News on Chips and Snacks from Northern America

December 21, 2009

ConAgra Foods Reports Strong Second-Quarter EPS Driven by Excellent Consumer Foods Growth

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) one of North America’s leading packaged food companies, today reported results for the fiscal 2010 second quarter ended Nov. 29, 2009. Diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.55 compared with $0.38 a year ago. Cur...

December 16, 2009

Kettle chips dismisses sales rumours

Wall Street rumours that the owners of Norwich-based Kettle Foods are preparing to put the business up for sale were dismissed yesterday as “speculation”.There were reports in the United States that Kettle's owner, London-based private-equity firm Lio...

December 11, 2009

Frito-Lay factory in Casa Grande First Existing Food Manufacturing Site to Achieve LEED EB Gold Certification

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay Casa Grande, Ariz., facility today became the nation’s first food manufacturing site to be awarded LEED® Existing Building (EB) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certi...

December 09, 2009

Kettle Foods for sale as M&A in CPG picks up

A new wave of deal making is occurring in the consumer aisle.November was the biggest month in over a year for deals involving consumer-products and food and drinks firms, with $12.54 billion in acquisitions.In recent weeks, a closely-held chip-maker, ...

Pepsico's Chief Scientific Officer Mehmood Khan at Yale

December 09, 2009

PepsiCo Opens New Haven Research Lab To Develop Healthier Products

PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, today announced it will open a long-term research laboratory in New Haven with a focus on the development of healthier food and beverage products. The company also will fund a...

December 08, 2009

Why your chips bag is only half-full

It happens all the time: You open a snack bag, cereal box, or pill bottle and find a little bit of product and … lots of air. Consumer Reports dings such products with a Black Hole Award, and loyal readers are quick to send us nominees.

November 30, 2009

Pepsico ha unido esfuerzos con TerraCycle para crear bolsos hechos con envolturas de papas fritas usadas

PepsiCo, la empresa madre del fabricante de aperitivos Frito-Lay ( Doritos, Tostitos y Cheetos) quiere cambiar la cara de la compañia y darle una presentación de empresa responsable con el medio ambiente ya ha mostrado algunos avances con el desarrollo...

November 24, 2009

P&G 'donates air' not included in Pringles cans

To celebrate Pringles' "parade of 100 crisps"and less air than the leading bagged chips, Pringles' teams are coming to New York City on November 25 for 24 hours, to donate air not used in its cans for parade balloons this holiday season. Dur...

November 17, 2009

Kettle Brand® Potato Chips Named to Advertising Age List of Hottest Brands of the Year

Joining the likes of Microsoft’s Bing and The Beatles Rock Band, Kettle Brand® Potato Chips, one of the fastest growing brands in snack food, made its debut this week on Advertising Age’s list of the “Hottest Brands of the Year.” In an ironic twist, t...

November 04, 2009

Snyder's of Hanover and Utz not merging after all

Snyder's of Hanover and Utz Quality Foods announced today their decision to discontinue pursuit of the merger between the two snack food companies. After receiving word late last week that the first and second filing had not been cleared by the Federal...

October 29, 2009

P&G sells less snacks in first Quarter;Overall Q1 Sales and EPS Exceed Expectations

Procter &Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) reported net sales of $19.8 billion for the July - September quarter which exceeded the Company's guidance. Organic sales growth was up two percent versus a guidance range of flat to minus three percent on better ...

October 23, 2009

Rain causes more delays in Prince Edward Island Potato harvest

Delays in P.E.I. potato harvest operations are getting even worse after heavy rains continued to plague the island Thursday night.The recent wet weather has put some farmers close to two weeks behind schedule, and more rain is expected on the weekend, ...

Deep River Snacks is known for its colorful line of kettle cooked potato chips

October 22, 2009

Deep River Snacks added to portfolio Beverage Distributor Giant, Big Geyser

Deep River Snacks, a family owned and operated gourmet snack food company recently announced signing an agreement with Big Geyser, New York city’s largest independent non-alcoholic beverage distributors.Deep River Snacks product line of all natural sna...

October 22, 2009

Snyder's of Hanover announces acquisition of Utz Quality Foods

Carl E. Lee, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Snyder’s of Hanover, recently announced the company’s intention to acquire Utz Quality Foods, Inc., pending clearance from the Federal Trade Commission.“We are pleased to announce that two mark...

October 21, 2009

The Inventure Group, Inc. Announces Record Third Quarter 2009 Results

The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty snack food manufacturer, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 26, 2009, highlighted by a seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year earnings growth, an ...

October 21, 2009

Frito-Lay's North America Headquarters Achieves LEED Gold Certification

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America today announced its Plano, Texas, headquarters has been awarded LEED® Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). LEED is the natio...

Burger King branded Onion Rings manufactured by the Inventure Group

October 19, 2009

The Inventure Group expands international distribution of Burger King Snacks

Leading snack food manufacturer, The Inventure Group (Nasdaq: SNAK), has expanded international distribution of its Burger King(TM) line of ready-to-eat snack chips to include 17 new countries throughout Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The new market...

September 28, 2009

Mintel: Potato Chips Sales jump during recession

It's confirmed: the recession really did make us chow down on potato chips and other salty snacks. A new report from Mintel shows that after years of mediocre sales increases, the potato chip market grew 22% during the economic downturn.