News on Chips and Snacks from Canada

February 17, 2009

Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company Inc.: more than just a chip maker

The Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company Inc. in Waterville,  New Brunswick, started potato chip production late last year. Now, a short two months later, co-owner Ryan Albright says the kettle-cooked snack treats are being well received. Albright said ...
Covered Bridge Potato Chips turn heads with burlap packaging
October 30, 2008

Covered Bridge Potato Chips turn heads with burlap packaging

Ryan Albright has been flitting across major retail markets, launching Covered Bridge potato chips grown and processed on his farm close to Canada’s longest covered bridge near Waterville, New Brunswick. His chips turned heads at the Grocery Innovation...
October 29, 2008

Pepsico acquires sunflower and pumpkin seeds producer Spitz International Inc.

PepsiCo announced today an agreement to acquire Spitz International Inc., the leading maker of sunflower and pumpkin seeds in Canada. Upon completion of the acquisition Spitz will continue its Canadian operations in Bow Island and Medicine Hat, Alberta...
 winning Rice Works packaging design
October 27, 2008

Snack Alliance lets consumers choose riceworks packaging design

The customer is always right, especially when it comes to knowing what works best in packaging appeal. That's what snack food company, Snack Alliance Inc. found after asking its Consumer Advisory Panel of 2600 members to vote on the revamped package d...
 Hardbite Potato Chips
October 23, 2008

'Hardbite potato chips' picks up 350.000 CAD capital in Canadian TV show Dragon's Den

Could specialty potato chips—with roots in Ladner—snag the interest of wealthy Canadian business moguls? Sepp Amsler was willing to find out—amid the glare of national television. He pitched his Maple Ridge-based business, Hardbite Potato Chips, to a...
 Frito-Lay
October 15, 2008

Frito Lay Canada to shut Pointe Claire plant

Frito Lay Canada said it is shutting its Pointe Claire plant by year's end, throwing 59 people out of work.Production of chips and snacks will be transferred to other Canadian plants. Frito Lay is offering unspecified severance packages to its 59 emplo...
September 09, 2008

Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company receives government loan

The Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company, Carleton County’s newest tourism destination is receiving a half-a-million dollar boost from the federal government. The facility is on its way to a November opening.The Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company will es...
What is the healthier option?
July 23, 2008

What is the healthier option?

Last week we were going to buy popcorn. OK, I admit, we do not only eat potato chips. We ended up to make a choice between two healthier options
 Humpty Dumpty
March 14, 2008

Humpty Dumpty Potato-chip plant failure worries P.E.I. development minister

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 ...
Bulk potato storage for processing potatoes in the United Kingdom
March 05, 2008

Quality of Potatoes for Processing and the effect of Potato Storage; Some Basics

The amount of reducing sugars in the potato are responsible for the colour formation of fried products. So if potatoes are too high in reducing sugars, they are not suitable for processing.
Chips and Snacks Production going local, very local
February 27, 2008

Chips and Snacks Production going local, very local

Today we want to address a new development in the snack sector which I would call: 'Snack production going local' . Two companies, 'Fresh Chips' and 'The Chippery' each offer a different concept that eliminates the industrial potato chips production line or the snack factory and replaces it with a mini factory you may soon find on your street corner, literally.
January 15, 2008

New Potato chip factory in New Brunswick: the Covered Bridge Potato Company

A new potato chip factory owned by Albright Farms in Centreville, N.B., will be up and running by the end of May. Co-owner Ryan Albright says Covered Bridge Potato Co. will produce kettled chips. The factory is being built off the Trans-Canada Highwa...
December 04, 2007

Ontario To Make Schools Trans-Fat Free

Ontario is taking action to make schools healthier places to learn by moving to drop trans fat from lunchroom menus."Our kids' health is just too important to risk,"said Premier Dalton McGuinty. "Trans fats have no place in our schools a...
November 19, 2007

Markets broadened for Carolina potato growers

Potato growers in North Carolina will have improved access to Canadian markets next year, thanks to a bilateral trade agreement signed recently by the United States and Canada. Growers will have a limited amount of guaranteed access to Canadian market...
November 09, 2007

No new potato chips processing plant in Hartland

A waterfront property in Hartland, New Brunswick will not be home to a new potato chip processing plant and retail office. Hartland Town Council chose not to rezone a residential property on Hartland's Main Street to accommodate the proposed new busi...
October 25, 2007

Reductions needed in the sodium added to foods

In an effort to save lives and reduce disability from stroke and heart disease, 17 of Canada’s leading health groups and professional associations today urged comprehensive action to reduce sodium levels in food.“Increased blood pressure is the leading...

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