PHOENIX, Sept. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Specialty foods
marketer and manufacturer, Inventure Foods, Inc.
(Nasdaq:SNAK), announces today an expansion of its existing
kettle-cooked potato chip manufacturing capacities to add four new
300-pound commercial kettles and appropriate potato processing
equipment to its Bluffton, Ind.
manufacturing facility. The move provides a 50 percent increase to
current kettle-cooked capacity, resulting in an additional 100,000
pounds of finished product per week.
The new kettle lines, which go live this month, allow Inventure
to keep pace with growing consumer interest in its better-for-you
line of Boulder Canyon Authentic Foods' potato chips.
"We are fortunate to have a strong legion of Boulder fans who
value our quality-first approach and who appreciate the importance
of real food ingredients," said Terry
McDaniel, Chief Executive Officer of Inventure Foods. "The
challenge for us has been keeping up with consumer demand, yet
we've never been willing to sacrifice manufacturing excellence in
pursuit of a quick-fix solution to short term capacity challenges.
Instead, we've invested fully into our Bluffton plant to add kettle cooking
capabilities that follow in form and function to what we have
always used. In doing so, we've met current needs while allowing
for future growth, and we've done it all in a manner that remains
true to the Boulder brand."
Boulder Canyon Authentic Foods is one of the fastest-growing
minimally-processed potato chip brands in the U.S.1 The
brand is highly regarded among healthy eaters for its less-is-more
approach to food manufacturing, including the use of premium oils
such as olive, avocado, and coconut as well as organic potatoes
that are kettle-cooked in small batches. Additionally, Boulder
refuses to use artificial flavors, colors or preservatives in its
recipes, instead choosing only clean food ingredients. The majority
of Boulder Canyon products are Gluten Free, Non-GMO and Kosher
certified.
Inventure manufactures Boulder- branded snacks primarily from
two facilities—Goodyear, Ariz. and Bluffton, Ind. The Goodyear plant has historically been the hub
for kettle-cooked potato chips while Bluffton has manufactured extruded and other
snacks.
"The investment in Bluffton
builds upon the expanded production capabilities we added to
Goodyear earlier this year," added
McDaniel. "We've built for increased volume, but we also benefit
geographically as we are in a better position to serve customers
across the country."
In addition to the aforementioned salty snack facilities,
Inventure owns and operates fruit processing facilities in
Lynden, Wash., Bellingham, Wash. and Salem, Ore.; as well as two plants in
Georgia that process and package
IQF vegetables, breads and other items.
Boulder Canyon is perhaps best known for its award-winning
kettle chips, yet it offers non-snack food items as well, including
a line of frozen vegetable rice that will debut this fall in the
frozen section of the grocery store.
About Inventure Foods, Inc.
With manufacturing
facilities in Arizona,
Indiana, Washington, Oregon and Georgia, Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNAK)
is a marketer and manufacturer of specialty food brands in
better-for-you and indulgent categories under a variety of Company
owned and licensed brand names, including Boulder Canyon Foods™,
Jamba®, Seattle's Best Coffee®,
Rader Farms®, TGI Fridays™, Nathan's Famous®, Vidalia Brands®,
Poore Brothers®, Tato Skins®, Willamette Valley Fruit Company™,
Fresh Frozen™ and Bob's Texas Style® and Sin In A Tin®. For more
information about Inventure Foods, please visit
www.inventurefoods.com.
1. IRI Data, Aug. 2016
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