Herr's Snacks
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Snack foods |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Founder(s) | James S. Herr |
| Headquarters | Nottingham, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Area served | Eastern United States |
| Website | http://www.herrs.com/ |
Herr's is a Nottingham, Pennsylvania-based brand of snack foods, most notably potato chips. While their products are sold throughout the Eastern United States and Canada, their stronghold is the Mid-Atlantic region. [1]
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[edit] History
In 1946, James S. Herr, then twenty-one, purchased a small potato chip company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[2][3] In 1958, the company introduced flavored potato chips, and in 1974, switched to foil packaging from the traditional glassine bags. The 1970's and 80's saw a growth in the snack food industry which prompted an expansion in the variety of products being manufactured, including corn chips, tortilla chips, and pretzels. The 1980's also saw the addition of the Herr Angus Farm, a cattle farm which made use of potato waste products.
[edit] Products
Herr's produces a wide variety of snack foods, including potato chips, pretzels, tortilla chips, cheese curls, popcorn, and onion rings. They produce, as of December 2011, twenty-five different potato chip varieties, with an emphasis on strong and spicy flavors. Among their offerings are Old Bay, horseradish, baby back ribs, Kansas City steak, hot sauce, and jalapeño, in addition to more traditional varieties such as barbecue, kettle cooked, sour cream & onion, cheddar & sour cream, salt & pepper, and salt & vinegar.
Herr's potato chips are sold in distinctive foil packaging.
[edit] In popular culture
- Herr's chips were mentioned in the episode of the U.S. television series The Office, Grief Counseling (The Office).[4]
- They have been featured on the Science Channel feature Assembly Line.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/herrs.html
- ^ http://cbs3.com/topstories/Our.Hometown.Herrs.2.304160.html
- ^ http://www.herrs.com/AboutHerrs/History.html accessed April 22, 2008
- ^ http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/recaps/#cat=3&mea=3003&ima=14903
- ^ http://science.discovery.com/videos/assembly-line-herrs-potato-chips.html
