News on Chips and Snacks from the United States

January 08, 2009

Frito-Lay Aims to Improve Its Chips' Image

This news just in: Lay's potato chips are made from potatoes. To combat the perception of the snack as overprocessed, the ubiquitous chip is mounting a multimillion-dollar campaign from agency Juniper Park, Toronto, that underscores the fact that the p...

January 06, 2009

Former Kettle Foods executive joins popchips sales team to lead retail growth in east US

popchips inc., the pioneering all-natural popped chip company today announced plans to launch popchips in the eastern United States. Jim Marcum, a seasoned sales executive who recently joined popchips as director of natural channel sales in the eastern...

January 04, 2009

Take a Potato Chip Factory tour in Pennsylvania

Several factories in York, Pennsylvania produce the snacks we enjoy every day. More importantly, they all open their doors to public tours. No one has to wait for a TV special on the Food Channel. This is the real deal -- a chance to walk through kitch...

December 16, 2008

Bickel's Snack Foods Inc will become new owner of Troyer Farms

Troyer Potato Products Inc., which bills itself as the nation’s only grower-owned chip maker, has agreed to sell itself to York-based Bickel’s Snack Foods Inc.

November 25, 2008

What is happening in the savory snacks market?

Frito-Lay reported for the 3rd quarter a 9% revenue growth in North America, resulting from double-digit growth at Tostitos, Ruffles and Cheetos and high-single-digit growth in trademark Lay's and Doritos.

November 25, 2008

Chips and Snacks manufacturer Barrel O'Fun expands to Arizona

Potato Chips manufacturer Barrel O'Fun, based in Minnesota, has purchased 12.5 acres of land in Phoenix, Ariz. and will invest $21.5 million in construction a 140,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution center.The center will employ as many as ...

November 20, 2008

PepsiCo stands by 2008 earnings outlook

PepsiCo Inc reiterated its full-year 2008 earnings outlook on Thursday and said it would discuss innovation plans for 2009 for its North American beverage unit later in the day. Pepsi, which makes Pepsi-Cola drinks, Frito-Lay snacks and Quaker foods, h...

November 20, 2008

Axium Foods pushes its own snack food label: Pajeda's

Axium Foods, based in South Beloit, Ill., is a division of McCleary Inc., which for nearly 50 years has been making snack foods sold under store labels or by other companies.Axium is making a push into the market with its own snack foods label: Pajeda'...

November 18, 2008

Key Technology offers help to Kettle Chips Manufacturers: the Optyx for sorting of Kettle Chips

Key Technology introduces Optyx® sorters designed specifically for kettle-style potato chips. Featuring a unique camera and lighting configuration to sense opacity as well as subtle color differences, these new Optyx sorters identify and remove objecti...

November 13, 2008

Analysts say snacks sales held up under pressure from higher prices, consumer worries

Analysts said Thursday that new data showed snacks sales are holding up in the tough economy. "Snack trends have held up despite deteriorating macros and price increases,"Morgan Stanley analyst Bill Pecoriello told investors in a research not...

Arena auto-analyzer measures D-fructose and asparagine

November 12, 2008

Thermo Scientific Arena Analysers enable routine measurement of Acrylamide precursors, including Asparagine

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announces the introduction of a new set of highly automated and easy to use applications for potato snack &french fries producers on it’s Thermo Scientific Arena analyzers.

November 11, 2008

Frito-lay closes Mission (TX) snack manufacturing plant

San Antonio Express News reports that snack maker Frito-Lay closed its manufacturing plant in Mission on Nov. 5, 2008. The closure affected 62 employees. The report is based on recent Texas Workforce Commission filings. The Mission Frito-Lay plant, whi...

November 04, 2008

ConAgra is committed to sustainability and is improving its packaging to make it more environmentally friendly

ConAgra Foods, one of the world's largest packaged foods companies, is changing its environmental programs from compliance-driven to proactive sustainability initiatives.With manufacturing facilities around the globe, ConAgra has implemented an integra...

November 03, 2008

Lance 3Q earnings drop 9%

Lance Inc. reports a drop in third-quarter net income to $6.8 million, or 21 cents per diluted share. In the same period last year, the Charlotte-based snack-food manufacturer earned $7.5 million, or 24 cents per diluted share.Lance says its financial ...

October 29, 2008

P&G Reports Q1 EPS of $1.03 on 9% Sales Growth; Double digit growth (Pringles) snacks volume in North America

The Procter &Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) announced net sales growth of nine percent for the July - September quarter to $22.0 billion. Organic sales were up five percent, delivering at the mid-point of the Company's four to six percent target range....

October 24, 2008

Conagra Foods and NBC join forces in the promotion of Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet popping Corn

ConAgra Foods and NBC have joined forces in a strategic move, promoting the warmth and great taste of a bowl of Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popping Corn, along with the thrill and excitement of NBC's new program Crusoe as the perfect combination for ...

October 23, 2008

Terra Chips Launch Colorful 'Stripes and Blues' Around Election

With the rapidly approaching presidential election compelling the public's attention and dominating social and other media, a line of red, white and blue snacking chips would seem to be well-positioned to ride the wave. This point has not been lost on ...

October 22, 2008

The Inventure Group, Inc. Announces record earnings for Third Quarter 2008

The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNAK) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 27, 2008. Net revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 were $29.8 million, representing an increase of 17.5% compared to the third quart...