Noticias sobre los Chips y Aperitivos de América del Norte

PepsiCo reported first-quarter earnings per share of $0.70. The Company delivered strong operating results with 13% net revenue and 10% division operating profit growth. PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi said, "We delivered a strong first quart...

When prices for commodities like corn, cooking oil and energy took a bigger than expected jump in recent months, Plano-based Frito-Lay Inc. put some of its snack packages on a diet. By pouring up to one ounce less food into each bag, the company del...

The Inventure Group, Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 29, 2008. Net revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 were $26.2 million, representing an increase of 54% compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2007....

The next time you open a bag of potato chips, before you start crunching and munching, consider that you are holding a piece of Ohio's culinary and economic history in the palm of your hand. We didn't invent the potato chip here, but we embraced it wi...

Today, on the 38th anniversary of the first national Earth Day celebration, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger highlights California's environmental efforts. He highlighted the ability to protect business and the environment at the same time by helping lau...

Brothers-All-Natural introduces Potato Crisps, the first all-natural, fat-free potato chip created using a revolutionary freeze-drying process with no added oils, preservatives or Olestra -- simply real sliced potatoes, fresh ingredients, and sea salt....

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America business unit announced today the launch of Pinch of Salt, a low-sodium version of some of its most popular brands – Lay's potato chips, Tostitos tortilla chips, Fritos corn chips and Ruffles potato chips. While Frito...

Kettle Foods is spicing up the summer with the arrival of its newest Kettle(TM) brand Potato Chip, Death Valley Chipotle(TM), just in time for barbeque season. The winner of the fourth annual People's Choice campaign, Death Valley Chipotle(TM), is set ...

On April 8, 2008, Shearer’s Foods, Inc. officially announced their plans to build the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) Gold Certified food manufacturing plant in the State of Ohio. Chief Executive Officer Bob Shearer and the Sh...

Farmers in the US are expected to plant significantly fewer corn crops than last year, pushing the price up to a record high of $6 a bushel, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) warned last week.The news indicates even more pressure on food manufact...

Bart Connors of Pasco, WA, was elected Chairman of the United States Potato Board (USPB) on March 14 at the organization’s Annual Meeting in Denver, CO. Connors is the general manager of Skone & Connors Produce.

PepsiCo and Strauss Group announced that the formation of a joint venture partnership to operate Sabra, the top-selling and fastest-growing maker of hummus, has been completed. Sabra had sales of $65 million in 2007. Last year, total U.S. sales of humm...

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) one of North America's leading packaged food companies, today reported results for the fiscal 2008 third quarter ended Feb. 24, 2008. Current-quarter diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.63;items impacting com...

The newest demonstration of solar power(figuratively) is coming from the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo, which is using the sun to help transform its SunChips line of multigrain snack chips into a “green” brand. The initiative is centered on the additio...

About 16,000 pounds of potato chips per hour rolling off the lines is a hefty amount. That's what Utz Quality Foods produces on average at its High Street plant in Hanover, said Vice President of Manufacturing Paul Schaum. With that many chips, not t...

Who knew that candy around the checkouts could be big business?That's been the case for Jim Schweikert and his Chandler-based company Liberty Distribution Co. LLC, which sells candy bars, sweet tarts, bubble gum, potato chips and hundreds of other snac...

The closure of the Humpty Dumpty potato-chip plant in Summerside has P.E.I. Development Minister Richard Brown concerned about the province's investment there. The plant's 36 employees were told this week they'd be out of work by May. When it opened ...

Frito-Lay is making sunflower oil famous, they are one of the few companies that decided in the move away from Trans fats to use sunflower rather than returning to palm oil. It is important to note that Trans fats were originally developed to replace ...