Frito-Lay Canada facts for kids

Frito-Lay Canada, Inc. is a big Canadian company. It is part of the American company Frito-Lay, which is owned by PepsiCo. Frito-Lay Canada makes, sells, and markets many popular snacks. These include yummy corn chips, potato chips, and other tasty treats. Some of their well-known brands are Lay's, Doritos, Ruffles, Cheetos, and Sun Chips. The company's main office is in Mississauga, Ontario. They also have four factories across Canada where they make all these snacks. These factories are in Cambridge, Ontario; Lévis, Quebec; Kentville, Nova Scotia; and Taber/Lethbridge, Alberta.

History of Frito-Lay Canada

A Ford F-350 truck with the Hostess-Frito Lay logos.

Frito-Lay Canada started a long time ago, in 1935. It was first called Hostess Food Products. A person named Edward Snyder began making potato chips right on his mother's kitchen stove! This was in Breslau, near Kitchener, Ontario. Edward Snyder later sold his company in 1954. The business was then sold to General Foods in 1959.

The American company Frito-Lay also has a long history. It began in the early 1930s as two separate companies. These were The Frito Company and H.W. Lay & Company. They joined together in 1961 to form Frito-Lay, Inc. Four years later, in 1965, Frito-Lay, Inc. joined with the Pepsi-Cola Company. This created the big company we know today as PepsiCo. Frito-Lay's presence in Canada began in the late 1960s as Frito-Lay Canada. It was a part of PepsiCo.

In 1987, Hostess Food Products and Frito-Lay started working together. They decided to combine their snack food businesses. The merger was completed in 1988. The new company was named the Hostess Frito-Lay Company. In 1992, PepsiCo bought out the remaining part of General Foods' interest in the company. However, they kept the Hostess Frito-Lay name. Finally, in 2002, the Hostess Frito-Lay company changed its name. It became Frito-Lay Canada, Inc., which is what it is called today.

Snack Products from Frito-Lay Canada

Frito-Lay Canada is in charge of creating new products. They also handle sales and distribution of Frito-Lay snacks across Canada. Their main brands include Lay's and Ruffles potato chips. They also make Doritos tortilla chips, Tostitos tortilla chips and dips, and Cheetos cheese snacks. Other popular products are Fritos corn chips, Rold Gold pretzels, Sun Chips, and Smartfood popcorn.

These snacks are sold to stores and distributors. Frito-Lay's factories send the products to distribution centers. This is mostly done using trucks owned and operated by the company.

Current Products

Discontinued Products

See also

• Frito-Lay