News on Chips and Snacks from the United States

PepsiCo Inc (PEP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) expects its business, based on "comfort foods", to be resilient to a U.S. economic slowdown, Chief Executive Indra Nooyi said on Wednesday. "In many ways we are countercyclical and it helps...

The Board of Directors of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) today announced that Indra K. Nooyi has been elected to the position of Chairman -- the first woman to ever serve at the helm of this premier business advocacy organization.The U.S.-Indi...

True North, the line of healthy snacks announced by PepsiCo's Frito-Lay late last year, will use non-roster shop StrawberryFrog for creative duties, Frito-lay said.True North is a line of baked crackers and premium nuts that is aimed at health-consciou...

Auckland company Taste Technologies has developed a sorting method that can find out if potatoes have the Zebra chip disease before they are sent to manufacturers. NIR (or near-infrared) technology works by shining a light on the potato as it travels...

Fluctuations in mass flow can have serious consequences for the product quality in the freezing or frying process. In addition, not running a line optimally can result in increased downtime, as operators must stop the line to clean the conveying belt....

A union for U.S. hotel, restaurant and kitchen workers has called on cooking oil manufacturers to stop using a toxic butter-flavoring additive called diacetyl."It could pose a serious health risk to commercial cooks and UNITE HERE is calling for f...

Wayne Watson, from Centennial, Colorado, is thought to be the only consumer of popcorn to have developed the rare lung condition bronchiolitis obliterans (popcorn lung).   Watson's lungs have been damaged by the flavour chemical diacetyl in the artif...

Procter &Gamble Co. might spin off, instead of sell, its Folgers coffee business.   Media reports, cited unidentified sources, said the Cincinnati-based company, which has said it is exploring sales of slower-growing brands, was interested in a sp...

On January 24th, 2008 eighty years of potato chip manufacturing
on Chicago's south side will come to a close with the public
auction sale of equipment from Jays Foods manufacturing headquarters
on East 99th Street.

ConAgra Foods Inc. won't close three production plants that had been slated for shutdown in a multiyear reorganization effort, signaling a shift in emphasis from cutting costs to growing sales. "We've had good success with sales of new products, a...

On January 24, 2008 Rabin is organizing an auction of production lines of bankrupt Jays Foods in Chicago. The auction includes 4 potato chips processing lines and 18 Hayssen Ishida packaging machines and much more.   Background:   On January 24th, 200...

After successfully growing its Doritos and Sun Chips brands, Frito-Lay is setting its sights on cranking up Cheetos’ flat sales with a new adult and Hispanic focus.   The initiative, which includes boosting the brand’s ad spend by more than 50%, follo...

Are all potato chips created Equal? RedEye and Metromix staffers attempted to answer the question by tasting 10 brands of chips. All were original flavor and bought at grocery stores in Chicago. Chips were served on nondescript plates so testers did n...

Corazonas Foods Inc., creators of great-tasting, heart-healthy snack foods, transforms the all-American classic potato chip into a heart-healthy culinary delight with the launch of Corazonas Heart-Healthy Potato Chips. Patented technology infusing pla...

The cooperative water conservation effort by the San Antonio Water System and the city's business community is a true success story.   Frito-Lay is an excellent example. Through its partnership with SAWS, the company's San Antonio plant has reduced i...

ConAgra Foods, Inc., today reported results for the fiscal 2008 second quarter ended Nov. 25, 2007. Diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.50, which includes $0.03 per diluted share of costs related to the recent pot pie recall. Gary Rodkin, C...

ConAgra Foods today announced that it has reformulated its Orville Redenbacher’s and ACT II microwave popcorn brands with a new butter flavoring that has no added diacetyl. These newly reformulated products are arriving on store shelves now. “Microwav...

Frito-Lay cut 25 employees from its Mission production plant, after “Nutritas” — a healthy baked potato-and-vegetable stick — struck out in the Mexican snack market. The plant, which produces chips for Mexican consumers, closed down a production line a...