Is UTZ Quality Foods Canadian?
No
This brand is owned by a foreign parent company.
What we found
UTZ is a publicly traded company founded in 1921 by James Stauffer Herr in Pennsylvania. The Rice and Lissette family maintains over 90% equity ownership. Utz produces potato chips, pretzels, and corn snacks distributed.
The receipt
| Verdict | Foreign-owned |
| Category | Supermarket |
| HQ | Hanover |
| Confidence | high |
| Evidence | Secondary source only |
| Source | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utz_Brands secondary source — registry check pending “Utz is being acquired by Intersnack, a German snack food giant, with both family-owned companies each holding a 50 percent stake.” Verdicts are only marked verified once a government registry record or corporate filing confirms them. |
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