Utz Brands, Inc. UTZ

We were founded in 1921 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and benefit from over 100 years of brand awareness and heritage in the salty snack industry. We are a leading United States manufacturer of branded salty snacks, producing a broad offering of salty snacks, including potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, pub/party mixes and other snacks. Our iconic portfolio of authentic, craft and "better-for-you" ("BFY") brands includes Utz®, On The Border®, Zapp's®, Boulder Canyon®, Golden Flake®, Hawaiian® Brand and Miguelito's®, among others, and enjoys strong household penetration in the United States, where our products can be found in approximately 50% of U.S. households as of December 28, 2025. As of December 28, 2025, we operate eight primary manufacturing facilities across the United States with a broad range of capabilities. Our products are distributed nationally to grocery, mass merchant, club, convenience, drug and other retailers through direct shipments, distributors and approximately 2,500 direct-store delivery ("DSD") routes. We have historically expanded our geographic reach and product portfolio organically and through acquisitions. Based on 2025 retail sales, we are the second-largest producer of branded salty snacks in our collective core geographies of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia (our "Core Geographies," and all other states in the United States, our "Expansion Geographies"), where we have acquired strong regional brands and distribution capabilities in recent years.