News on Chips and Snacks from United Kingdom

Next month, Tyrrells Crisps are launching a Winter Seasonal limited edition seasoning in time for the winter period, Sour Cream &Roasted Garlic, which will be on shelves from October to February and will be priced at 69p for 40g and £1.89 for 150g ...

Walkers has commissioned a new ad about the life of a potato crisp, in an effort to highlight the "three simple things"that make its potato snacks.

Desicant application trials to monitor spray deposition in different parts of the potato crop canopy have demonstrated that the angled Syngenta Potato Nozzle gives better all-round coverage of leaves and stems at all heights of the leaf canopy, compare...

United Biscuits may be broken up as its private equity owners plan to revive attempts to sell the U.K. food manufacturer, The Sunday Times reports without citing sources. The move could see the group's biscuits business, including the McVitie's brand,...

Gary Lineker is to take a back seat in the latest advert for the Walkers crisp range following a brand revamp. The move comes as brand owner PepsiCo makes a decision to shift the marketing message to provenance in its latest push. The new campaign fo...

Diamond Foods, Inc. today announced that it has received clearance from the United Kingdom’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on its pending acquisition of the Pringles business from The Procter &Gamble Company. The clearance by the OFT follows Diamo...

The managing director of Intersnack UK says that a consumer “appetite for experimentation” is driving strong growth in a snacks market where the main business challenge is keeping pace with fast-changing consumer and retailer needs. Richard Robinson ...

Richard Robinson, the new boss of the North East's biggest snack company has plans to increase its sales from less than £80m to £250m in the next five years. Robinson, who has just taken over the job of Intersnack UK’s managing director, has big plans ...

In order to stimulate, a food needs to have a very clear and obvious first taste.  This needs to be strong, easy and not too complicated.  To carry that taste, either sweetness or saltiness or a combination needs to be present. 

Joe&Seph’s have released a set of three new savoury cheese popcorn blends.

Bags of crisps are set to cost a packet - thanks to the soaring cost of potatoes.

In nearly three decades, Kettle Foods has grown from one man’s vision to a household name and a major player in Norfolk’s food sector. And there are no signs of that growth trend slacking any time soon, according to Jeremy Bradley, managing director.

PepsiCo has warned that it won't be able to make any more radical cuts to salt levels in its Walkers crisps until there have been further scientific advances.

Nick Ripley has joined Seabrook Crisps as sales director. His task is to drive the firm's growth, especially in the South of England, to help achieve the target of reaching an annual turnover of £69 million by 2015.

United Biscuits is celebrating another success in its bid to cut waste by eliminating landfill from four of its factories.

It’s not every day a new crisp company is born. You tend to think that the market has long ago been sewn up by the likes of Walkers and Kettles, but, make way for Corkers.

Diamond Foods, Inc. today announced a $10 million expansion of its production facility in Norwich, UK to meet increasing demand.