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Kettle Foods Inc.

is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.5M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

We had already been making roasted nuts and other goodies for a few years before that fateful day in 1982 when after much hard work, trial and error we made the very first bags of Kettle Brand Chips. That was the beginning of the "natural obsession" with making the best all-natural potato chips with no "stuff." Our office was nothing to write home about, and our distribution system consisted of a few small distributors that cruised up and down the West Coast carrying crunchy, Kettle Brand Potato Chips to natural food stores. By 1987, we had graduated from making chips out of 100lb sacks of potatoes to accepting 50,000lb truckloads! The process has always remained the same: hand cooked in batches. In 1988 our founder, Cameron Healy, set off with his son on a six-week motorcycle adventure across Europe. It wasn't all fun and games, though, and the "research" trek soon led to the opening of a new Kettle Foods facility in Norwich, United Kingdom which kicked off our British Invasion. In 1999, we expanded our line to include the Krinkle Cut variety, creating a whole new style for fans to love. Kettle Brand Tortilla Chips and Kettle Brand Baked Potato Chips followed to make up the next generation of our ever-growing snack family. Also in 1999, a couple of Great Blue Herons built a nest in the restored 2-acre wetlands adjacent to our Salem plant. They return every spring to raise their family. ...

First Global CEO
Paul Davis
Number of Employees 200
Contact Information

3125 Kettle Crt SE

Salem, Oregon 97301

www.kettlefoods...

(503) 364-0399

NAICS Code Other Oilseed Processing: 311223

News & Analysis

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  • Popchips Poised for Eastern Expansion

    - 2009-01-06

    Former Kettle Foods executive joins sales team to lead retail growth in the east SAN FRANCISCO -- popchips inc., the pioneering all-natural popped chip company today announced plans to launch popchips in the eastern United States. Jim Marcum, a seasoned sales executive who recently joined popchips as director of...

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  • Kettle Brand® Drafts Sweet Onion for Potato Chip Line Up, Flavor Hits Stores for Game Day Snacking

    - 2009-01-05

    SALEM, Ore. -- New all natural Kettle Brand([R]) Sweet Onion Potato Chips score a flavor touchdown with a comforting taste of home cooking. A perfect pairing of simmering onion and crunchy golden potato, Sweet Onion joins the Kettle Brand([R]) line of "Big Game" snacking favorites like smoky Backyard Barbeque[TM],...

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  • Kettle Brand® Puckers up with New Sea Salt & Vinegar Baked Potato Chips, All the Flavor with 65% Less Fat

    - 2008-12-10

    - Snackback Guarantee Promises Baked Chips as Delicious as Original Kettle Brand([R]) - SALEM, Ore. -- Snackers who love potato chips but shun the extra calories and fat will pucker up for new Sea Salt & Vinegar Kettle Brand([R]) Baked Potato Chips hitting stores this January. A splash...

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  • Kettle Foods Saves Green with Gold

    - 2008-09-16

    Company Marks One-Year Anniversary of LEED[R] Gold Potato Chip Factory with Savings SALEM, Ore. & BELOIT, Wis. -- One year after the grand opening of America's first LEED[R] Gold certified food manufacturing plant, Kettle Foods is seeing the green in building green. "When we decided to go for...

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  • drawing board

    - 2008-09-01

    Mento Worldwide Logistics, San Mateo, CA, will manage a 105 thousand-square-foot warehouse in Beloit, Wl for natural snack foods company Kettle Foods...Weber Distribution, Santa Fe Springs, CA, has opened a new 12,500-square-foot facility in Portland, OR. It will provide solutions including warehousing, distribution, transportation and cross-docking....Dot Foods, Sterling, IL, has...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Paul Davis First Global CEO
Tim Fallon President of North America
Marc Cramer Global Chief Financial Officer
Bill Germano Vice President, Business Development
Bret Hughes Vice President of Human Resources
Glenda Goodrich Vice President, HR
Greg Intlekofer Vice President of Sales
Jennifer Dunn Vice President, Finance
Jim McMullen Vice President of Operations
Michael Bays Vice President of Finance
Michelle Peterman Vice President of Marketing
Julie Dunmire Brand Director
Bryan Boyd

Organization Position Status
Kettle Foods Inc. First Global CEO Current
PepsiCo, Inc. President Frito, Lay Canada Former
Starbucks Corporation President North America Former
Frito-Lay, Inc. Former
Central Missouri State University Bachelor's Degree Former

Tim Fallon, a natural food pioneer, joined Kettle Foods as president North America in November 2005. Fallon now leads the company's marketing efforts and oversees the launch of new product lines in the U.S., most recently Kettle Foods' new Bakes, baked potato chips. With an extensive background in manufacturing, distribution and finance, as well as experience in sales and marketing, Fallon will help fuel Kettle Foods' expansion efforts and deepen distribution of Kettle brand potato chips. Fallon will also oversee the construction and management of the second U.S. Kettle Foods production facility set to break ground in Beloit, Wis. in April, 2006. The plant will produce and distribute Kettle brand potato chips to meet growing demand in the Midwest and on the east coast. Production is expected to begin in December 2006 and will increase Kettle Foods capacity 50 percent in the first year. Before joining Kettle, Fallon was CEO of Vermont Pure Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded natural spring water company where he led sales growth from $6.5 million to $70 million in nine years. Previously Fallon led management teams at companies including Procter & Gamble, Pepsi-Cola Bottling of New York City and Cadbury Beverages. He also served on the board of Homegrown Natural Foods, Inc., a company with retail roots in the natural food channel. His favorite Kettle brand Potato Chip flavor is XXX.

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Kettle Foods Inc. President of North America Current
Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd. CEO Former
Homegrown Natural Foods Inc. Board of Directors Former

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Kettle Foods Inc. Global Chief Financial Officer Current
The University of Texas at Austin Bachelor's Degree In Accounting Former

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Kettle Foods Inc. Vice President, Business Development Current

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Kettle Foods Inc. Vice President of Human Resources Current

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Kettle Foods Inc. Vice President, HR Current

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Kettle Foods Inc. Vice President of Sales Current

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Kettle Foods Inc. Vice President, Finance Current
Kettle Foods Inc. Controller Former

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Kettle Foods Inc. Vice President of Operations Current

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Kettle Foods Inc. Vice President of Finance Current

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Kettle Foods Inc. Vice President of Marketing Current
Peterman Company Current
General Mills, Inc. Director of Marketing Former
Muir Glen National Sales Manager Former
Sumitomo Corporation Former

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Kettle Foods Inc. Brand Director Current

Bryan joined the BRO team in 2006 after years as a dedicated volunteer, including extensive creative communications work for the No on Constitutional Amendment 36 campaign and 2005 legislative campaigns as well as serving as a board member on the Basic Rights Equality PAC for a year and a half. Bryan brings to BRO a strong background in electronic base building, emerging media including web and email-based communications, podcasting, blogging and more. He also has extensive experience developing messaging for print and online advertising campaigns for a range of corporate clients, including Cingular, Adobe, Travelocity, Red Bull and Kettle Foods. Before joining Basic Rights Oregon, Bryan worked as the Art Director for a local e-marketing firm and founded and managed a full service web, e-marketing and design firm. Bryan's strong background in communication and creative leadership makes him an invaluable asset to BRO team.

Organization Position Status
Basic Rights Oregon Art Director Current
Kettle Foods Inc. Current
Travelocity.com LP Current
Cingular Wireless Associate Former
Basic Rights Oregon Communications Coordinator Former