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december 14, 2009
Walkers launches '99 Calories or less' banner
Walkers, the UK’s No. 1 Crisps and Snacks manufacturer, has brought four of its leading single serve snack brands together under a new 99 Calories or less banner. The range which includes much-loved, multi-million pound brands;Quavers, Wotsits, Square...From the archive
december 11, 2009
Frito-Lay factory in Casa Grande First Existing Food Manufacturing Site to Achieve LEED EB Gold Certification
PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay Casa Grande, Ariz., facility today became the nation’s first food manufacturing site to be awarded LEED® Existing Building (EB) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certi...From the archive
december 10, 2009
Cargill acquires edible fats and oils operations of Goodman Fielder
Cargill announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Goodman Fielder's Commercial Edible Fats and Oils business. The A$ 240 million purchase includes the Commercial business' four fats and oils refining assets located in West Foots...From the archive
december 09, 2009
Potato chips (crisps) manufacturer Largo set for profit despite flat sales
Irish Crisp maker Largo Foods expects to make a net profit this year in spite of sales in Ireland of its leading snackfood brands – Tayto, King and Hunky Dorys – remaining flat at about €76 million.“Our sales are up 27 per cent in the North, but in th...From the archive
december 09, 2009
Kettle Foods for sale as M&A in CPG picks up
A new wave of deal making is occurring in the consumer aisle.November was the biggest month in over a year for deals involving consumer-products and food and drinks firms, with $12.54 billion in acquisitions.In recent weeks, a closely-held chip-maker, ...From the archive
december 09, 2009
PepsiCo Opens New Haven Research Lab To Develop Healthier Products
PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, today announced it will open a long-term research laboratory in New Haven with a focus on the development of healthier food and beverage products. The company also will fund a...From the archive
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december 08, 2009
Why your chips bag is only half-full
It happens all the time: You open a snack bag, cereal box, or pill bottle and find a little bit of product and … lots of air. Consumer Reports dings such products with a Black Hole Award, and loyal readers are quick to send us nominees.From the archive
december 07, 2009
New Kangaroo and Emu flavored chips don't go down well with some Australians
A snack food company has proposed barbecueing and bagging two of Australia's national symbols, the kangaroo and the emu.Smiths Snack Foods, the Australian division of Frito-Lay/Pepsico, launched the potato chip flavour "BBQ Coat of Arms". The...From the archive
december 07, 2009
United Biscuits: Bagged Snacks category proved extremely recession resistant
United Biscuits (UBUK), a leading manufacturer of snacks, biscuits and cakes, is launching a diverse range of promotions, new products and reformulations to drive awareness and sales of its bagged snacks in 2010. An engaging Hula Hoops charity on-pack ...From the archive
november 30, 2009
Alza en la demanda de alimentos y snacks exige tecnificación
La industria de alimentos y snacks en el país está experimentando un crecimiento en su demanda del 10% durante este año, según indicaron fuentes cercanas al sector. Por ello, el área ha tenido que implementar nuevas líneas de producción. Estas nuevas ...From the archive
november 30, 2009
Pepsico ha unido esfuerzos con TerraCycle para crear bolsos hechos con envolturas de papas fritas usadas
PepsiCo, la empresa madre del fabricante de aperitivos Frito-Lay ( Doritos, Tostitos y Cheetos) quiere cambiar la cara de la compañia y darle una presentación de empresa responsable con el medio ambiente ya ha mostrado algunos avances con el desarrollo...From the archive
november 24, 2009
P&G 'donates air' not included in Pringles cans
To celebrate Pringles' "parade of 100 crisps"and less air than the leading bagged chips, Pringles' teams are coming to New York City on November 25 for 24 hours, to donate air not used in its cans for parade balloons this holiday season. Dur...From the archive
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november 22, 2009
La industria vasca de la patata
Que en Alava se producen muchas patatas es algo que todos sabíamos. Lo que no es tan conocido es que en Euskadi hay varias empresas líderes en este campo. Destacan especialmente Udapa, una cooperativa que comercializa tubérculos y semillas y factura 14...From the archive
november 17, 2009
Kettle Brand® Potato Chips Named to Advertising Age List of Hottest Brands of the Year
Joining the likes of Microsoft’s Bing and The Beatles Rock Band, Kettle Brand® Potato Chips, one of the fastest growing brands in snack food, made its debut this week on Advertising Age’s list of the “Hottest Brands of the Year.” In an ironic twist, t...From the archive
november 14, 2009
Frito-Lay potato chips plant in Azov (Rostov region) to start production shortly
PepsiCo will commence production of Frito Lay chips at its plant in Azov (Rostov region) the end of November, the region's Deputy Governor Alexander Noskov said at a press conference on Friday at Interfax's office in Rostov on the Don. "The const...From the archive
november 11, 2009
Aviko stopt met koelverse produkten voor retail
Aviko stopt met de productie van koelverse producten voor de retail. Door prijsdruk en concurrentie van huismerken ziet het A-merk onvoldoende potentie om hiermee door te gaan.Aviko blijft wel koelverse aardappelproducten produceren voor de foodservice...From the archive
november 04, 2009
Snyder's of Hanover and Utz not merging after all
Snyder's of Hanover and Utz Quality Foods announced today their decision to discontinue pursuit of the merger between the two snack food companies. After receiving word late last week that the first and second filing had not been cleared by the Federal...From the archive
november 02, 2009
Lay's India invites flavour ideas from consumers in 'Give us your dillicious flavour'
Potato chips maker, Lay's, today launched 'Give Us Your Dillicious Flavour' campaign to invite innovative flavour-ideas from Indian consumers.From the archive
