News on Chips and Snacks from the United States

A group led by a local businessman wants to buy foundering Jays Foods Inc. to keep the snackmaker and its production and jobs in Chicago. But Jays' owner, Ubiquity Brands, had resisted working with the group, called Southhorn LLC, ignoring its reques...

Jays Foods Inc. may close its plants in December -- permanently if a buyer doesn't step forward. Employees received notification last week that the company plants, including those at 825 E. 99th and 1001 E. 99th, might close Dec. 10-24 and not reopen...

Video item on the bankruptcy filing of Jay's Potato Chips.

In about a month, people should be able to buy flat Ballreichs Bros potato chips, which stray from the company’s usually rippled snacks. Children at Lincoln Elementary School, neighbors to the factory at 186 Ohio Ave., used their creativity to help th...

For its Super Bowl ad this year, Frito-Lay is putting a musical spin on last year's successful Doritos promotion using consumers' homemade videos for its commercials. The chipmaker will devote 60 seconds of Super Bowl advertising time - worth more th...

In composite design, the simplest solution tends to be the best. A case in point is an industrial spring arm manufactured by Gordon Composites Inc. (Montrose, Colo.) for the Iso-Flo vibratory conveyor system built by Key Technology Inc. (Walla Walla, ...

The Chicago-based maker of Jays potato chips is on the verge of getting a new owner in a deal that will first see the company file for bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years. Jays Foods Inc., which has been struggling financially beca...

Workers exposed to the butter-flavoring chemical, diacetyl, may get a reprieve. Exposure to diacetyl has been linked to a severe, potentially lethal form of lung disease, bronchiolitis obliterans. Despite calls for action by unions, health-care provide...

PepsiCo Inc., the worlds second- largest maker of snacks and soft-drinks, said third-quarter profit rose 17 percent and sales climbed 11 percent as it sold healthier chips and food tailored to local tastes in India and Russia. Products that led gain...

Corazonas Foods, Inc., creators of great-tasting, heart-healthy snack foods, has announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Brandeis University to utilize its technology in creating several new categories of heart-healthy snacks. Brandeis’s innova...

Food giant ConAgra has joined a voluntary industry initiative to reduce its marketing to children as part of a widespread move to improve kids' nutrition and reduce the rates of obesity.Yesterday's pledge follows a call for information from the chairm...

Frito-Lay employees today dedicated the new solar electric power system that has been installed on the roof of their Arizona Service Center, the company's largest distribution center in the country. The 201-kilowatt system, made up of more than 1,000 ...

P&G may get as much as $7 billion for Duracell, $3 billion for Folgers and $3.5 billion for Pringles, said Ali Dibadj, a New York-based analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein &Co. Chief Financial Officer Clayton Daley Jr. said last month that P&a...

Perhaps no company has more at stake than chip-giant Frito-Lay, the world's biggest producer of snack foods, with $10 billion-plus in annual sales. Home of Doritos, Fritos, Cheetos and Tostitos, Frito-Lay represents 36 percent of parent company Pepsi...

Heat and Control has released a heavy-duty fryer allowing for the high-volume production of nuts, snacks and other foods.Heat and Control's Mastermatic Batch Fryers come in sizes that will produce between 600 and 800 finished pounds of product per hour...

Today the board of directors of ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE:CAG) announced two items related to the company's capital allocation program: The quarterly dividend has been raised to $0.19 per common share. This new rate will start with the Dec. 3, 2007...

A proposed bill that calls for emergency regulatory action to protect workers from diacetyl, a chemical linked to lung disease, has met with resistance from the Bush administration.The bill, submitted to the House of Representatives, would require the ...

An automated chip stirrer can help boost out put by up to 25 per cent, according to its manufacturer.Heat and Control claims its Chip-Stirr is an advance on automating the process of making chips, thus reducing labour and training costs while producing...