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In 1958, Frito entered the Midwest potato chip market by acquiring the Nicolay Dancey Company, which made New Era potato chips. [8] At the time of Doolin's death in 1959, The Frito Company produced over 40 products, had plants in 18 cities, employed over 3,000 people, and had sales in 1958 in excess of $50 million.
Mrs. Fisher's, Inc., also known as Mrs. Fishers Potato Chips, is a regional manufacturer of potato chips founded in Rockford, Illinois. The company was begun in 1932 by Ethel Fisher and today is one of the oldest chip manufacturers in the Midwest and is the recognized brand name of potato chips in parts of the Midwestern United States .
In the early days, potato chips were distributed in bulk from barrels or glass display cases, [8] or tins, which left chips at the bottom stale and crumbled. [9] Laura Scudder started having her workers to take home sheets of wax paper and iron them into the form of bags, which were filled with chips at her factory the next day.
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 the United States. 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.
Early recipes for potato chips in the US are found in Mary Randolph's Virginia House-Wife (1824) [6] and in N.K.M. Lee's Cook's Own Book (1832), [7] both of which explicitly cite Kitchiner. [8] A legend associates the creation of potato chips with Saratoga Springs, New York, decades later than the first recorded recipe. [9]
The company made a strategic move to develop retail packaging and market their products into grocery and convenience stores. In 1979, Charles Chips began distribution into the California market from the Calhoun, KY plant. In 1984, Charles Chips completed construction of a state-of-the-art pretzel and corn based snack production facility in ...
Mikesell's Potato Chip Company is a Dayton, Ohio-based producer of potato chips and other snack foods. It bills itself as the "oldest continuously operating potato chip company in the United States." [2] [3] [4] In 2010, Mikesell's celebrated its 100th year as a potato chip brand.
The first published recipes for potato chips date from the early 19th century, decades before his career as a chef. However, after Speck's death various newspaper articles and local histories of Saratoga County began to claim him as the "inventor" of potato chips. This myth featured in national advertising campaigns in the 1970s.