Frito-Lay Canada, Inc., formerly the Hostess Frito-Lay Company (french: La Société Hostess Frito-Lay), is a Canadian division of the U.S.-based

Frito-Lay Frito-Lay is an American subsidiary of PepsiCo that manufactures, markets, and sells corn chips, potato chips, and other snack foods. The primary snack food brands produced under the Frito-Lay name include Fritos corn chips, Cheetos cheese-flavor ...

owned as a

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PepsiCo PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market. It oversees the manuf ...

that manufactures, markets and sells

corn chips Corn chips are a snack food made from cornmeal fried in oil or baked, usually in the shape of a small noodle or scoop. Corn chips are thick, rigid and very crunchy. Corn chips have the strong aroma and flavor of roasted corn, and are often heav ...

potato chips A potato chip (North American English; often just chip) or crisp (British and Irish English) is a thin slice of potato that has been either deep fried, baked, or air fried until crunchy. They are commonly served as a snack, side dish, or ap ...

and other

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. The primary snack food brands produced under the Frito-Lay name include

Fritos Fritos is an American brand of corn chips and dipping sauces that was created in 1932 by Charles Elmer Doolin and produced since 1961 by the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo. Fritos are made by deep-frying extruded whole cornmeal, unlike the simi ...

corn chips,

Cheetos Cheetos (formerly styled as Chee-tos until 1998) is a crunchy corn puff snack brand made by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo. Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin invented Cheetos in 1948, and began national distribution in the U.S. The initi ...

cheese-flavored snacks,

Doritos Doritos () is an American brand of flavored tortilla chips produced since 1964 by Frito-Lay, a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo. The original Doritos were not flavored. The first flavor was Toasted Corn, released in 1966, followed by Taco in ...

and

Tostitos Tostitos is a brand of Frito-Lay that produces different tortilla chips and a range of accompanying dips. Varieties There are many varieties of Tostitos chips: * Tostitos ''Gold'' (and bite size ''Gold'') - a thicker and larger version of t ...

tortilla chips,

Lay's Lay's is a brand of potato chips, as well as the name of the company that founded the chip brand in the United States. The brand is also referred to as Frito-Lay because both Lay's and Fritos are brands sold by the Frito-Lay company, which ha ...

and Ruffles potato chips,

Smartfood Smartfood is an American brand of prepopped, flavored popcorn that is made by the Frito-Lay company. History Smartfood was first created in 1985 by Andrew Martin - chairman and CEO, Ken Meyers- VP of operations, and Martin's wife Annie Withe ...

flavored popcorn and

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pretzels. The company is headquartered in

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and has four production plants in

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; Lévis,

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History

The company was established in 1935 as Hostess Food Products by Edward Snyder when he began cooking chips on his mother's kitchen stove in Breslau, outside

Kitchener, Ontario ) , image_flag = Flag of Kitchener, Ontario.svg , image_seal = Seal of Kitchener, Canada.svg , image_shield=Coat of arms of Kitchener, Canada.svg , image_blank_emblem = Logo of Kitchener, Ontario.svg , blank_emblem_type = ...

. Snyder later sold the Hostess to E.W. Vanstone in 1954 which in turn selling the business to

General Foods General Foods Corporation was a company whose direct predecessor was established in the United States by Charles William Post as the Postum Cereal Company in 1895. The company changed its name to "General Foods" in 1929, after several corporate ...

in 1959.

's roots began in the early 1930s as two separate companies, The Frito Company and H.W. Lay & Company, which merged in 1961 to form Frito-Lay, Inc. Four years later in 1965, Frito-Lay, Inc. merged with the Pepsi-Cola Company to form

. Its presence in Canada began sometime in the late 1960s as Frito-Lay Canada as a subsidiary of PepsiCo. A partnership to distribute snack foods developed between Hostess Food Products and Frito-Lay in 1987 and the merger was completed in 1988. The new organization became the Hostess Frito-Lay Company. In 1992, PepsiCo acquired the joint venture by buying out General Foods' remaining interest after its sale by

Kraft Foods The second incarnation of Kraft Foods is an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate, split from Kraft Foods Inc. in 2012 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It became part of Kraft Heinz in 2015. A merger with Heinz, arra ...

