News On Potato Chips from the Americas

May 16, 2022

Sweet Potato sibling from Uglies Kettle Chip

Uglies Kettle Chips, the brand that brings you naturally imperfect, honestly delicious plant-based snacks, now introduces new upcycled sweet potato chips: Uglies Sweets.

April 07, 2022

Downeys Potato Chips prepares for Growth with Upgraded Vanmark Equipment

Downey’s Potato Chips has been in business for 37 years. The company was started by the Downey family in Waterford, Michigan. From its humble beginnings selling freshly fried kettle chips made in small batches from its storefront.

March 17, 2022

Utz Celebrates National Potato Chip Day With a Fresh New Look and More!

Utz Brands, Inc. celebrated National Potato Chip Day with the introduction of a fresh new look for its iconic Utz brand potato chips line.

MicroSalt to Distribute SaltMe! at Kroger

March 15, 2022

Reduced sodium potato chips SaltMe! by Microsalt now available at Kroger

MicroSalt Inc. announced that it's SaltMe! potato chips will be distributed to more than 1,400 Kroger grocery stores beginning mid-March. This milestone is a major move for MicroSalt on its mission to provide healthier, full-flavor potato chips

March 13, 2022

Fritos debuts first tv commercial in 20 years featuring country music star Thomas Rhett

Fritos, the versatile and "Down for Everything" corn chip from Frito-Lay, launches its first television commercial in 20 years and Thomas Rhett is along for the ride.

March 07, 2022

SpudLove Snacks Celebrates National Potato Chip Day with One-of-a-Kind 'Chip Bowl' made from Actual Potato Chips

SpudLove™ Organic Thick-Cut Potato Chips is celebrating National Potato Chip Day by offering potato chip lovers the ultimate serving accessory – a first-of-its-kind "chip bowl" made out of actual potato chips.

February 28, 2022

Boiler explosion guts Hermiston potato chip plant

One of the area’s largest manufacturers is gone, after a boiler explosion at Shearer’s Foods plant south of Hermiston sparked a dramatic fire Tuesday afternoon.

February 20, 2022

Shearer's Foods stops making its branded chips to focus on private label business

Larry Zvara has been a fan of Shearer's potato chips for years, and the Akron resident is pretty bummed about the product disappearing from his grocery store's shelves.

February 14, 2022

Snack Sales Spike During Super Bowl Week

Total snack food sales jumped 12.5% to USD 487 million during Super Bowl Week 2021, according to new data from IRI, commissioned by SNAC International (SNAC)

An impression of some of the products manufactured by RW Garcia. Utz Brands is to acquire the company.

November 05, 2021

United States: Utz Brands to Acquire RW Garcia

Utz Brands Inc; a leading U.S. manufacturer of branded salty snacks, announced that its subsidiaries have entered into a definitive agreement with R.W. Garcia Holdings to acquire the equity and certain real estate assets related to the operation of RW Garcia.

October 27, 2021

PepsiCo Accelerates Digitalization with Launch of Digital Hubs in North America and Europe

PepsiCo, Inc. announced the establishment of the company's first two Digital Hubs in North America and Europe, with plans to expand to more locations in the future. Hubs to centralize skills, development, and delivery of emerging digital capabilities, such as AI, machine learning...

October 02, 2021

Upcycled sweet potato snack brand Spudsy closes USD 3.3 Million Series A Funding

Spudsy, the brand that upcycles imperfect sweet potatoes and turns them into plant-based, delicious snacks, has announced the closing of a $3.3 Million funding round led by KarpReilly and Stage 1 Fund.

Ballreich Snack Food Company Recalls Bar-B-Q Seasoned Potato Chips Because of Possible Health Risk

August 12, 2021

Ballreich Snack Food Company Recalls Bar-B-Q Seasoned Potato Chips for potential Salmonella contamination

Ballreich Snack Food Co. Tiffin, Ohio, is recalling its 1.5oz, 2.75oz, and 7oz packages of BAR-B-Q Potato Chips due to a potential contamination with Salmonella.

July 29, 2021

Lay's Releases Limited-Edition Flavor Swap Lineup Inspired By Doritos And Funyuns

Lay's teams up with two flagship Frito-Lay favorites for lay's flavor swap, bringing fans the ultimate flavor mashup experience.

July 28, 2021

UTZ Brands Announces Promotions to Executive Management Team as Company Positions for Next Phase of Growth

Utz Brands, Inc. announced several changes to its Executive Management Team. The announcements reflect the Company’s ongoing process of evaluating capabilities needed to better position Utz for its next phase of growth.

Great Lakes Potato Chips manufactures skin on kettle chips in a range of flavours

July 24, 2021

Great Lakes Potato Chips plans major expansion. Michigan Department of Agriculture chips in USD 80K

The USD 2.4 Million expansion project of Great Lakes Potato Chips is expected to create new jobs and improve energy and operational efficiencies.

July 19, 2021

Indigenous-owned, Manitoba-based potato chips brand heading to shelves across Canada

An independent Manitoba-based, Indigenous-owned brand of potato chip will soon be on shelves across the country. Tomahawk Chips is the brainchild of Alfred Lea, who began the Native Canadian Chip Corporation in 2015.

July 08, 2021

PepsiCo invests over USD 30 million in the expansion of its snack production in the Dominican Republic

The company says that with the expansion of its chips production, PepsiCo contributes to the economic reactivation of the Dominican Republic by buying more local potatoes from Dominican farmers.

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