News on Chips and Snacks from New Brunswick

The Covered Bridge Potato Chips plant is totally destroyed by fire

March 06, 2024

Covered Bridge Potato Chips plant totally destroyed by fire

Friday evening March 1, 2024, the most famous potato chips plant in Atlantic Canada - Covered Bridge Potato Chips in Hartland, New Brunswick - was totally destroyed by fire.

October 10, 2017

New equipment fuels growth for Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company

The Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company will boost production to accommodate the growing demand for its products, thanks to a $437,500 investment from the Government of Canada. The investment includes a new line for the production of popcorn.

January 28, 2017

Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company Expands to Meet Growing Demand

The Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company in New Brunswick, Canada has purchased new equipment and expanded its facility thanks to investments from the federal and provincial governments.

Strike at Covered Bridge Potato Chips ends after 5 months

June 01, 2016

Strike at Covered Bridge Potato Chips ends after five months

After 5 months, the strike at Covered Bridge Potato Chips in Hartland has come to an end after unionized workers voted in favour of a deal..

February 15, 2016

Covered Bridge Potato Chips strike enters week 6

Workers on strike at the Covered Bridge Potato Chips company in Hartland are still on the picket line, five weeks after the strike began over better pay and seniority issues.

January 05, 2016

Covered Bridge Potato Chips workers on strike

Unionized employees at Covered Bridge Potato Chips near Hartland have walked out and are now on strike to back demands for a first contract with the company.

August 31, 2012

Hartland Old Dutch Chips plant expands workforce

The New Brunswick government is investing $115,000 to help create 29 jobs at the Old Dutch Foods Ltd. in New Brunswick. Premier David Alward was joined by Post-Secondary Education Training and Labour Minister Martine Coulombe at the company’s plant in...

April 17, 2012

Covered Bridge Potato Chip Co. receives government support for expansion

The provincial and federal governments are investing a total of CAD 342,000 to help Covered Bridge Potato Chip Co. Inc. upgrade its facility and modernize equipment to increase its production capacity.

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

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.