Cheetos meets Pretzels: Frito-Lay unveils new snack fusion with Cheetle-coated Pretzels

Cheetos meets Pretzels: Frito-Lay unveils new snack fusion with Cheetle-coated Pretzels

PepsiCo’s convenient foods division, Frito-Lay North America, renowned for its groundbreaking snack innovations like Cheetos Popcorn and Cheetos Mac N’ Cheese, introduces the next big thing in snacking: Cheetos Pretzels. Merging the distinctive cheesy flavor of Cheetos with the classic crunch of pretzels, this new creation promises to redefine the snack aisle. Tina Mahal on […]

CenterOak Partners sells Wetzel’s Pretzels to MTY Food Group

CenterOak Partners sells Wetzel’s Pretzels to MTY Food Group

CenterOak Partners has wrapped up the previously announced $207 million sale of Wetzel’s Pretzels to MTY Franchising USA, a fully-owned subsidiary of MTY Food Group. The deal was announced in November 2022. Based in Pasadena, California, Wetzel’s Pretzels is a franchisor and owner of quick service restaurants that belong to the soft pretzel segment. Its […]

Hershey’s to buy Dot’s Pretzels and pretzel manufacturer Pretzels

Hershey’s to buy Dot’s Pretzels and pretzel manufacturer Pretzels

US confectionery giant Hershey Company (Hershey’s) has agreed to acquire Dot’s Pretzels, the owner of Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels, and its partner manufacturer and distributor — Pretzels for nearly $1.2 billion. According to Hershey’s, Dot’s Pretzels is the perfect supplement to its expanding salty snacking range and could give it the opportunity to reach new consumers […]

Pretzels to build new production facility in Lawrence, Kansas

Pretzels to build new production facility in Lawrence, Kansas

Pretzels, a US manufacturer of pretzels and other snack products, revealed plans to build a production facility in VenturePark in Lawrence, Kansas. The new facility, which will be of 150,000sft, is expected to generate a considerable number of new jobs, besides ramping up Pretzels’ capacity across a variety of products and formats. Pretzels hopes to […]