Manufacturer of salty snacks such as potato chips, nut products, lye bakery products and popcorn for branded and private-label products.
Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. KG
Düsseldorf · Cologne · Alsbach-Hähnlein · Wevelinghoven (Grevenbroich) · Petersau near Frankenthal · Olsberg · SchwerteNew on Amplifa
About Intersnack
Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. KG, headquartered in Düsseldorf, is an internationally active manufacturer of salty snacks. The product range includes potato chips, nut products, extruder and pellet products, lye bakery products, crackers, peanut butter, popcorn and snack specialities, produced both under its own brands (including funny-frisch, Chio, Estrella, ültje, McCoy's, Pom-Bär) and as private labels. The Group employs around 14,500 people worldwide and generated revenue of approximately €4.5 billion in 2025 with around 724,000 tonnes of snacks sold. Production takes place at more than 40 sites in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, India and Vietnam; in Germany, Intersnack Deutschland SE (headquartered in Cologne) operates five production sites. The company is wholly owned by the Pfeifer & Langen family and operates as a privately managed group with a long-term focus. Its activities span more than 30 European countries as well as Asia and Oceania.
- Site
- Düsseldorf
- Processes
- Branded and private-label production, Manufacture of potato chips, nut products, extruder and pellet products, lye bakery products,
- Materials
- Potato chips, Nut products, Extruder and pellet products, Lye bakery products and crackers, Peanut butter and popcorn
- Employees
- ~14.500 (weltweit)
- Industries
- Food/snack industry (FMCG), Retail (branded and private-label business)
- 01
Raw material sourcing (potatoes, nuts, grains)
- 02
Processing and production
- 03
Packaging
- 04
Logistics and delivery
- 05
Sales of branded and private-label products
Product Areas and Processes
Potato chips
Fried and oven-baked chips in various flavours for own brands and private labels.
Nut products
Roasted and salted nut mixes, including under the ültje brand.
Extruder and pellet products
Grain- and potato-based snacks made using extrusion and pellet processes.
Lye bakery products and crackers
Baked snacks made from grain doughs.
Peanut butter and popcorn
Snack specialities, including the Whole Earth brand (peanut butter) and popcorn (Nataïs).
Sites
Düsseldorf
DEGroup headquarters/holding
Cologne
DEHeadquarters of Intersnack Deutschland SE
Alsbach-Hähnlein
DEProduction; expansion in 2025 with approx. 10,000 m² production hall including logistics
Wevelinghoven (Grevenbroich)
DEProduction; expansion in 2025 with an additional chips production line
Petersau near Frankenthal
DEProduction (birthplace of the Chio brand, since 1962)
Olsberg
DEProduction
Schwerte
DEProduction
Product Groups
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Company History
- 1905
Foundation of Josef Wolf GmbH & Co. KG as a bakery in Darmstadt-Eberstadt.
- 1962
Start of potato chips production by the von Opel family (Chio brand) in Petersau.
- 1968
Foundation of Chipsfrisch by Pfeifer & Langen.
- 1972
Merger of Chipsfrisch with the Pfanni snack division; creation of the funny-frisch brand.
- 1977
Formation of Convent Knabbergebäck GmbH & Co. with the Chio and funny-frisch brands.
- 1995
Acquisition of Josef Wolf by the Convent Group; foundation of Intersnack Knabber-Gebäck GmbH & Co. KG.
- 1998
Cooperation/acquisition of Vico (France).
- 2000
Operational merger of Convent and Wolf.
- 2007
Acquisition of the Austrian market leader Kelly; minority stake in Largo (today Tayto).
- 2008
Merger with the Nut Company (ültje); renaming to Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. KG and relocation of headquarters to Düsseldorf.
- 2012
Acquisition of KP Snacks (UK) for approx. £500 million; acquisition of Spreeback GmbH.
- 2014
Acquisition of Estrella Maarud; expansion in Scandinavia and the Baltic states.
- 2015
Full acquisition of Tayto (Ireland); listing of Intersnack brands at Aldi.
- 2018
Acquisition of the British chips manufacturer Tyrrells.
- 2019
Joint venture Unisnack ANZ (Griffin's Foods, Snack Brands Australia); closure of the Cloppenburg site.
- 2021
Full acquisition of the remaining 60% of Unisnack ANZ.
- 2024
Acquisition of Whole Earth Foods (via KP Snacks), the market-leading peanut butter brand in the UK.
- 2025
Site expansion in Germany: approx. 10,000 m² production hall in Alsbach-Hähnlein, additional chips line in Wevelinghoven.
- 2026
Johan van Winkel becomes Executive Chairman (January); agreement to acquire 50% of the Utz Brands shares for approx. USD 2.9 billion (July).