Overview
- Production will shift to Campbell’s Snacks facilities in Beloit, Wisconsin, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Hanover, Pennsylvania.
- Forty-nine Hyannis employees will be laid off with separation benefits, job placement assistance, and guidance on accessing state programs.
- Kettle Brand chips made at the same facility will be consolidated into the larger plants.
- Campbell’s, which acquired the brand in 2018, says it will maintain local ties through culinary entrepreneurship partnerships and Campbell’s Foundation grants.
- Founded in Hyannis in 1980 with the plant operating since 1985, the brand’s departure has drawn criticism from some customers on social media.