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september 02, 2010
Tayto to close Red Mill Snack Foods plant in September
Tayto is finalizing the closure of Red Mills Snacks foods, announced in October 2008. Tayto’s Red Mill Snack Foods factory at Wednesbury is scheduled to close next month as all remaining production is transferred to its factory at Corby in Northampton...From the archive
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augustus 26, 2010
Launch Walkers Extra Crunchy thicker cut potato crisps supported by Lionel Richie ad
Walkers Extra Crunchy, the brand’s biggest launch in eight years, is being supported with a humorous TV ad campaign starring soul singing legend Lionel Richie. The ad, which bursts onto screens (and through a shop window!) on 27th August, is part of a...From the archive

augustus 18, 2010
Baked Snacks Co has a future – if enough capital is injected into the business
Middlesbrough-based snacks manufacturer Baked Snacks Company (BSC) has good prospects provided any new backer can inject sufficient capital into the business to give it a fighting chance, according to sources close to the firm.From the archive

juli 29, 2010
European Snacks Association (ESA) recommends 30g portion size for snacks
The European Snacks Association (ESA) recommends a portion of 30g for savoury snacks and Nuts.This portion recommendation for savoury snacks was agreed in close cooperation with CIAA.In defining portions for snacks and for nuts, ESA aims to ensure that...From the archive

juli 29, 2010
Pringles adds two new flavours to its Xtreme Range in the UK
The UK’s large sharing snack hopes to spice up snacks sales this summer with two new Pringles Xtreme flavours: Hot Paprika &Smoky Bacon and Spicy Sour Cream &Onion.The launch of the new Xtreme flavours builds on the success of the current Pring...From the archive

juli 25, 2010
German Farmers try to renegotiate processing contracts
German potato lovers will soon have to put up with shorter french fries, the country's Farmers' Association (DBV) has warned.The current heat wave is producing smaller potatoes, DBV spokeswoman Verena Telaar told the BBC."The potatoes are just not...From the archive

juli 25, 2010
Seabrook Crisps planning second factory
Seabrook Crisps is looking to develop a second factory within the next five years. The company, which in the last three years has become the UK’s fastest growing potato crisp brand supplying all major supermarkets, intends to have a second factory up a...From the archive

juli 24, 2010
United Biscuits' units may split in sale by Blackstone, PAI
The snacks and biscuits division of UK manufacturer United Biscuits could be parcelled out to different buyers, according to a research firm's analysis of the market following media reports the company is to be sold by its private equity owners.From the archive

juli 23, 2010
New varieties for potato chips (crisps) impress in trials at Seabrook Crisps
A new potato processing variety has yielded well in trials in a difficult growing season.The new variety from Potato Innovations (PI), known only as YP0243, has yielded nearly 35t/ha of marketable ware in the trials.YP0243 is due to receive registratio...From the archive








