News on Chips and Snacks

Lance, Inc. (Nasdaq: LNCE) and Snyder’s of Hanover, Inc. today announced they have signed a definitive agreement to combine in a stock-for-stock merger of equals that will create a combined company to be called Snyder’s-Lance, Inc.

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating potential claims against the board of directors of Lance, Inc. (“Lance” or the Company) (NASDAQ:LNCE) related to the Company’s agreement to merge into a single company with Snyder’s of H...

Lance Inc., the maker of Cape Cod potato chips and Stella D’oro cookies, agreed to merge with pretzel maker Snyder’s of Hanover Inc. to improve distribution of the companies’ snacks.Lance investors will receive a one-time dividend of $3.75 a share, the...

Reuters reports that private equity firms Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) and PAI Partners are considering selling Britain's United Biscuits for more than 2 billion pounds ($3.06 billion). Reuters refers to a person familiar with the matter.   Blackstone an...

Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) today announced that each of its snack brands, Emerald, Pop Secret and Kettle, achieved record sales and market share milestones in the U.S. Grocery Channel for the period ending July 10th according to AC Nielsen. In S...

Asda (United Kingdom)has withdrawn some of its own-brand Salt &Vinegar, Variety and Boxed Crisps, because the salt and vinegar flavouring used in the crisps contains trace amounts of wheat gluten. This means the products, which are available in var...

Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) today announced that its Kettle Brand will launch a new product line of all natural tortilla chips called Kettle Brand TIAS!. The product line will be available in the leading natural food retailer beginning in August....

Shearer’s Foods is ready to start the second phase of its Massillon expansion project.The snack maker has begun a 52,000-square-foot addition to its new facility on the 30-acre site at the Northeast Ohio Commerce Park. The $27 million investment includ...

Walkers, the UK’s No. 1 crisps and snacks manufacturer, has announced English Roast Beef &Yorkshire Pudding as the winner of its Walkers Flavour Cup campaign, the world’s first ever ‘crisp tournament’. The Sunday lunch flavour gained more than  ...

The Food blog "Serious Eats"compared the taste of an impressive range of Kettle Chips Brands. All in all, 17 brands were tested, including the brands Utz, Herr's, Gibble's, Dirty, Wise, Boulder Canyon, Madhouse Munchies, Deep River Snacks, La...

The Food Standards Agency is to be abolished by Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, it emerged last night, after the watchdog fought a running battle with industry over the introduction of colour-coded "traffic light"warnings for groceries,...

Saratoga Potato Chips, LLC announced today that it will locate its U.S. headquarters here, creating up to 175 new jobs by 2013.The Canadian company, which produces retailer brand potato chips, kettle chips and popcorn, will invest $4.9 million to lease...

The number of cases of a potentially devastating soil-borne bacterium that could cause significant potato production problems in Scottish seed potatoes has doubled.The Scottish Government yesterday admitted it had found two more cases of Dickeya solani...

La Iniciativa Papa Andina organizó este foro en el último congreso de la ALAP, celebrado en Cusco, Perú, entre el 23-28 de mayo de 2010, buscando un espacio de reflexión y discusión para que empresas, investigadores y productores pudieran identificar l...

The website run by the marketing department of the Potato Council, which was one of 820 websites expected to be closed by a Government review has been saved by William Chase, owner of Chase Vodka.   The website was to be closed as part of the review by...

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America business unit announced the introduction of two new Lightly Salted varieties of chips. Fritos Lightly Salted corn chips and Ruffles Lightly Salted potato chips join Lay’s Lightly Salted potato chips, which were launche...

Frito-Lay North America (Plano, Texas) has broken ground for the addition of an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) at the company's snack manufacturing plant in Topeka, Kansas. Dirt work has begun, and construction is expected to commence i...

ConAgra Foods Inc. reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter net income fell 48 percent, dragged down by charges, a poor potato crop and an extra week in last year's fourth quarter.   The company also forecast earnings for its current fiscal year at th...