Utz Quality Foods completes merger with Kitchen Cooked
Utz Quality Foods has completed the merger with Kitchen Cooked, which includes the Kitchen Cooked snack food brand, direct store delivery operations, and its manufacturing operations.
Utz Quality Foods has completed the merger with Kitchen Cooked, which includes the Kitchen Cooked snack food brand, direct store delivery operations, and its manufacturing operations.
“We are very excited about the opportunity to add this important snack food brand and set of capabilities to our portfolio,” said Dylan Lissette, CEO, Utz Quality Foods, in the company’s press release. “Since the 1930’s, Kitchen Cooked brings a strong consumer following and unique craft heritage in its core markets. Their distribution and manufacturing capabilities, along with their customer relationships, enhance our ability to grow our Utz brand portfolio further west.”
Kitchen Cooked is headquartered in Farmington, Ill., and is a manufacturer and distributer of snack foods serving Central Illinois and Eastern Iowa. Beginning in the 1930’s manufacturing potato chips, Kitchen Cooked has expanded its product line to include Kettle Kurls, Kettle Pops, popcorn, pretzels, tortilla chips, pork rinds, and more.
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