Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. KG is a German snack food company that annually produces around 600,000 tonnes of snacks including potato chips, nuts, baked products and specialty snacks.[3] The company made its first potato chips in 1968[4] and is currently based in Düsseldorf.
Notable brands and companies under Intersnack include funny-frisch, Hula Hoops, McCoy's, Pom-Bear, Chio Chips, Vico, ültje, Penn State, Bohemia, and Tayto Crisps.[5][6]
The company's history dates back to 1962 in when Irmgard von Opel, together with her two sons, Carlo and Heinz, started producing potato chips under the brand name Chio (an anagram of Carlo Irmgard Heinz Opel).[7]
In 1968 in Cologne, the company Pfeifer & Langen also began producing potato chips under the brand name Chipsfrisch. The merger of Chipsfrisch with parts of the company Pfanni led in 1972 to the creation of the company funny-frisch, which was merged in 1977 with Chio-Chips into the Conventgruppe group.
In 1998, Intersnack acquired the Vico company, and its Vico and Monster Munch brands. Since then it is run as subsidiary Intersnack France.[8]
In 2012, Intersnack acquired KP Snacks from United Biscuits.[9]
In December 2019, Intersnack and Philippine company Universal Robina formed Unisnack ANZ, a joint venture comprising Griffin's Foods and Snack Brands Australia. Intersnack held a 40% stake in the consolidated business.[10][11] In August 2021, Universal Robina exited the Australian and New Zealand market by selling its remaining 60% stake in Unisnack ANZ to the company.[12]
