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A consumer group is demanding that Frito-Lay put warning labels on chips with the fat substitute olestra or face a lawsuit by a Massachusetts woman who says she got stomach cramps and had to use the bathroom quickly after eating the snacks. The Center for Science in the Public Interest said Wednesday that 30-year-old Lori Perlow of Braintree, Mass., would sue Frito-Lay under a consumer-friendly deceptive-advertising law in the Bay State. Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo Inc., said warning labels are not needed for its Light lines of potato and corn chips. "It's an extremely safe product, well-tested," said Frito-Lay...

By With the July 4 holiday approaching, our thoughts naturally turned to barbecues, hot dogs and chips. Lots of chips. Crunch these numbers: The Irving plant employs 640 workers and is open almost 'round the clock. On average, 600,000 pounds of raw materials are processed per eight-hour shift. A shipment of 46,000 pounds of raw potatoes lasts only 2 ½ hours. In the United States alone, 55 million Lay's potato chips are produced each hour. That's 13 million bags a day – about 3.4 billion bags a year. (And that doesn't even include the other well-known favorites, such as Doritos,...

<p>Frito-Lay is closing its Louisville potato- and corn-chip plant as part of a nationwide cost-cutting strategy that will cost 326 local employees their jobs.</p> <p>Frito-Lay, a unit of PepsiCo, said it plans to close the plant Jan. 7. PepsiCo announced the move as part of an effort to streamline its operations and cut 750 jobs.</p>

The head of a Washington, DC based media watchdog group is asking that advertisers demand to preview a planned CBS mini series on former President Ronald Reagan before sponsoring the program. Media Reasearch Center President L. Brent Bozell Tuesday sent a letter to each of the nations top 100 advertisers urging them to preview the movie before making a sponsorship decision because it is what Bozell called 'a partisan attack against one of Americas most beloved Presidents.'A review of the script by New York Times writer Jim Reutenberg noted the two part mini series, scheduled for later this month, makes...

Snack food maker Frito-Lay North America on Tuesday said it will eliminate trans fats from Doritos, Tostitos and Cheetos early next year and introduce reduced-fat versions of some of its snacks amid criticism from health officials over the nation's health problems. The company, the largest unit of Purchase, New York-based PepsiCo Inc. PEP.N , said it will launch Lay's Reduced Fat chips and Cheetos Reduced Fat snacks in the near future. Food makers and restaurants have come under fire in recent months over Americans' health problems. About 69 million Americans are overweight and 51 million are obese, according to the...