Conagra Brands completes sale of snacks business segment

Utz Quality Foods, LLC takes over

Morgan Smith, New Products Editor

Oct 22nd, 2019

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Conagra Brands, Inc. has sold to Utz Quality Foods, LLC the portion of its snacks business that operates under a direct-store-delivery model. Included in the sale are the Tim’s Cascade Snacks, Hawaiian Snacks, Erin’s, El Restaurante, Snyder of Berlin, Pop-N-Thin and Husman’s brands. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed.

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