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Lay's (/ l eɪ z /) is a brand of potato chips with different flavors, as well as the name of the company that founded the chip brand in Canada. The brand is also referred to as Frito-Lay, as both Lay's and Fritos are brands sold by the Frito-Lay company, which has been a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo since 1965.
Frito-Lay, Inc. (/ ˈ f r iː t oʊ l eɪ /) is an American food company that manufactures, markets, and sells snack foods.It began in the early 1930s as two companies, The Frito Company and H.W. Lay & Company, which merged in 1961 to form Frito-Lay.
It produced and sold potato chips, corn chips and snacks, and relied on a small distribution network which was mostly bicycle-based. The name is a portmanteau of Sabrosas y Fritas, which means Tasty and Fried (or Fried ones) in Spanish. In 1966, a year after Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola Company merged to form Pepsico, Sabritas was bought out. It ...
The Frito Company acquired the rights to Ruffles brand potato chips in 1958 from its creator, Bernhardt Stahmer, who had adopted the trademark on May 11th, 1948. [1] Frito merged with H.W. Lay & Co. in 1961 to form Frito-Lay . [ 2 ]
In 1989, Walkers was acquired by PepsiCo, owners of US snack brand Frito-Lay. [12] [13] The Walkers factory in Leicester, the largest crisp production plant in the world, produces over 11 million bags of crisps per day, using about 800 tons of potatoes.
According to the New York Times, Trump has decided to stock his kitchen with Lay's potato chips (which isn't a huge surprise, since it was his snack of choice on his private plane, as well ...
Herman Warden Lay (March 6, 1909 – December 6, 1982) was an American businessman who was involved in potato chip manufacturing with his eponymous brand of Lay's potato chips. He started H.W. Lay Co., Inc., now part of the Frito-Lay corporation, a subsidiary of PepsiCo .
Now this is a cereal killer.. Some of Americans’ favorite snacks and classic candies could be banned in several states due to cancer-causing chemicals in their ingredients.