KP Snacks Ltd is a British producer of branded and own-label maize-, potato-, and nut-based snacks, "Choc Dips" and nuts. The KP stands for “Kenyon Produce”. The company is based in Slough, England, UK.
History
The company was founded in Rotherham in 1853 as Kenyon & Son as a producer of confectionery, jam and pickles. By 1891 the company had become Kenyon & Son and Craven Limited. The company switched to producing roasted and salted hazelnuts in 1948, expanding to peanuts later. These were originally produced for sale in cinemas. In 1952 the company introduced Hercules Nuts and in 1953 the No.1 KP Nuts peanut brand.
The company became part of United Biscuits (UB) in 1968. The KP Snacks subsidiary produces a range of packet snack brands including Hula Hoops, Skips, McCoy's, Frisps, Brannigan's, Royster's, Space Raiders, Nik Naks, Wheat Crunchies, Discos, and Phileas Fogg. The snacks part is based on Teesside and in Rotherham, near the UB distribution warehouse.
The Ashby-de-la-Zouch site won a Best Factory Award in 2004.
UB sold the company to the German company Intersnack in December 2012 for £500 million.
On 2nd February 2022 it was reported KP snacks supply chain was affected by a ransomware attack, which could last weeks.
In July 2023, workers threatened to strike because of low wages despite KP snacks registering profits of £54m. Unite union reported that the average pay at KP snacks had reduced by 14% since 2018.
Sourcing
As a group, they are the largest buyer of nuts in the world (as of 2019), sourcing from nations in Asia, Africa, South America and Central America.
They have various local aid and sustainability projects.
Brands
Brannigans (discontinued) Butterkist Choc Dips Discos Frisps Hula Hoops KP Jacks KP Nuts KP Skydivers (discontinued) Meanies McCoy's Nik Naks Penn State Phileas Fogg (discontinued) Popchips Pom-Bear Roysters Skips Space Raiders Tyrrells Velvet Crunch Wheat Crunchies
Products
Butterkist (Popcorn)
Sharing Bags
Toffee
Sweet Cinema Style
Sweet & Salted
Salted
Microwave Popcorn
Salted
Sweet & Salted
Sweet
Multipacks
Toffee
Sweet Cinema Style
Sweet & Salted
Choc Dips
Original (Milk Chocolate dip) White Chocolate
Discos
Cheese & Onion
Prawn Cocktail
Salt & Vinegar
Frisps
Cheese & Onion
Ready Salted
Salt & Vinegar
Hula Hoops
BBQ Beef
Cheese & Onion
Original (Salted) Roast Chicken Salt & Vinegar Smokey Bacon Spicy Tangy Cheese
Big Hoops
BBQ Beef
Salted
Salt & Vinegar
Spicy Chilli
Puft (Light and Puffed Hula Hoops) Beef Salted Salt & Vinegar Sweet Chilli
Flavours
Tangy Cheese
Salt & Vinegar
Spicy
KP Nuts
Original Salted
Dry Roasted
Honey Roast
Salt & Vinegar
Spicy Chilli
Unsalted
Peanut butter
McCoy's
Ridged
Flame Grilled Steak
Salt & Malt Vinegar
Cheddar & Onion
Sizzling King Prawn
Hot Mexican Chilli
Thai Sweet Chicken
Salted
Bacon Sizzler
Chargrilled Chicken
Muchos
Nacho Cheese
Smoky Chilli Chicken
Cool Sour Cream & Onion
Nik Naks
Scampi ‘n’ Lemon
Nice ‘n’ Spicy
Rib ‘n’ Saucy
Penn State
Original Sea Salted
Sour Cream & Chive
Popchips
Sea Salt
Barbecue
Mature Cheddar & Onion
Sea Salt & Vinegar
Sour Cream & Onion
Salt & Pepper
Thai Sweet Chilli
Ridges
Crazy Hot
Buffalo Ranch
Pom-Bear
Flavours
Original
Cheese & Onion
Salt & Vinegar
They are available in multipacks of 5, 6, 12, 18 and more.
Roysters
T-Bone Steak
Skips
Prawn Cocktail
Space Raiders
Beef
Pickled Onion
Saucy BBQ
Spicy
Tyrrells
Lightly Salted
Sea Salt & Cider Vinegar
Mature Cheddar & Chive
Sweet Chilli & Red Pepper
Sea Salt & Black Pepper
Sunday Best Roast Chicken
Posh Prawn Cocktail
Black Truffle & Sea Salt
Smoked Paprika
Naked (Unsalted) Sour Cream & Serenade Chilli
