News On Potato Chips from California

October 02, 2021

Upcycled sweet potato snack brand Spudsy closes USD 3.3 Million Series A Funding

Spudsy, the brand that upcycles imperfect sweet potatoes and turns them into plant-based, delicious snacks, has announced the closing of a $3.3 Million funding round led by KarpReilly and Stage 1 Fund.

April 25, 2021

Shearer’s Foods LLC Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in Raley’s Salt & Vinegar Flavored Potato Chips

Shearer’s Foods LLC of Massillon, OH is voluntarily recalling two lots of 9.5 ounce bags of “Raley’s Salt & Vinegar Flavored Potato Chips,” because they may contain undeclared milk.

Velocity Snack Brands Extends Popchips™ with Two New Product Lines

November 08, 2020

Velocity Snack Brands introduces 'Popchips Grain Free' and 'Popchips Corn Chips' product lines

Velocity Snack Brands (VSB) launches two new Popchips product lines in over 2100 Kroger Co. stores in the United States to meet evolving consumer snacking habits, with further distribution to follow.

August 29, 2019

MegaMex Foods and Herdez S.A. de C.V. announce new licensing agreement with UTZ Quality Foods

MegaMex Foods (Orange, Calif.) and Herdez S.A. de C.V. (Mexico City, Mexico) announced a new licensing agreement with UTZ Quality Foods, LLC. (Hanover, PA) today.

Popchips "Sweet Potato Cinnamon Twist" and "Crazy Hot Potato"

March 06, 2015

Popchips Heats Up and Sweetens The Competition With Two New Flavor Innovations

Popchips inc., the innovative popped snack company, today announced two new flavor innovations at the Natural Products Expo West trade show in Anaheim, California.

August 06, 2014

Lawsuit challenging Kettle Chip 'Reduced Fat' Claim Will Proceed

The makers of Kettle brand chips persuaded a federal judge to dismiss claims that its 'reduced fat sea salt chips' were falsely advertised, though the judge gave the plaintiff leave to amend his complaint.

Keith Belling, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PopChips, Inc.

February 21, 2013

Popchips: how they made their way into the snack isle

Keith Belling quit his job as a corporate lawyer at age 27 and spent the next 15 years running a series of businesses, including a restaurant chain and a website for small businesses. In 2005, he set out to create a new snack with one of his former em...