but retained the Hostess Frito-Lay name. In 2002, Hostess Frito-Lay was renamed to Frito-Lay Canada, Inc.http://strategyonline.ca/content/pdf/51119.pdf?668923

Products

Much like its American counterpart, Frito-Lay Canada controls Frito-Lay product research and development, sales and distribution within Canada. Its primary brands include

and Ruffles potato chips,

tortilla chips,

tortilla chips and dips,

cheese flavored snacks,

corn chips,

pretzels, Sun Chips, and

popcorn. Products made by this division are sold to independent distributors and retailers and are transported from Frito-Lay's manufacturing plants to distribution centers, primarily in vehicles owned and operated by the company.

Current

**Standard Chips ***Classic ***Sour Cream and Onion ***Ketchup ***Bar•B•Q ***Salt and Vinegar ***Dill Pickle ***Lightly Salted ***Roast Chicken (Atlantic Canada) ***Fries and Gravy (Limited) ***Cheddar and Sour Cream ***Old Fashioned Bar•B•Q ***Cheddar Jalapeño ***Cheese and Onion (Limited) ***Spicy Cheddar Limited ***Flavours from India ****Magic Masala ****Cream & Onion ****All Dressed ***Flavours from China ****Cucumber ****Chicken and Tomato **Wavy ***Cheddar & Sour Cream ***Hickory Bar•B•Q ***Lightly Salted ***Original ***Salt and Vinegar ***Sour Cream and Sriracha **Stax ***Original ***Cheedar ***Bar•B•Q ***Salt and Vinegar ***Sour Cream and Onion *

**Nacho Cheese **Flaming Hot Nacho Cheese (Limited) **Cool Ranch **Jalapeño Cheddar **Zesty Cheese **Bold BBQ **Sweet Chili Heat **Roulette **Collisions: Habanero and Guacamole **Ketchup (Limited) **Guacamole (Limited) **Sonic Sour Cream (Limited, new 2017) * Ruffles **Regular **Sour Cream and Onion **All Dressed **Bar•B•Q **Flaming Hot BBQ (Spring 2019) **Sour Cream and Bacon **Loaded Potato Skins **Chili Cheese **Mozzarella and Marinara **Sweet & Spicy **Salt and Vinegar **Original Double Crunch **Ketchup Double Crunch **Japaleño Cheddar Double Crunch *

**Puffs **Crunchy **Crunchy Jalapeño **Crunchy Flamin’ Hot Sweet Chilli **Crunchy Flamin' Hot **Ketchup Leaves * Sun Chips **French Onion **Harvest Cheddar **Garden Salsa * Miss Vickie's **Original **Sea Salt and Malt Vinegar **Jalapeño **Sweet Chili and Sour Cream **Lime and Black Pepper **Applewood Smoke BBQ **Harvest Cheddar and Herbs **Sweet Southern BBQ **Honey Dijon (Spring 2019) **Spicy Dill Pickle **Sweet and Spicy Ketchup *

Kurkure Kurkure is a brand of spiced crunchy puffcorn snacks made up of rice, lentil and corn, owned by PepsiCo. The snack was originated in India and was launched in 1999 in the country. The snack is currently being manufactured and sold in India, Pak ...

**Masala Munch **Chilli Chatka * Hostess **Hickory Sticks *

**Standard Popcorn ***Movie Night Butter ***White Cheddar ***

Asiago Asiago (; Venetian: ''Axiago'', Cimbrian: ''Slege'', German: ''Schlägen'' ) is a minor township (population roughly 6,500) in the surrounding plateau region (the ''Altopiano di Asiago'' or '' Altopiano dei Sette Comuni'', Asiago plateau) in ...

and Black Pepper ***Jalapeno and Cheddar ***Gouda and Chive ***Sour Cream and Onion ***Sweet and Salty ***Indulgence: Milk Chocolate & Caramel Drizzle ***Indulgence: Dark Chocolate & Raspberry Drizzle **Delight ***White Cheddar ***Sea Salt ***Salted Caramel

Discontinued

* Hostess **Regular **Sour Cream and Onion **Ketchup **Genuine Barbecue **Salt and Vinegar **Dill Pickle *

**Texas Tang **Late Night Cheeseburger **Loaded Nacho **Intense Pickle

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