The Hershey Company has agreed to acquire Amplify Snack Brands for about $1.6bn to boost its position in the snacking aisle and expand its portfolio of savory snacking brands. The transaction amount also includes around $600m of net debt ...
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Bosch Packaging Technology has opened a new customer solutions center in the Netherlands for vertical packaging. Located in Weert, the new center will enable food and non-food producers to select a complete vertical system solution for ...
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Dieffenbach's Potato Chips is launching new brand Uglies to help reduce food waste and save money. The firm is in its third year at the PA Farm show and and the impact it is having on growing our Central PA business has been tremendous, ...
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Italian snack manufacturer Preziosi Food (Mitica) integrated new frying, seasoning and packaging systems from leading processing and packaging solutions provider, tna, to launch a new line of batch-fried potato chips. Adding to its ...
Tags: packaging systems, Packaging, snack
Florida based Vintage Italia has secured a new funding of $3m to accelerate its Pasta Chips brand’s growth and also to launch new pasta product lines. The new funding round saw participation from Advantage Capital Agribusiness ...
Tags: Pasta Chips, pasta product
Boulder Canyon Authentic Foods to bring back its popular Thanksgiving meal-flavored potato chips. Turkey & Gravy and Pumpkin Pie kettle-cooked potato chips will be available at select grocers nationwide in 5-ounce bags with a suggested ...
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Potato-chip giant Utz Quality Foods has completed its previously announced $135m acquisition of Alabama based Golden Enterprises, the owner of the Golden Flake Snack Foods. The merger is expected to support Utz Quality Foods’ growth ...
Red Lobster is debuting Korean BBQ Grilled Shrimp, a new, globally-inspired preparation during Endless Shrimp as a way to meet consumers' interest in and demand for complex, and interesting flavor experiences. This new flavor option is ...
US-based snack maker Snyder's-Lance has announced that its subsidiary Kettle Foods will acquire the remaining 74% stake in Metcalfe's skinny. However, the financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. In January, Kettle Foods ...
When we were drafting and seeking public comment on the rules that will implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), we promised that we would do whatever we could to help the regulated industry understand and meet the new ...
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Boulder Canyon Authentic Foods is introducing three new flavored potato chip offerings cooked in better-for-you oils. Coconut Oil Pineapple Habanero™, Olive Oil Sweet Vinegar™ and Olive Oil Red Chili™ kettle-cooked ...
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Ruffles All Dressed potato chips get reintroduced in the US market. The hard-to-describe, hard-to-put-down flavor took Americans' hearts and stomachs by storm last fall during its limited engagement and left fans begging for more when the ...
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Uncle Tobys has paid $32,400 in penalties relating to packaging claims about the protein content of its branded oats products. Cereal Partners Australia, the manufacturer and distributor of Uncle Tobys brand oats, is alleged to have made ...
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The latest Roy Morgan Research has confirmed that potato chips top the category of Australia’s favourite snacks, a status the humble packet chip (or ‘crisp’ as it is sometimes referred) has retained for the past five ...
Tags: Potato Chips, snack-food
Leading biscuit brand Arnott’s has paid the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) $51,000 in penalties after five infringement notices were issued against the company in relation to a marketing claim for its Shapes ...