verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message kp snacks type limited industry snacks peanuts founded 1853 nut production started in 1953 headquarters slough united kingdom products nuts potato crisps parent intersnack website see tfm www.kpnuts.com kp snacks is a british producer of branded and own label maize potato and nut based snacks choc dips and nuts . the kp originally stood for kenyon produce . the company is based in slough berkshire england . the company was founded in 1853 as kenyon & son as a producer of confectionery jam and pickles . by 1891 the company had become kenyon & son and craven limited . the company switched to producing roasted and salted hazelnuts in 1948 expanding to peanuts later . these were originally produced for sale in cinemas . in 1952 the company introduced hercules nuts and in 1953 the no. 1 kp nuts peanut brand . the company became part of united biscuits ub in 1968 . the kp snacks subsidiary produces a range of packet snack brands including hula hoops skips mccoy s frisps brannigan s royster s space raiders discos and phileas fogg . 1 the snacks part is based on teesside and in rotherham near the ub distribution warehouse . the ashby de la zouch site won a best factory award in 2004 . 2 ub sold the company to the german company intersnack in december 2012 for 500 million . 3 products edit brannigans choc dips discos frisps hula hoops kp nuts mccoy s nik naks penn state phileas fogg pom bear roysters skips space raiders velvet crunch wheat crunchies mini chips references edit kp snacks . retrieved 26 october 2014 . best factory awards . kp snacks snapped up by intersnack in 500m deal . manchester evening news . 5 december 2012 . external links edit official website kp nuts retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kp snacks & oldid 744314527 categories snack food manufacturers of the united kingdombrand name snack foodsunited biscuits brandscompanies established in 1853brand name potato chips and crispsfood and drink companies established in 1855hidden categories engvarb from november 2015use dmy dates from november 2015articles needing additional references from march 2008all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 12 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view