Tayto 
UK: Tayto buys the "crisp for snobs"
20 January 2009
UK snack group Tayto has snapped up local crisp maker Jonathan Crisp, the company behind the “crisp for snobs”, for an undisclosed sum.
IRELAND: Intersnack “eyeing bigger stake” in Largo Foods
21 November 2008
Largo Foods owner Ray Coyle has reportedly indicated that German food group Intersnack is eyeing a larger stake in the Irish maker of Tayto and Hunky Dory crisps.
IRELAND: Tayto jobs in balance amid plant merger talks
24 July 2008
Snack firm The Tayto Group may merge two of its plants following a decision by Procter & Gamble to discontinue production of Pringles Minis in the UK.
UK: Tayto buys snack firm Red Mill
14 March 2008
Tayto Golden Wonder has struck its second acquisition in four months with the purchase of Birmingham-based Red Mill Snack Foods for an undisclosed sum.
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