News on Chips and Snacks from the United States

Indra Nooyi is an entirely different kind of CEO, a product of her native India as well as of PepsiCo's family-values approach to grooming CEOs. She is not hung up on pay. She's not shy about asking for help when she needs it.   She's 52 years old an...

Many snack foods and spreads on the market are now free of artery-clogging trans fat, but consumers still need to be savvy label-readers, according to researchers. In a sampling of packaged foods at a local Wal-Mart, researchers at the University of Mi...

Weaver's Potato Chips, located in Lincoln, Nebraska, has announced it will close its doors at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. According to the owner of the company, Dan Coch, all 80 employees were notified Wednesday morning of the closing. The Weaver's invest...

Compartiendo la pasión por los grandes sabores, la versatilidad y los eventos informales, Tostitos, con sus chips de tortilla, y la estrella revelación de Food Network, Ingrid Hoffmann, anunciaron el lanzamiento de una campaña a nivel nacional, por int...

In an effort to scoop up more sales from women 25-54, Frito-Lay’s Tostitos is prepping a year-long multiplatform campaign with Food Network’s Simply Delicioso.   Beginning this month, six 30-second on-air vignettes will show Hoffman whipping up a diffe...

PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) reported continued strong operating performance in the fourth quarter of 2007. Net revenue increased 17% in the quarter and reported operating profit increased 9%;core division operating profit, excluding restructuring items, increa...

La compañía de bebidas estadounidense PepsiCo Inc. anunció el jueves una disminución de las ganancias del cuarto trimestre, afectada por una mayor tasa tributaria y una caída del volumen en las ventas de refrescos carbonatados.   PepsiCo -que fabrica P...

On Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at the Tullio Arena, Troyer Farms and the Erie Otters will set a Guinness World Record at the Tullio Arena for "The Most People Eating Potato Chips at the Same Time!" In appreciation to their custome...

La agencia internacional de noticias A informó que las utilidades del grupo Procter &Gamble aumentaron en el segundo trimestre gracias a un incremento de sus ventas, ayudadas por el efecto de la caída del dólar, a pesar de un margen reducido.   El...

The Procter &Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) announced net sales growth of nine percent to $21.6 billion for the quarter. Sales were up behind strong volume growth from continued success on key product initiatives and double-digit organic growth in deve...

Introduced in 1966, Doritos, which according to Frito-Lay comes from the Spanish term for "little bits of gold,"rose to fame as comfort food mostly for male students and young professionals who craved the chip's intense flavor, spiciness an...

Funky Monkey Snacks today announces a national distribution agreement with Whole Foods Market for its delicious, all-natural freeze-dried fruit. Effective February 1, 2008, Funky Monkey’s "Fruit That Crunches!"™ will be sold in all 250 Whole ...

The Inventure Group, Inc. today provided an update on the status of its BURGER KING(r) brand salted snack test market and share repurchase plan. The Company reported that vending channel test marketing results for BURGER KING(r) brand salted snacks e...

To see whether potato chips and cheese crunchies, those quintessential Super Bowl snacks, can lose their fat but keep their taste, we compared regular versions with some lower-calorie, lower-fat, or multigrain cousins. We also dipped the tortilla chip...

Mistral Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on the consumer and media sectors, announced today the acquisition of Shearer’s Foods, Inc. Headquartered in Brewster , Ohio, Shearer’s is a leading producer and distributor of high quality brande...

Bell Flavors and Fragrances has responded to concerns over the use of diacetyl in popcorn by developing butter flavors that are free from the additive. The company claims its replacers provide the same fatty, creamy mouth feel that diacetyl does, and ...

Super Bowl Sunday is the “Super Bowl” of snacking. Research by the Calorie Control Council and the Snack Food Association finds that Americans will eat 30 million pounds of snacks on the big game day. That breaks down to 11.2 million pounds of potato ...

When Wise Foods announced it was closing the Moore's potato chip plant in Bristol (VA) back in 2004, workers were supposed to lose their jobs, but then Snack Alliance bought the plant.