Intersnack

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Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. KG
Intersnack
Company typeGmbH & Co. KG
IndustrySnacks
Founded1968; 58 years ago (1968)
HeadquartersDüsseldorf, Germany
Area served
Europe, Asia and Oceania
Key people
Maarten Leerdam,
Henrik Bauwens,
Roland Stroese,
Johan van Winkel,
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Revenue€2.51 billion (2017)[2]
OwnerPfeifer & Langen
Number of employees
13,000 (2021)[3]
SubsidiariesKP Snacks
Tayto Snacks
Griffin's Foods
Snack Brands Australia
Websiteintersnackgroup.com

Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. KG is a German snack food company that annually produces around 600,000 tonnes of snacks including potato chips, nuts, baked products and specialty snacks.[3] The company made its first potato chips in 1968[4] and is currently based in Düsseldorf.

Notable brands and companies under Intersnack include funny-frisch, Hula Hoops, McCoy's, Pom-Bear, Chio Chips, Vico, ültje, Penn State, Bohemia, and Tayto Crisps.[5][6]

Company history

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The company's history dates back to 1962 in when Irmgard von Opel , together with her two sons, Carlo and Heinz, started producing potato chips under the brand name Chio (an anagram of Carlo Irmgard Heinz Opel).[7]

In 1968 in Cologne, the company Pfeifer & Langen also began producing potato chips under the brand name Chipsfrisch . The merger of Chipsfrisch with parts of the company Pfanni led in 1972 to the creation of the company funny-frisch , which was merged in 1977 with Chio-Chips into the Conventgruppe group.[citation needed]

In 1998, Intersnack acquired the Vico company, and its Vico and Monster Munch brands. Since then it is run as subsidiary Intersnack France.[8]

In 2012, Intersnack acquired KP Snacks from United Biscuits.[9]

In December 2019, Intersnack and Philippine company Universal Robina formed Unisnack ANZ, a joint venture comprising Griffin's Foods and Snack Brands Australia. Intersnack held a 40% stake in the consolidated business.[10][11] In August 2021, Universal Robina exited the Australian and New Zealand market by selling its remaining 60% stake in Unisnack ANZ to the company.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Imprint Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. KG, retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. ^ Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. KG: Konzernabschluss zum Geschäftsjahr vom 01.01.2017 bis zum 31.12.2017. Bundesanzeiger. 13 December 2018.
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