KP Snacks

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KP Snacks Limited
Formerly
  • Is Brazil Limited
    (Nov–Dec 2012)
  • Top Snacks Limited (2012–2013)[1]
Company typeLimited
Industry
Founded1853; 173 years ago (1853)
HeadquartersSlough, England
Area served
United Kingdom
Products
  • Nuts
  • Potato crisps
OwnerIntersnack
Websitekpsnacks.com

KP Snacks Limited is a British producer of branded and own-label maize-, potato-, and nut-based snacks. Originating in 1853 in Rotherham, the KP stands for "Kenyon Produce". KP Snacks has been owned by German company Intersnack since 2012[2] and is now based in Slough.[3]

KP Snacks is currently the second largest maker of snack foods in Britain. It owns and produces various brands including KP Nuts, Hula Hoops, McCoy's crisps and Tyrrells crisps,[2][4] and also distributes other brands under license in the country such as Pom-Bear. The company's largest factory is located in Teesside.[5]

History

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The company was founded in Rotherham in 1853 as Kenyon & Son as a producer of confectionery, jam and pickles. By 1891 the company had become Kenyon & Son and Craven Limited. The company switched to producing roasted and salted hazelnuts in 1948, expanding to peanuts later. These were originally produced for sale in cinemas. In 1952 the company introduced Hercules Nuts and in 1953 the No.1 KP Nuts peanut brand.[3]

The company became part of United Biscuits (UB) in 1968.[3] The KP Snacks subsidiary produces a range of packet snack brands including Hula Hoops, Skips, McCoy's, Frisps, Brannigan's, Royster's, Space Raiders, Nik Naks, Wheat Crunchies, Discos, and Phileas Fogg.[6] The snacks part is based on Teesside and in Rotherham, near the UB distribution warehouse.

The Ashby-de-la-Zouch site won a Best Factory Award in 2004.[7]

UB sold the company to the German company Intersnack in December 2012 for £500 million.[8] The company moved its headquarters to Slough in 2015.[9]

In February 2022, it was reported that the KP Snacks supply chain was affected by a ransomware attack.[10]

In July 2023, workers threatened to strike because of low wages despite KP Snacks registering profits of £54 million. Unite union reported that the average pay at KP Snacks had fallen by 14% in real terms since 2018.[11]

Sourcing

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As a group, they are the largest buyer of nuts in the world (as of 2019),[12] sourcing from Asia, Africa, South America and Central America.[12]

They have various local aid and sustainability projects.[12]

Brands

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This is a list of snack brands distributed by KP Snacks including some that are not owned by it.

Products

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Butterkist (Popcorn)

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File:Butterkist "Tasty Sweet Popcorn".jpg
Butterkist

Sharing Bags

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  • Toffee
  • Sweet Cinema Style
  • Sweet & Salted
  • Salted

Microwave Popcorn

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  • Salted
  • Sweet & Salted
  • Sweet

Multipacks

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  • Toffee
  • Sweet Cinema Style
  • Sweet & Salted

Choc Dips

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  • Original (Milk Chocolate dip)
  • White Chocolate

Discos

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  • Cheese & Onion
  • Prawn Cocktail
  • Salt & Vinegar
  • Pickled Onion

Frisps

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  • Cheese & Onion
  • Ready Salted
  • Salt & Vinegar

Hula Hoops

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  • BBQ Beef
  • Cheese & Onion
  • Original (Salted)
  • Roast Chicken
  • Salt & Vinegar
  • Smokey Bacon
  • Spicy
  • Tangy Cheese

Big Hoops

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  • BBQ Beef
  • Salted
  • Salt & Vinegar
  • Spicy Chilli

Puft (Light and Puffed Hula Hoops)

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  • Beef
  • Salted
  • Salt & Vinegar
  • Sweet Chilli

Flavours

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  • Tangy Cheese
  • Salt & Vinegar
  • Spicy

KP Nuts

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  • Original Salted
  • Dry Roasted
  • Honey Roast
  • Salt & Vinegar
  • Spicy Chilli
  • Unsalted
  • Peanut butter

McCoy's

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Ridged

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File:McCoy's crisps.jpg
McCoy's salt & malt vinegar crisps
  • Flame Grilled Steak
  • Salt & Malt Vinegar
  • Cheddar & Onion
  • Sizzling King Prawn
  • Hot Mexican Chilli
  • Thai Sweet Chicken
  • Salted
  • Bacon Sizzler
  • Chargrilled Chicken
  • Chip Shop Curry Sauce

Muchos

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  • Nacho Cheese
  • Smoky Chilli Chicken
  • Cool Sour Cream & Onion

Nik Naks

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File:Nik Naks - UK.jpg
Two flavours of Nik Naks: "Nice 'n' Spicy" (left) and "Rib 'n' Saucy" (right)
  • Scampi ‘n’ Lemon
  • Nice ‘n’ Spicy
  • Rib ‘n’ Saucy

Penn State

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  • Original Sea Salted
  • Sour Cream & Chive

Popchips

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  • Sea Salt
  • Barbecue
  • Mature Cheddar & Onion
  • Sea Salt & Vinegar
  • Sour Cream & Onion
  • Salt & Pepper
  • Thai Sweet Chilli

Ridges

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  • Crazy Hot
  • Buffalo Ranch

Pom-Bear

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Flavours

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  • Original
  • Cheese & Onion
  • Salt & Vinegar

Roysters

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  • T-Bone Steak

Skips

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  • Prawn Cocktail

Space Raiders

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File:Space Raiders snacks.jpg
Space Raiders: pickled onion flavour (left) and saucy BBQ flavour (right)
  • Beef
  • Pickled Onion
  • Saucy BBQ
  • Spicy

Tyrrells

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Main article: Tyrrells (crisps)
  • Lightly Salted
  • Sea Salt & Cider Vinegar
  • Mature Cheddar & Chive
  • Sweet Chilli & Red Pepper
  • Sea Salt & Black Pepper
  • Sunday Best Roast Chicken
  • Posh Prawn Cocktail
  • Black Truffle & Sea Salt
  • Smoked Paprika
  • Naked (Unsalted)
  • Sour Cream & Serenade Chilli

Furrows Crisps

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  • Sea Salt
  • Sea Salt & Vinegar
  • Aberdeen Angus Beef
  • Cheese & Pickled Onion

Veg Crisps

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File:Tyrrells veg crisps 2.jpg
Tyrrells vegetable crisps
  • Balsamic Vinegar & Sea Salt
  • Parsnip, Beetroot & Carrot With Sea Salt

Popcorn

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  • Sweet & Salty
  • Sea Salted
  • Sweet

Nut Medleys

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  • Sweet Chilli & Red Pepper
  • Sea Salt & Ground Black Pepper

Wheat Crunchies

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  • Cheddar & Onion
  • Spicy Tomato
  • Crispy Bacon

Cheese Footballs

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Whole Earth

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Brand bought from Ecotone in 2024.[13][14]

  • Peanut butters
  • Organic drinks

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