News on Chips and Snacks from the Americas

May 22, 2012

Conagra Foods acquires Kangaroo Brands' pita chip business

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) announced today that it has acquired Kangaroo Brands' pita chip business. ConAgra Foods' acquisition of the pita chip business is consistent with its strategy to grow its presence in private label foods. "Pita chip...

May 07, 2012

Mister Bee potato chips return to stores

Local potato chip junkies in Ohio were abuzz on Friday with the return of Mister Bee potato chips in stores.

May 07, 2012

US foodies find flavours of foreign chips hard to swallow

Take a panel of seven foodies and ply them with exotic versions of popular American snacks from around the world, and these are the reactions you get.

May 07, 2012

Odd Snack Flavors Prove Successful For International Food Companies

Russians prefer their Lay's potato chips dusted in caviar and crab flavors. The Chinese like their Oreos stuffed with mango and orange cream. And in Spain, Kellogg's All-Bran cereal is served floating in hot coffee instead of cold milk. Americans migh...

May 07, 2012

Sweets and Snacks Expo not just sweet

Later this week starts in Chicago the Sweets &Snacks Expo, conveniently co-located with the NRA Show. There is a lot of "sweet"at the Sweets &Snacks Expo, but increasingly there is also place for (savory) snacks. Four years ago the A...

May 05, 2012

Snacks de papa triunfan en la Feria Internacional de Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Los snacks o bocaditos triunfan en la Feria Internacional de Cochabamba, no sólo por su precio accesible sino también por sus sabores y calidad nutricional. Son productos crujientes, dulces y saladitos que son elaborados con insumos saludables, caract...

May 01, 2012

Mister Bee producing potato chips again

Mister Bee Potato Chip Co. has resumed production. On Monday, potato chips began rolling off the conveyor belt again after a six-month shutdown.

April 26, 2012

Pepsico's Snack Food plant in Chile installs Siemens water reuse solution

PepsiCo is installing an integrated reuse solution from Siemens Industry Automation at its snack food production plant in Santiago, Chile, increasing its wastewater treatment capacity by 20% and incorporating environmentally beneficial technologies.

April 26, 2012

Major auction of potato chips processing equipment next week: Snyder's-Lance/Tom's Snacks

Next week, on Tuesday May 1, 2012 a major auction of snack processing equipment will take place. Auctioneer Loeb Winternitz will auction off the equipment of the closed Corsicana TX Snyder's-Lance/Tom's Snacks Facility as well as surplus from other Loc...

April 26, 2012

La planta de Pepsico Snack Food en Chile instala solución Siemens para la reutilización del agua

PepsiCo Chile está invirtiendo en su Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales, para promover el reúso. La meta a ser alcanzada es la de reutilizar el 70% de las aguas residuales de los procesos productivos de la planta, generando un impacto positivo a...

April 23, 2012

Mister Bee Potato Chips back in business with new president

As the new president of Mister Bee Potato Chip Co., Christie Mallett plans to increase the company's presence and loyal customers. "We have a great product. We want to share the quality products with others,"Mallett said this week from Miste...

Rice University Business Plan Competition

April 22, 2012

Invention promising healthier processed potato products scores in Business Plan competition

A University of Idaho food scientist’s invention that could promise healthier processed potato products helped a student business plan team finish fifth among more than 1,600 worldwide entries in the Rice University Business Plan Competition.

Muestra de las papas fritas "energizantes"

April 21, 2012

Salen a la venta las papas fritas "energizantes"

La empresa Arma Energy lanzó un novedoso producto que combina los tradicionales snacks con cafeína, taurina y vitamina B. Una porción es tan estimulante como una lata de Red Bull. La compañía, dedicada a productos para atletas y amantes de los deporte...

April 18, 2012

Frito-Lay introduces BLT-flavored Potato Chips

Lay's, America's most-loved potato chip and a leading brand from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division, today introduced Lay's Classic BLT-flavored potato chips, a new flavor that celebrates one of America's favorite sandwiches — the bacon, lettuce and tomato (...

April 17, 2012

Covered Bridge Potato Chip Co. receives government support for expansion

The provincial and federal governments are investing a total of CAD 342,000 to help Covered Bridge Potato Chip Co. Inc. upgrade its facility and modernize equipment to increase its production capacity.

April 04, 2012

Papas Pringles puso a la venta una versión baja en grasas

Cuando Procter &Gamble introdujo las papas Pringles en Venezuela en 1999, el consumo per cápita promedio era de 80 gramos. Ahora el mercado nacional se ha consolidado como el tercero más importante en América Latina, después de México y Brasil. &...

March 28, 2012

Kettle parent Diamond Foods courting private equity firms

Troubled Diamond Foods Inc., which operates a plant in Beloit that produces Kettle brand potato chips, is talking with private equity firms about taking a minority stake in the San Francisco company, Barrons recently reported.

March 20, 2012

PepsiCo launches new potato chip flavors in Western Canada

The Lay's brand yesterday announced the launch of two new potato chip flavours that have been specially made for Western Canadians - Wavy Lay's Smoky BBQ and Wavy Lay's Old Fashioned Ketchup. Exclusive to the Western market, these two one-of-a-kind fl...