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KP Snacks is a British producer of branded and own-label maize-, potato-, and nut-based snacks, "Choc Dips" and nuts. The ''KP'' originally stood for ''Kenyon Produce''. The company is based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The company was founded 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, Discos, and Phileas Fogg.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kpsnacks.com/ )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Best Factory Awards )〕 UB sold the company to the German company Intersnack in December 2012 for £500 million, subject to completion. ==Products== *Brannigans *Choc Dips *Discos *Frisps *Hula Hoops *KP Nuts *McCoy's *Nik Naks *Penn State *Phileas Fogg *Pom-Bear *Skips *Space Raiders *Velvet Crunch *Wheat Crunchies 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KP Snacks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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