News on Chips and Snacks from United Kingdom

March 26, 2015

Tyrrells launches poshcorn popcorn range

Tyrrells, the English snack brand, this week is unveiling its new Poshcorn popcorn range.

March 10, 2015

Aldi crisp packet contains only a single potato.

Aldi’s reputation could be in tatties after a customer opened a packet of crisps bought in store and found nothing but a whole potato inside.

March 03, 2015

Horticulture Week Potato Grower of the Year: Corkers Crisps

The proverb 'two heads are better than one' has certainly proved to be true for best friends and owners of Corkers Crisps, Rod Garnham and Ross Taylor. Four years ago, the duo emptied their piggy banks and used every bit of cash they had to set up the firm.

February 02, 2015

Pom-Bear expands its range of Teddy Shaped Potato Snacks in the UK with a Cheese Variant

Snack brand Pom-Bear is expanding its range of teddy shaped potato snacks in the United Kingdom with the launch of a new Cheese variant

January 31, 2015

Unstable potato prices at the root of Corkers Crisps

Unstable prices for agriculture have turned two British farmers into potato chip producers: Here is how childhood friends Rod Garnham and Ross Taylor established Corkers Crisps.

December 16, 2014

Optyx Sorters Maximize Potato Chips Quality at Tayto

In 2014 Tayto installed four new Optyx® digital sorters from Key Technology to better control the removal of defects and foreign material and produce the highest quality batch-fried and continuous-fried potato chips.

December 16, 2014

Tayto Group Ltd recalls a batch of Tayto Snack Attack 10+5 (Bikers, Rollers and Chips) multipack

Tayto Group Ltd has recalled a batch of ‘Tayto Snack Attack 10+5 (Bikers, Rollers and Chips) multipack’ because it contains milk, soya and wheat which are not mentioned on the outer wrapper.

November 04, 2014

Ten Acre launches Popcorn Range

Ten Acre, the creators of Ten Acre hand cooked crisps, have launched new Ten Acre popcorn.

October 21, 2014

Walkers crowns 'Pulled Pork' crisps as 'Do us a Flavour' winner

'Pulled Pork in a Sticky BBQ Sauce' has been unveiled as the winner of Walkers' 2014 'Do us a Flavour' competition in the United Kingdom

October 05, 2014

Win a handmade kitchen with KETTLE® Chips (UK).

Now there will be even more reasons to purchase the sharing bags as KETTLE® Chips runs its first ever on pack promotion on the core 150g range (United Kingdom).

September 28, 2014

Seabrook launches front-peel packs for new lattice crisps range

The UK’s first peel front crisp packets are set to be released to market by Seabrook Crisps within its new, Lattice Cut range.

Jonathan Bye, chief executive Seabrook Crisps

September 28, 2014

Chip manufacturer Seabrook Crisps returns to profit

Snacks firm Seabrook Crisps is hailing the success of a turnaround programme which saw the company bounce back into profit last year.

KETTLE® Chips launches new Winter Flavours

KETTLE® Chips is pleased to announce that it will be introducing three seasonal flavours to its range of delicious, hand cooked chips in time for the key Christmas sales period.

September 15, 2014

KP Snacks factories in Consett and Corby could close

Up to 186 jobs are under threat after KP Snacks said it had plans to close two of its factories in a move to streamline its business.

July 28, 2014

Snack food packing solutions with high flexibility and fast payback

Ishida Europe has developed a range of entry-level weigher/bagmaker combination units which offer an economic, medium speed solution for food manufacturers, thus delivering a fast payback on a reduced investment cost while ensuring consistent weights.

June 30, 2014

Tavern Crisps get new packaging design

The packaging for Tavern Snack’s crisps was redesigned by Greenwich Design, giving a more focused, adventurous, modern style to the range.

June 16, 2014

PepsiCo UK launches premium Walkers Market Deli range

Walkers, the number one UK brand in the crisps, snacks and nuts category , is creating excitement with the launch of new Walkers Market Deli – an innovative range of pita, tortilla and classic potato chips that aims to bring home the variety of flavours from across Europe and the UK.