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A warming climate is placing potato production under increasing pressure, with rising temperatures, drought, and extreme weather threatening yields, quality, and global food security.
August 05, 2026
Accelerating Global Warming Could Reshape the Future of Global Potato Production
Global warming is accelerating, threatening potato production through heat, drought, pests, and storage challenges. Climate-smart farming, resilient varieties, and improved irrigation are essential to protect future yields and quality.
Residents in Woodstock, New Brunswick, are seeking legal action over noise, odour and traffic concerns related to the Covered Bridge Potato Chips production facility.
May 10, 2026
Covered Bridge Potato Chips faces legal action by neighborhood
Residents in Woodstock, New Brunswick, are seeking legal action over noise, odour and traffic concerns related to the Covered Bridge Potato Chips production facility.
The new Covered Bridge Potato Chips facility in Woodstock, N.B., resumes production after a devastating fire destroyed the company’s original Hartland plant in March 2024.
September 25, 2025
Covered Bridge Potato Chips Reopens in New Brunswick After 2024 Fire, Bringing Jobs and Flavors Back
Covered Bridge Potato Chips has reopened in Woodstock, N.B., after a 2024 fire destroyed its Hartland plant. The new site restores jobs and flavours, while Hartland hopes for its return and keeps the old location open as a gift shop and attraction.
After a fire burned the Covered Bridge Potato Chips company in March, owner and CEO Ryan Albright turned a warehouse in Woodstock into a make-shift production plant.
August 25, 2024
Covered Bridge Potato Chips keeps the snacks coming with makeshift plant
A fire destroyed Hartland company's factory in March, leaving questions about production and jobs. In a large warehouse in Woodstock, the smell of salt and vinegar overtakes anyone who enters its doors.
What is left of the Covered Bridge Potato Chips factory (fryer area)
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.
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September 10, 2023
Hardbite Potato Chips expands capacity to Meet Growing Demand for Its All-Natural Chips
Hardbite Chips, a manufacturer of potato chips in Canada, recently moved its manufacturing operations into a new 43,000-square-foot production facility. The company relied on Vanmark equipment for many of the units at the start of the production line.
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Lauren Rebar, Director of Sales at NHF
March 28, 2023
Snack Manufacturer Naturally Homegrown Foods (NHF) Wins 2022 BC Export Award in the Consumer Products Category
Naturally Homegrown Foods Ltd. (NHF), the leading natural snack food manufacturer, has been awarded the 2022 BC Export Award in the Consumer Products Category recognizing the company’s success.
KFC teams up with PepsiCo on limited-edition potato chips
October 12, 2022
KFC teams up with PepsiCo in Canada for a limited-edition potato chip flavour
KFC has partnered with PepsiCo Foods Canada to create a new flavour of potato chip for the Ruffles brand. The new Ruffles KFC Original Recipe Chicken-flavoured potato chips are available for a limited time.
Based in Manitoba, Alfred Lea's Tomahawk Chips will soon be selling coast-to-coast. (Courtesy: Alfred Lea)
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.
Get Fired Up! Now also available in Canada: Pringles Wendy's Spicy Chicken Flavour Chips: Another Insanely Accurate Taste Sensation
June 23, 2021
The new Pringles Wendy's Spicy Chicken Flavour Chips now also available in Canada
Want to spice up your life? After introducing Pringles Wendy's Spicy Chicken flavour chips in the US, Pringles and Wendy's® are joining together to bring this mind-blowing innovation to Canada.
New Frito-Lay 'Flavours From India' Potato Chips available at Walmart Canada
June 08, 2021
Walmart brings Frito-Lay's 'Flavours From India' Potato Chips to Canada
Walmart Canada is excited to offer a brand new line of South Asian snack flavours in partnership with Frito-Lay Canada.
Lay's® takes on three epic Canadian flavours in a #FlavourFaceOff
May 18, 2021
Lay's® takes on three epic Canadian flavours in a #FlavourFaceOff
The iconic Lay's® brand is putting some of our most iconic flavours from Doritos®, Ruffles® and Smartfood® on its classic potato chip to see who does it best in the ultimate Flavour Faceoff.
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@PringlesCA on twitter: 'Hey @WendysCanada, what do you think of our new look in honour of the new one-bite Baconator® flavour Pringles® potato chips?'
February 22, 2021
Pringles introduces Wendy's Baconator Flavour in Canada
Ready to feed your curiosity? Behold the one-bite Baconator®! The NEW limited-time edition Pringles* Wendy's® Baconator Flavour Chips layer all the tastes of the famous Wendy's Baconator into a totally munchable, mind-blowing snack.
Lay's and Swiss Chalet teamed up to create the ultimate Canadian chip: Chalet Sauce flavoured potato chips
September 06, 2016
Lay's and Swiss Chalet create the ultimate Canadian chip: Chalet Sauce flavoured potato chips
Lay's and Swiss Chalet have partnered to bring Canadians a truly Canadian delicacy, Lay's Chalet Sauce potato chips
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November 17, 2015
PEI Scalloped Potatoes winner 2015 Lays Canada Do Us a Flavour Tastes of Canada contest
PEI Scalloped potatoes, a potato chip flavour submitted by Jordan Cairns, wins the Lay’s® Canada Do Us a Flavour™ Tastes of Canada contest.
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Lay's announces finalist Potato Chip Flavours of the Do-Us-A-Flavour contest Tastes of Canada (2015): Cowboy BBQ Beans, Butter Chicken, Montreal Smoked Meat and PEI Scalloped Potatoes
August 06, 2015
Lays announces the finalists for the Do-Us-a-Flavour Tastes of Canada contest
After receiving almost 950,000 flavour submissions, Lay's Canada has revealed the four finalist flavours for this year's Do Us a Flavour Tastes of Canada contest
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Tastes of Canada: Lay's® Do Us a Flavour™ potato chip contest returns
February 23, 2015
Tastes of Canada: Lay's® Do Us a Flavour™ potato chip contest returns
Lay's, Canada's favourite potato chip brand, announces the return of the Lay's Do Us a Flavour contest (#DoUsAFlavourCanada) and asks fans to embrace the Tastes of Canada.
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Jalapeño Mac N' Cheese the best tasting chip of the 2014 Lays Canada Do Us a Flavour contest
October 21, 2014
Jalapeño Mac N' Cheese the best tasting chip of the 2014 Lays Canada Do Us a Flavour contest
The winner of the Lay's Canada 2014 Do Us a Flavour contest is Jalapeño Mac N' Cheese on Lay's Wavy, submitted by Randall Litman from Calgary.
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