Lance in the News
June 2026
Lance's Legacy
Before there was a John Belk, Hugh McColl or Johnny Harris leading Charlotte’s business and civic communities, there was Philip Lance Van Every.
The grandson of Lance snack company’s founders rose from salesman to CEO, while elevating his family’s company into a national brand.
ToastChee, Toasty and Nekot crackers are still sweetening the air along South Boulevard more than 100 years after the company was founded.
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May 13, 2024
Inside Campbell’s Snacks new $10M Charlotte offices, an homage to Lance crackers’ roots
Campbell’s Snacks employees began moving into their new office Thursday morning off South Boulevard, a space that pays homage to Lance crackers, one of Charlotte’s oldest and best-known brands.
The morning was overcast and rainy as the deliciously sweet scent of crackers and peanut butter wafted in the air from the manufacturing plant, adjacent to the newly renovated building that will house office employees.
Inside the office, named the Philip Lance Center, employees and company officials were celebrating the unveiling of the two-story, nearly 40,000-square-foot space.
The building is named for Philp L. Lance, who started the Lance Packing Co. in Charlotte in 1912.
The brand is known for its iconic bright orange cracker and peanut butter sandwiches.
In 2018, Campbell Soup Co., based in Camden, New Jersey, purchased the Charlotte snack maker Snyder’s-Lance for about $6.1 billion.
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March 6, 2024
Cracker brand was built on ingenuity and hard work in Charlotte