In the Philly area we have Herr's, Wise, and Utz.
What are the local brands in your area that you find even at Wal*Mart
Herr's, Wise & Utz. :-)
Quote from: jeffandnicole on July 08, 2014, 02:05:12 PM
Herr's, Wise & Utz. :-)
Yup, pretty much the same over here as well. Wait, we all live in New Jersey though, so that's cheating. :-P
Lay's
Central PA must have more snack food companies per capita than anywhere else on Earth. In addition to Snyder's, Utz, Herr's, and Wise, which have since gone regional or national, there's
Charles (formerly in Mountville, PA, now a zombie brand unconnected to the original company)
Martin's
Gibble's (cooked in lard, in case you care)
Perhaps the worst chips ever: Middleswarth
Jay's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%27s), Vitner's.
Tim's, though they're from Oregon
Zapp's in the southern half of Alabama (as well as Louisiana), Golden Flake in Florida, Georgia, Alabama.
Tom's in Florida and Georgia...probably seen them elsewhere in the southeast.
North Forks in Long Island are pretty good, too.
Cape Cod Chips can be found in any Target - I think I've seen them everywhere along the Eastern Seaboard, so they're not really "local only" - but bonus points awarded for always having a map on the back of the bag.
Quote from: Brandon on July 08, 2014, 02:36:53 PM
Jay's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%27s)
Interestingly, you could find Krunchers! at Publix down in South Florida for the past 15-20 years.
On that note, a couple of Publixes in Southeastern Alabama / Northwestern Florida would have Tyrrell's Crisps, which hail from the UK. Not bad, but I can't seem to find them there anymore. Must have been a one-off warehouse deal.
Old Dutch
Zapps (which started in Louisiana) now owned by Utz I believe.
The only truly local brand is Mister Bee's, made in Parkersburg, which bills itself as "200 miles fresher". We get both versions of Snyder, the Snyder of Berlin and Snyder's of Hanover, which distinguish themselves under a long ago trademark dispute by always placing the "of whichever small central Pennsylvania town" in their brand names. Sheetz has Utz. Cincy brand Mike-Sells shows up here and there, as does Cleveland's Dan-Dee.
Quote from: SteveG1988 on July 08, 2014, 01:56:53 PM
Herr's, Wise, and Utz.
This, but I'm like 2 hours down I-95 in Baltimore, so.... :P
Quote from: pctech on July 08, 2014, 03:53:45 PM
Zapps (which started in Louisiana) now owned by Utz I believe.
I wondered about that, we just started carrying them at my work in Columbus. Around here the big locals are Conn's, Grippo's (BBQ is great) and Ballreich's. Grippo's and Ballreich's both get delivered to us by guys in beat up box trucks, it's awesome.
Edit: just saw SP Cook's post, I knew I was forgetting one. Mike-Sells is here too.
Old Dutch and Jay's here. Although Herr's is trying to make inroads into this region.
Mike-Sell's, Grippos, Tom's (grew up on Tom's potato chips and other snacks since the country store less than a mile from home carried them).
I've also seen Route 11 brand potato chips in Virginia.
Quote from: hbelkins on July 08, 2014, 07:03:42 PM
I've also seen Route 11 brand potato chips in Virginia.
I've seen them in northeast Massachusetts (Cracker Barrel). I'm not sure which part of US 11 the chips are from.
Oscar will know. I think he brought some to Laura at one of the meets they both attended.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny_Goose
http://www.snakking.com/grannygoose.aspx
This brand was a Northern California only Snack company
But Snak King (Owners of Granny Goose) is now based in the Los Angeles area.
Another from central PA: Middleswarth, especially the sour cream and onion. I can't say they had bad quality control, but the chips sure weren't consistent from bag to bag: sometimes a tart salty flavor with a hint of SC&O, and sometimes thickly coated with the SC&O powder. They were kind of nasty in a fondly remembered way and paired well with cheap beer.
I haven't been back to I-99 country since college, but if that ever happens again, I'm grabbing a 1-ounce bag of those chips.
(CT, as I recall, has Wise and State Line; but there's a lot more of the Lay's conglomerate presence now)
Growing up in Lynn (MA) in the 1960s and 1970s, we lived within a stone's throw of not one, but two, local potato chip factories. Boyds of Lynn, which also had a candy store as well. and Vincents of Salem (MA).
Another local company was Granite State Potato Chips of Salem (NH). Stopping at Granite State was always a special treat coming back from visits to our grandparents, who lived in Manchester (NH).
