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An advertisement for Smith's Potato Crisps Since 2010, air frying has become a popular alternative to deep frying, including the preparations of homemade potato chips. In an idea originated by the Smiths Potato Crisps Company Ltd, formed in 1920, Frank Smith packaged his chips in greaseproof paper bags and attached a twist of salt, and sold ...
Tayto Snacks is a crisp and popcorn manufacturer in Ireland, founded by Joe Murphy in May 1954 [1] [2] and owned by German snack food company Intersnack. [3] It owns several brands, including its leading product of Tayto Crisps for which it invented the first flavoured crisp production process. [4] The first seasoned crisps produced were Cheese ...
1n 1954, Murphy started the crisp company, Tayto, on O'Rahillys Parade. With his friend, Seamus Burke, he invented the cheese and onion crisp while mixing flavours at his kitchen table.
Despite Australians using the term "chips" for crisps, Smith's called their product crisps until as late as 2003. They are now labelled as Smith's Chips. [ 26 ] As of 2010–2011, portions contained in "large" bags of Smith's Snackfood products have diminished, down from 200g to 175g (approximately equal to the previous 1975 large size of 6½oz).
[14] [15] According to the BBC television programme Inside the Factory, production of a bag of crisps takes approximately 35 minutes from the moment the raw potatoes are delivered to the factory, to the point at which finished product leaves the dispatch bay for delivery to customers. [16] The company produces a variety of flavours for its crisps.
Jays Foods filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 11, 2007, the second time in four years, [5] [6] and permanently closed its Chicago manufacturing plant on December 5, 2007. [7] On December 5, 2007, the remaining assets of Jay's were acquired by Snyder's-Lance, Inc. who have said they will continue to manufacture and distribute Jays ...
The company was founded by Cameron Healy in 1978 as the "N.S. Khalsa Company"; it produced its first potato chips in 1982. [4]In 1988, following a motorcycle trip taken by the company's founder and his son, Kettle Foods established a UK branch in a converted shoe factory in Norwich, Norfolk, England; the branch moved five years later to its current UK home, a newly built factory on the ...
The company was named after the Golden Wonder potato, which Alexander believed to be the best for making crisps. [2] In 1952, the company moved to a purpose-built factory in Sighthill. The company was bought by Imperial Tobacco in 1961. [3] By early 1960s, it was manufacturing crisps at three further sites, at Broxburn, Widnes and Corby. [2]