News on Chips and Snacks

Utz Quality Foods Inc., a privately-owned and family-managed company, said Tuesday that it has more than doubled the headcount at the Fitchburg plant that was part of its acquisition of the Wachusett Potato Chip Co. in September 2011.

Inventure Foods, has entered into a licensing agreement with Vidalia Brands® Inc., the Georgia brand synonymous with great-tasting sweet onions, to develop a new line of prepackaged snacks for vending, grocery and convenience store distribution.

ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb., in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is voluntarily recalling a limited number of packages of its Andy Capp’s Hot Fries flavor product that may contain the Andy Capp’s Cheddar Fries flavor, and, th...

Keogh’s, family producers of Irelands hand-cooked Irish potato crisps, is launching its Roast Turkey &Secret Stuffing variety in time for Christmas.

Machine manufacturer Florigo International has a long history in vacuum fryers and offers both batch and continuous systems. Recently the company tested the benefits of continuous vacuum frying on the acrylamide content of potato chips.

Arca Continental, S.A.B. de C.V., the second-largest Coca-Cola bottler in Mexico and Latin America announced today the acquisitions of snack food companies Wise Foods, headquartered in Pennsylvania, and Industrias Alimenticias Ecuatorianas, based in Ecuador.

Lufthar Rahman and his neighbours at Abhirampur village in Hooghly in West Bengal have sowed more Atlanta variety of potato this year. It is for use by PepsiCo India for making flakes and other Frito-Lay products.

Pepsico is taking its global Power of One program to jointly promote beverages and snacks a step further in China, with the marriage of two Pepsi brands in a single product: Pepsi-Cola chicken-flavor Lay's potato chips.

Entre los principales snacks consumidos por los alemanes destacan las patatas fritas, con un aumento del 14% respecto a los ocho primeros meses de 2011 y unas ventas de 356,5 millones de euros;seguido de los frutos secos, que también presentan una evol...

The Cornish Crisp Company has developed a new flavour in partnership with the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site, continuing their policy of supporting locally based charitable causes.

Se invirtió Bs 300.000 para posicionar la marca en el eje central del país. El producto está en los supermercados

Intersnack Group (“Intersnack”) and United Biscuits (“UB"- owned by Blackstone and PAI Partners), jointly, today announced that both parties have signed an agreement for Intersnack to acquire KP Snacks, UB’s snacks unit, from UB for an undisclosed...

Pringles is set to give convenience retailers a chirpy start to the New Year by launching its first Chicken variant in the channel.

Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty food marketer and manufacturer, today announced that it has been named to Forbes magazine's "America's Best Small Companies"list for 2012. Forbes' annual list of "America's Best ...

Un convenio, firmado ayer, garantiza mercado a unas 2.500 familias de productores de papa de Santa Cruz y Cochabamba que abastecerán a la Procesadora Andina de Papa Pa &Pa. El acuerdo, firmado en la Cámara Departamental de Industria (CNI), asegura...

ConAgra Foods, Inc. and Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. today announced that the boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive agreement under which ConAgra Foods will acquire Ralcorp

Strolling the aisles of your local supermarket, you can dig into a bag of potato chips flavored with chile, lime and Tapatio hot sauce , or if you’re in the mood for a burrito, stop by your nearest Taco Bell or Chipotle to get your fix. And with the ne...

R J Herbert Engineering, the leaders in agricultural handling systems, has supplied three further potato washer systems for one of the world’s largest snack food companies.