food founded 1913 headquarters charlotte north carolina u.s. products toastchee thunder potato chips captain s wafers cape cod potato chips revenue 852.4 million usd 2008 1 number of employees 5 500 parent snyder s lance subsidiaries tom s snacks cape cod potato chips brent & sam s cookies vista bakery inc. stella d oro website 1 lance inc. is an american snack food company headquartered in charlotte north carolina . they manufacture snacks such as 2 captain s wafers choc o lunch & van o lunch toastchee crackers nekot cookies gold n chees crackers cape cod potato chips tom s potato chips archway cookies stella d oro contents 1 history 2 ownership 3 merger 4 nabs 5 references 6 external links history edit philip lance and salem van every lance s son in law started selling single serve snacks in 1913 . two years later they opened the doors of the lance packaging company in charlotte north carolina . in 1943 philip lance van every took over leadership of lance still a privately held company . today lance inc. is a leader in the snack food industry and one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of snack foods in the united states especially in the south . on march 6 2001 lance inc restated its earnings for the fourth quarter and full year 2000 by two cents a share citing accounting inaccuracies . 3 not in citation given ownership edit although lance inc. is publicly traded the van every family still maintains an active interest in the company . lance has paid quarterly dividends to stockholders for decades . the dividend has been 0.16 per share since 2000 . merger edit a lance delivery van in philadelphia pa . on july 22 2010 lance announced that it would merge with snyder s of hanover . the resulting company to be known as snyder s lance inc. would remain publicly traded under the lnce symbol . headquarters would remain in charlotte . 4 on december 2 lance shareholders approved the deal that created the country s second largest snack food company . 5 the merged company became snyder s lance . nabs edit many snack cracker products manufactured by lance are commonly referred to as nabs a genericized trademark name for nabisco snack crackers . the term originated in 1924 when the national biscuit company nabisco introduced a snack put in a 5 cent sealed packet called peanut sandwich packet . they soon added a second sorbetto sandwich packet . these packets allowed salesmen to sell to soda fountains road stands milk bars lunch rooms news stands etc. sales increased and in 1928 the company adopted and started to use the name nab which immediately won the approval of the public . 6 references edit 2008 annual report lance products lance inc . sentementes gus g. snyder s of hanover to merge with n. carolina snack maker lance the baltimore sun friday july 23 2010 . lance shareholders support merger plan . winston salem journal . associated press . 2010 12 03 . retrieved 2010 12 03 . duffin ward maureen 2004 . suddenly southern a yankee s guide to living in dixie google books preview . new york simon & schuster . p. 44 . isbn 9780743254953 . retrieved 2012 04 19 . external links edit corporate website v t e snyder s lance inc. divisions and brands lance snyder s of hanover krunchers cape cod potato chips captain s wafers jays grande tom s eatsmart naturals archway o ke doke padrinos stella d oro quitos retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lance inc. & oldid 735899427 categories companies established in 1913companies based in charlotte north carolinasnack food manufacturers of the united stateslance inc. brands1913 establishments in north carolinahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with failed verificationarticles with failed verification from august 2016 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 23 august 2016 at 20 58 . 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