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Lance Inc.

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Lance Inc merged with Snyder's of Hanover, Inc to become Snyder's - Lance The merger was announced in July 2010 and completed in December of 2010.

Lance, Inc. manufactures, markets and distributes a variety of snack food products. The Company's manufactured products include sandwich crackers and cookies, restaurant style crackers, kettle cooked potato chips, potato chips, tortilla chips, cookies, sugar wafers, nuts, candy and other salty snacks.

Lance marketed its products under various brands, including Lance, Cape Cod Potato Chips, and Tom's brands as well as non-branded products. The company's various other (non savory snack) brands include Toastchee, Toasty, Nekot, Nipchee, Choc-O-Lunch, Van-O-Lunch, Gold-N-Chees, Captain's Wafers, Thunder, and Outpost.
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 Kettle Foods
February 04, 2010

Lance, Diamond Foods reported to bid for Kettle Foods

Bloomberg/Businessweek reports that Lance Inc. and Diamond Foods Inc. are among the bidders for premium potato-chip maker Kettle Foods, referring to people familiar with the matter.PepsiCo Inc. is also bidding, said the people, who asked not to be name...
 Lance Inc.
January 01, 2010

David Singer puts bite back in Lance

When David Singer took over at Lance Inc. in 2005, he found a sprawling manufacturing operation so decentralized that plants didn’t even buy cardboard boxes together. The information systems were in shambles, and a company that delivered snacks to tho...
 Cape Cod potato Chips
March 11, 2009

Steve Bernard, founder of Cape Cod Potato Chips, dies

When Steve Bernard, founder of Cape Cod Potato Chips, learned that he had cancer, he lamented just one missed opportunity in his life. "The only thing that he was upset about was wanting to take his grandsons fly-fishing in Montana,"said his ...
November 03, 2008

Lance 3Q earnings drop 9%

Lance Inc. reports a drop in third-quarter net income to $6.8 million, or 21 cents per diluted share. In the same period last year, the Charlotte-based snack-food manufacturer earned $7.5 million, or 24 cents per diluted share.Lance says its financial ...