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The largest investment ever made by the Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corp. (MMCDC) comes in the form of a stackable baked potato chip. Baked chips are one of the fastest-growing segments of the snack food market, and until now it has not ...

Tyrrell's Potato Chips knows its potato supplier intimately. In fact, the British company knows everything about the potatoes it uses, all the way from seed to chip. That's because Tyrrells started as a potato farm, and when price pressures became too ...

PepsiCo announced today a strategic realignment of its organizational structure to position the company for continued strong growth and more fully leverage the talents of its senior leaders. "Given PepsiCo's robust growth in recent years, we are ...

For years potato chip manufacturers like Lay's, Wise, Utz and others were content to churn out POPC -- plain old potato chips -- leaving the "gourmet"market to niche manufacturers. But then diversification hit the potato chip industry, offeri...

Lance, a marketer of snack food products, has reported a 5% increase in net revenue to $198.1 million for the third quarter ended September 29, 2007, compared with $188.6 million for the same period in the previous year.

After years of losses, it seemed Ubiquity subsidiary Jays Foods Inc., was poised to at least break even, and possibly even turn a modest profit. In the first six months of this year, losses were cut 50 percent compared with the losses in the first h...

Popcorn Workers Lung victims involved in a class action lawsuit got some good news from a New York appeals court yesterday. The court ruled that if the former Missouri popcorn plant workers successfully prove their claims that diacetyl exposure cause...

The company said profit was $3.08 billion, or 92 cents a share, in the first quarter compared with $2.70 billion, or 79 cents a share, a year earlier. P&G plans to push further into health and beauty products, which generate higher margins than th...

Procter &Gamble's (PG) first-quarter profit rose 14%, but the consumer-products giant said it is seeing some slowdown in the U.S. market as consumers pull back amid high energy costs and the housing downturn.   Sales for Procter's snacks, coffee an...

With the snip of a pair of scissors, Frito-Lay's Topeka facility officially expands. The 40,000-square-foot addition houses the company's new SunChips production line. Regional Vice President Mark Brinker is excited about the opening. "It's a sig...

Jays Foods Inc., which has filed for bankruptcy protection, may close its facilities in Butler, DePere and Silver Lake in December and the closings could be permanent if a buyer isn't found for the snack food maker. Chicago-based Jays Foods, maker of...

Frito-Lay's new Flat Earth fruit and vegetable chips have not generated the sales the company had hoped for, PepsiCo Inc.'s North America CEO John Compton told The Associated Press two weeks ago.   The Flat Earth line of products, released in America ...

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...

A group led by a local businessman wants to buy foundering Jays Foods Inc. to keep the snackmaker and its production and jobs in Chicago. But Jays' owner, Ubiquity Brands, had resisted working with the group, called Southhorn LLC, ignoring its reques...

Jays Foods Inc. may close its plants in December -- permanently if a buyer doesn't step forward. Employees received notification last week that the company plants, including those at 825 E. 99th and 1001 E. 99th, might close Dec. 10-24 and not reopen...

Video item on the bankruptcy filing of Jay's Potato Chips.

In about a month, people should be able to buy flat Ballreichs Bros potato chips, which stray from the company’s usually rippled snacks. Children at Lincoln Elementary School, neighbors to the factory at 186 Ohio Ave., used their creativity to help th...

For its Super Bowl ad this year, Frito-Lay is putting a musical spin on last year's successful Doritos promotion using consumers' homemade videos for its commercials. The chipmaker will devote 60 seconds of Super Bowl advertising time - worth more th...