Frito-Lay
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Frito-Lay is an American and International maker of corn chips, potato chips, and other snack foods. Its headquarters is based on Legacy Drive in Plano, Texas, USA (a suburb of Dallas). They operate a very large plant undergoing expansion in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Frito-Lay was the result of the merger of the Fritos Company and Atlanta-based H.W. Lay & Company in 1961. In 1965, a merger of Frito-Lay, Inc. and the Pepsi-Cola Company resulted in the formation of PepsiCo, Inc. Currently, PepsiCo retains ownership of the Frito-Lay Company, Tropicana Products, The Quaker Oats Company, and The Smith's Snackfood Company, Gatorade, and various other ventures.
Walkers is the largest snack food manufacturer in the United Kingdom best known for manufacturing crisps and is a subsidiary of Frito-Lay.
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[edit] Canada's plants
- Kentville, Nova Scotia
- Lévis, Quebec
- Pointe-Claire, Quebec
- Cambridge, Ontario
- Taber, Alberta
- Lethbridge, Alberta
[edit] Important plants
The plant in Killingly, Connecticut is responsible for all overseas shipping from the east coast.
The plant in Jonesboro, Arkansas is undergoing a large expansion, and will be the biggest plant in North America when complete
[edit] Products
Frito-Lay's product line includes such brands as:
- Fritos
- Doritos
- Cheetos
- Ruffles
- Lay's (including Baked! Lays, and Lay's Stax)
- Funyuns
- Rold Gold Pretzels
- Smartfood
- Baken-Ets (pork rinds)
- Tostitos
- Munchos
- Sun Chips
- Santitas
- Munchies
- Walkers and other brands
- Cracker Jack
- The Smith's Snackfood Company
- Grandma's Cookies
- Oh Boy! Oberto Meat Snacks
- Sabritones Puffed Wheat Snacks
- Miss Vickies
- Santitas Tortilla Chips
- Chester's Popcorn
- El Isleño Plantain Chips
- Gamesa Cookies
- Maui Chip Skins
- O'Keely's Potato Skins
- Rustler's Meat Sticks
- Stacy's Pita Chips
- Flat Earth Fruit and Veggie Crisps
as well as several varieties of salsas, dips, crackers, nuts, and seeds.
