Utz Brands, Inc. UTZ

What this company does

Utz Brands, Inc. manufactures branded salty snacks, producing a broad offering that includes potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, pub/party mixes and other snacks. As of December 28, 2025, the company employed approximately 3,100 full-time associates and 200 part-time associates. As of December 28, 2025, it operated eight primary manufacturing facilities across the United States. The company's business is managed and reported in one operating segment. Within that segment, it manages its brand portfolio across two categories, Branded Salty Snacks and Non-Branded & Non-Salty Snacks. The Branded Salty Snacks category includes the Power Four Brands, Utz, On The Border, Zapp's and Boulder Canyon, along with other brands including Golden Flake, Miguelito's, Hawaiian, Bachman, Tim's Cascade, Dirty Potato Chips, TGI Fridays and Vitner's. In fiscal year 2025, the Non-Branded & Non-Salty Snacks category included partner brands, private label products, co-manufacturing for which the company is the manufacturer, Utz-branded non-salty snacks such as On The Border Dips and Salsa, and sales not attributable to specific brands. The company was founded in 1921 in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

Written from the business description in Utz Brands, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 12 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.