Who makes Kirkland Signature Kettle Brand Krinkle Cut Potato Chips, Himalayan Salt, 32 oz?
As of July 6, 2026, the manufacturer of Kirkland Signature Kettle Brand Krinkle Cut Potato Chips, Himalayan Salt, 32 oz is Kettle Foods (Campbell Soup Company), per on-label, first-party, or executive statement evidence.
The common claim
What’s commonly claimed, and what the evidence supports
The prevailing answer, that Kirkland Signature kettle chips are Kettle Brand chips, is correct and verifiable on the label: Costco sells the product as "Kirkland Signature Kettle Brand ... Potato Chips," co-branding both names and using Kettle Brand's trademarked Krinkle Cut. Kirkland Signature kettle chips are manufactured by Kettle Foods, the Salem, Oregon maker of Kettle Brand chips and a Campbell Soup Company subsidiary since 2018, per the on-package co-brand. Occasional guesses that name other private-label chip makers such as Shearer's or Utz are not supported for this SKU: the package itself co-brands Kettle Brand, and the generic kettle-chip recalls on file (Shearer's, Utz) name those firms' own products, not the Kirkland item.
Evidence & sources
Each source is graded on the six-tier evidence rubric, where tier 1 is strongest. Sources are archived, so a citation still works if the original page moves or goes behind a paywall.
Tier 4
Documents the on-package co-brand (tier 4, on-label co-brand witnessed by a photographed retail review): the product is sold as "Kirkland Signature Kettle Brand Krinkle Cut Himalayan Salt Potato Chips" and the review states "Costco and Kettle Brand partnered to bring these chips into Costco warehouses," with the bag carrying Kettle Brand's trademarked Krinkle Cut cut. The Kirkland and Kettle Brand names appear together on the package, the same co-brand pattern used for Kirkland Signature Gourmet Jelly Belly Beans.
Tier 4
Costco's own product naming carries the co-brand into the item title: the listing is titled "Kirkland Signature Kettle Brand Pink Salt Potato Chips" (item 100542025); Costco itself names Kettle Brand as the partner brand on this Kirkland Signature SKU (tier 4, Costco's own page). costco.ca blocks automated fetch, so cited via Wayback snapshot.
Tier 6
Establishes the corporate maker behind the Kettle Brand name (background, not the brand-link anchor): "Kettle Foods, Inc. is an American manufacturer of potato chips, based in Salem, Oregon," with the infobox listing Owner "Campbell Soup (2018-present)" (Campbell acquired Kettle via Snyder's-Lance in 2018). Kettle Brand is Kettle Foods' flagship US potato-chip brand; unlike the tequila dual-registry case there is no ambiguity about which company the co-brand names.
Frequently asked
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