News on Chips and Snacks from Japan

March 12, 2012

Calbee plans major expansions outside Japan

Calbee Inc. said it plans to increase its overseas sales to account for at least 30% of the Japanese snack maker's total by 2020 from roughly 3%, seeking to offset a dim outlook at home. To help lay a groundwork for its push into markets outside Japan...
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November 28, 2011

Calbee introduces new coffee flavoured potato chips in Japan

Calbee Paripari Variation My Potato, Mocha Cocoa Potato Chips, a new coffee flavoured potato chip in Japan, was selected by Datamonitor as the innovation of the week. "Bitter and sweet"are the words used to describe the new limited edition ...
Japanese snack producer Calbee watches damage, stays at work
March 17, 2011

Japanese snack producer Calbee watches damage, stays at work

Friday’s massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan had minimal impact on Calbee Inc., the Japanese snack food manufacturer and its American partners, including RDO-Calbee Foods of Boardman.
March 04, 2011

First Shipment of Washington State Potatoes Arrives in Japan

On February 11, 2011, the first shipment of U.S. chipping potatoes from Washington State arrived in Japan.
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February 01, 2011

Calbee plans IPO to raise funds for overseas push

Japanese snack food maker Calbee Inc aims to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in March to raise funds to help it expand overseas, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday.
August 10, 2010

US export of fresh chip-stock potatoes to Japan reaches record levels

A total of 1,909 metric tons of fresh US chipping potatoes were shipped to Japan under the February – June 2010 shipping window.
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 Calbee's purple jagabee potato snack
October 21, 2009

Calbee's Jagabee potato snack now available in purple.

Calbee Japan recently launched a purple version of their popular Jagabee potato snack. The Jagabee snacks are a formed potato stick sold in a cup and designed to fit a car cup holder. With the dough for the snacks being made from US potatoes at a joint...
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June 24, 2009

Pepsico takes stake in Calbee;Frito-Lay Japan becomes part of expanded company

Pepsico Inc. is acquiring a stake in Calbee Foods Co., Japan’s biggest producer of potato chips and shrimp crackers, as part of a push to sell more snacks overseas.PepsiCo, the world’s biggest snack-food maker, said in a statement it will exchange its ...
 Frito-Lay Japan caffeine snack
January 27, 2009

Frito-Lay introduces 'Caffeine snacks' on Japanese market

Frito-Lay Japan has decided that "Coffee Crisp" should be more than just a pretty name. Their new Caramel Macchiatto and Green Tea Latte flavor corn chips pack two cups of coffee's worth of caffeine into each bag.The so-called "caffeine ...
August 19, 2008

Japan to label goods' carbon footprints

Japan is planning to label consumer goods to show their carbon footprints in a bid to raise public awareness about global warming, an official said Tuesday. Under the plan, a select range of products from beverages to detergent will carry markings on ...
 Calbee
July 03, 2008

Calbee to Raise Snack Prices This Autumn

Major Japanese snack food maker Calbee Foods Co. said Thursday that it will raise prices of its mainstay products as early as November.The markup on the products, which include potato chips and "Kappa Ebisen"snacks, reflects surging prices of...
 Svenska Lantchips
June 03, 2008

Svenska Lantchips (IKEA) builds new potato chip factory in Hokkaido (Japan)

On May 27, the Hokkaido Simbun press reported that the swedish potato chips manufacturer "Svenska Lantchips AB", will construct a new potato chips factory in Japan. Svenska Lantchips supplies potato chips to IKEA stores worldwide. The new fa...
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February 07, 2008

USPB Improves Market Access With Japan Chip Manufacturers

The United States Potato Board (USPB) organized a chip-stock trade mission to Japan, November 5-9, 2007 for US chip-stock growers to meet with Japanese snack manufacturers. The US delegation was made up of Virgil Slagell and Lon Baley, USPB Internation...
January 27, 2008

Frito-Lay launches strawberry flavoured Cheetos in Japan

According to this blog, Frito-Lay has launched strawberry flavoured Cheetos in Japan. The Strawberry flavoured Cheetos joins a chocolate flavoured version and a caramel flavoured Doritos.
November 14, 2007

Calbee secures potato supply for snacks through partnership with R.D. Offutt

Calbee Foods Co. has partnered with R.D. Offutt Co., the largest potato grower in the U.S., to establish a large and stable supply of potatoes for its snack foods, especially for its strategic new product Jagabee, The Nikkei reported in its Wednesday m...

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