Utz Brands, Inc.

Company Description

Utz Snacks is the largest independent privately held snack brand in the United States. Weekly, Utz produces over 1 million pound of potato chips and nine hunderd thousand pounds of pretzels in 4 manufacturing facilities.

Utz Quality Foods, Inc. is well-known for its line of potato chips: Regular Utz Potato Chips, Grandma Utz Potato Chips, Kettle Classics Potato Chips, Home style Potato Chips, Mystic Potato Chips and Baked Crisps. Utz also produces a natural line of potato chips, as well as pretzels, tortilla chips, multi-grain sunflower chips, cheese curls and popcorn. Utz Quality Foods, Inc. distributes its brands primarily throughout the East Coast.

Utz Quality Foods began in 1921 as "Hanover Home Brand Potato Chips” when William and Salie Utz began making potato chips in their home in Hanover, Pennsylvania, with an initial investment of USD 300. The Utz’s worked together to produce the chips and then deliver them to local grocery stores and farmers’ markets in the Hanover and Baltimore, MD areas.

Today, Utz produces a full line of snack foods in its four Hanover, PA based manufacturing facilities and employs over 2,200 workers.

Utz Hanover plant - Hanover, Pennsylvania (Courtesy: Conewago)

Subsidiaries and Factory Locations

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Product Types offered by this company

- Chips and Snacks

Brands

News for this Company

July 28, 2026

From Potato Contracts to Processing Capacity: What to Watch After the Utz Deal

Intersnack’s proposed partnership with Utz could influence the potato-chip sector, but no changes to potato sourcing, supplier contracts or processing capacity have been announced. Utz’s manufacturing plans disclosed before the deal remain unchanged.

Potato Chip Manufacturer Utz Quality Foods doubled headcount in acquired plant

July 28, 2026

Why Utz Is Intersnack’s Gateway to the USD 42 Billion US Snack Market

Intersnack Group has agreed to acquire Utz Brands in a deal valued at about USD 2.9 billion. The acquisition will give Intersnack its first major presence in the US snack market, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.

Intersnack Group has agreed to acquire Utz Brands in a USD 2.9 billion take-private transaction

July 21, 2026

Intersnack Group to Acquire Utz Brands in USD 2.9 Billion Take-Private Deal

Intersnack Group will acquire Utz Brands in an all-cash USD 2.9 billion take-private deal. After closing, Intersnack and the Rice and Lissette Family will each own 50% of Utz, expanding the company's position in the United States snack market. ahead.

The recall includes some Dirty sour cream and onion chips and some Zapp's salt and vinegar chips.

July 04, 2026

FDA upgrades Utz potato chip recall to Class I over potential salmonella risk

The United States Food and Drug Administration has upgraded the recall of selected Utz potato chips under the Zapp's and Dirty brands to a Class I recall due to the potential risk of salmonella contamination.