Boyds and Vincents both closed up shop in the mid-1980s, but Granite State solidered on until a few years ago.
We have Better Made (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Made_Potato_Chips_Inc.), which, similar to Faygo and Vernors, is available throughout the whole state but is just sorta "there" unless you live in metro Detroit - then it's a source of pride. Growing up, I didn't even know Better Made was a Michigan product.
There's also Cheeze Kurls in Grand Rapids, who mostly makes private label snacks for Meijer and such, but they also sell their own brand of (really thin and crunchy) Cheetos knockoff.
Quote from: hbelkins on July 08, 2014, 09:59:36 PM
Oscar will know. I think he brought some to Laura at one of the meets they both attended.
Mt. Jackson VA, on US 11 but the company is on the other side of I-81. I stocked up at the factory store there.
Route 11 chips have fairly uneven distribution even in Virginia. Whole Foods usually carries them. The Italian grocery store in my county carries some varieties. I've seen them at 7-11s in the Shenandoah Valley along I-81. But not the major grocery stores in my area (Giant/Stop & Shop, Safeway, Shoppers Food, Harris Teeter), nor at Wal-Mart.
Some varieties of Route 11 chips are featured in vending machines at some of the newer rest areas in Virginia, but not the regular food vending machines but rather the same machines that also sell "Virginia Is For Lovers" merchandise and other local specialty items.
I've seen the Route 11 chips at Cracker Barrel, but I don't remember where.
I have also seen brochures for them at various rest areas/welcome centers in Virginia.
Quote from: hbelkins on July 08, 2014, 09:59:36 PM
Oscar will know. I think he brought some to Laura at one of the meets they both attended.
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=9182.msg224686#msg224686 - see Reply # 42
Quote from: jeffandnicole on July 08, 2014, 02:05:12 PM
Herr's, Wise & Utz. :-)
These, plus Route 11 (which I have seen at random places in Virginia and in Maryland).
Quote from: kurumi on July 09, 2014, 12:59:18 AM
Another from central PA: Middleswarth, especially the sour cream and onion. I can't say they had bad quality control, but the chips sure weren't consistent from bag to bag: sometimes a tart salty flavor with a hint of SC&O, and sometimes thickly coated with the SC&O powder.
Hey, that sounds like Grippo's. Sometimes even the size of the bags vary widely; it's almost like someone just tosses in a handful each time. I will say the BBQ seasoning has a bit of a cult following to the point that they sell it as a spice. A guy at work uses it in his fried chicken recipe and it is amazing.
Quote from: 6a on July 11, 2014, 10:32:42 PM
Quote from: kurumi on July 09, 2014, 12:59:18 AM
Another from central PA: Middleswarth, especially the sour cream and onion. I can't say they had bad quality control, but the chips sure weren't consistent from bag to bag: sometimes a tart salty flavor with a hint of SC&O, and sometimes thickly coated with the SC&O powder.
Hey, that sounds like Grippo's. Sometimes even the size of the bags vary widely; it's almost like someone just tosses in a handful each time. I will say the BBQ seasoning has a bit of a cult following to the point that they sell it as a spice. A guy at work uses it in his fried chicken recipe and it is amazing.
Kansas City has Guy's chips.
Closest thing here is the Planters Nut Factory
Wachusett is the biggest local brand here, from the Fitchburg/Leominster area of Central Mass.
Very occasionally I find Humpty Dumpty (from Québec, I believe), usually north of here. The further one goes into Maine, the further one gets into potato country, and the Maritimes/Québec potato chip haute cuisine begins to show. They have an appreciation up there for chips and all things potato that greatly eclipses ours.
Quote from: Pete from Boston on July 14, 2014, 02:31:59 PM
Very occasionally I find Humpty Dumpty (from Quèbec, I believe), usually north of here. The further one goes into Maine, the further one gets into potato country, and the Maritimes/Québec potato chip haute cuisine begins to show. They have an appreciation up there for chips and all things potato that greatly eclipses ours.
Not exactly "things potato", but I got hooked on Humpty Dumpty cheese puffs, on a long ferry trip out to Newfoundland. The onboard vending machine was mispriced and giving me bargains on the cheese puffs, so I ate a lot of them on that trip.
I think I've seen Humpty Dumpty products in the other end of Canada as well.
Aside from Humpty Dumpty, we also have Yum Yum.