Brent Bucks of knife manufacturer FAM explains how potato chips processors can increase revenues despite the low quality crop

September 03, 2018

Heatwave will result in smaller potato chips, say German manufacturers

The heatwave in Germany is also affecting the harvest of potato varieties needed to make potato chips. Due to the extraordinary weather conditions, the potato chips will be smaller this year.

August 08, 2018

Continuing drought and extreme heat a disaster for the potato harvest and processors

The extreme heat and drought is a disaster for the upcoming potato harvest. And for processors too: in Belgium, potato chips manufacturer Roger&Roger (Croky) temporarily halts production of some its flavours to manage the lack of potato supply.

August 03, 2018

UK potato processing companies say serious issues with potato supply 'extremely likely'

The Potato Processing companies in the United Kingdom have released a statement through the Potato Processors’ Association Ltd (PPA), expressing their concern for the impact of current weather conditions on UK potato processing sector.

July 30, 2018

popchips sells its European brand and operations to Intersnack

Earlier this month, KP Snacks, part of the Intersnack Group, announced it had reached an agreement to acquire Popchips Ltd, which owns and operates the Popchips brand for Europe.

July 26, 2018

Potato Industry Event Interpom Primeurs 2018 already fully booked

The INTERPOM PRIMEURS, a trade show entirely focused on the potato industry held November 25 - 27 2018 in Kortrijk Xpo (Belgium), has already sold out all stand space.

June 26, 2018

Snack manufacturer Tayto adds another meat snack company to its growing portfolio

Northern Ireland chips and snacks company Tayto has acquired meat snacks company The Real Pork Crackling, in what is already its fourth acquisition this year.

June 19, 2018

Kettle Foods Ltd (UK) upgrades production site with new potato receiving area

With a groundbreaking ceremony, construction has started on the new potato receiving area for the Kettle Foods in the United Kingdom

The Intersnack Group is to acquire Tyrells' snack brands

June 05, 2018

The Intersnack Group is to acquire Tyrrells' snack brands from Hershey

Last month the Intersnack Group announced that it had reached agreement for its KP Snacks business to acquire Tyrrells, Inc. and its global portfolio of better-for-you, premium snack brands from The Hershey Company.

PEF treatment makes a preheater in French Fry production look, well... obsolete

May 02, 2018

PEF Treatment Potatoes makes Preheater in French Fry Line obsolete

Exclusively for PotatoPro readers we can now show you a video of the industrial application of a Pulsemaster Conditioner Pulsed Electric Field system at industrial scale, treating the full line load of potatoes (60 tons/hour) for a large French Fry line.

May 01, 2018

Kettle Chips launches new size £1 sharing bags of its most popular flavours

This spring Kettle Foods launches in the United Kingdom a new range of price marked packs (£1 per bag) to target the growing sharing snacks market.

United Kingdom Trade in Potato Products at all time high

April 15, 2018

United Kingdom trades more Processed Potato Products

United Kingdom potato trade saw strong performance from its processed potato sectors in the first seven months of the 2017/18 marketing season. Trade of frozen potato has seen strong growth both leaving and entering the UK, although imports still outweigh exports by ten-fold.

April 11, 2018

Irish potato chips manufacturer Keogh's Crisps secures contract with Emirates Airline

The Irish Potato Chip manufacturer Keogh’s Crisps has secured a major contract with Emirates, which will see an estimated one million bags of chips being served on their planes each year.

March 21, 2018

New tna On-Machine Seasoning System suitable for wider range of food products

Packaging and Processing equipment manufacturer tna has unveiled a brand new version of its flagship on-machine seasoning application system, the tna intelli-flav® OMS 5.1 at the Anuga FoodTec

March 08, 2018

FAM Centris centrifugal slicing technology for potato chips delivers on promises

Cutting specialist FAM will showcase its latest slicing technology for potato chips on the innovation stage at Snaxpo (Wednesday March 14th at 11am), during the Snaxpo in Atlanta in booth 327 and at the Anuga FoodTec in Germany in Hall 10.1, booth E060.