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Utz Quality Foods, Inc. recently announced the culmination of strategic development work to launch the Utz Specialty Division. The Utz Specialty Division will provide Retailers with a range of brands and products to excite consumers around better-for-you, craft and regional snack foods.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., a leading global creator of flavors and fragrances for consumer products, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Henry H. Ottens Manufacturing Co., Inc

H.J. Heinz Company and Kraft Foods Group, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to create The Kraft Heinz Company, forming the third largest food and beverage company in North America with an unparalleled portfolio of iconic brands.

Warren Buffett, the billionaire owner of Berkshire Hathaway, told Fortune that he was interested in buying Hanover-based snack maker Utz, but Utz plans to keep the company in the family.

Visitors to Pack Expo EAST 2015 will have the chance to question the experts from TOMRA Sorting Food about their broad portfolio of cutting-edge sorting and peeling equipment later this month.

Leading pretzel brand Snyder's of Hanover® continues to expand its innovation for the snack aisle this year with the launch of two new products: Pretzel Poppers and Bowties.

While millions of people from around the world traveled to the iconic Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany this year, Snyder's of Hanover is giving consumers a way to experience the annual beer festival from the comfort of their own homes with the introduction of new Limited Edition Oktoberfest pretzels.

Keystone Food Products is pleased to announce that its signature line of snacks, The Real Deal Snacks, has received the Non-GMO Project Verified seal from the Non-GMO Project, an independent verification that assures a product has been produced according to best practices for GMO avoidance.

McDonald's restaurants throughout the Greater Philadelphia Region were selected as a test market for Shakin' Flavor Fries, starting August 4.

KLN Family brands is moving ahead quickly with rebuilding plans for the former Troyer Farms snack foods plant in Waterford Township, Pennsylvania.

Snyder's of Hanover Teams with the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA) for the month of May to Support Celiac Awareness Month

Access to new markets, the availability of an empty facility and abundant raw materials -- they were all reasons for Minnesota-based KLN Family Brands to buy the former Troyer Farms potato chips plant in Waterford, Pennsylvania

Snyder’s of Hanover has launched two new, boldly-flavored gluten-free pretzel varieties, providing tasteful, innovative options for those in search of gluten-free snacks.

Snyder’s of Hanover announces the launch of Korn Krunchers, a new line of boldly flavored corn snacks.

In response to the growing popularity of sweet and salty flavor mash-ups, Snyder's of Hanover is excited to add Cinnamon Sugar and Salted Caramel varieties to its existing line of Flavored Pretzel Pieces in the United States.

A Pennsylvania woman received quite a surprise in a bag of potatoes she purchased from a local Walmart store. Bonnie Raygor said that what she thought was a bad potato turned out to be a live, 3 1/2-foot snake.

Utz Quality Foods Inc. will replace its regular red and white colored bags of potato chips with a limited edition pink bag, in an effort to raise awareness of breast cancer.

Pennsylvania based snack maker Bachman Co. announced Saturday that it has sold its brands and certain assets to Utz Quality Foods Inc., Hanover, York County.