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Herr's
Herr's is an American brand of potato chips and other snack foods produced and marketed by eponymous private American company Herr Foods Inc. based in Nottingham, Pennsylvania. While their products are sold primarily throughout the Eastern United States and Canada, their stronghold is the Mid-Atlantic states, Mid-Atlantic region. Herr's products are sold in all 50 American states and in over 40 countries. History In 1946, Jim Herr, then 21 years old, purchased a small potato chip company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Initial sales averaged approximately thirty dollars a week ($ today, adjusted for inflation). In 1958, the company introduced flavored potato chips, and in 1974, switched to foil packaging from the traditional glassine bags. The 1970s and 1980s 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 1980s also saw the addition of the Herr Angus Farm, a cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Herr
James Staffer Herr (August 6, 1924 – April 5, 2012) was an American businessman who founded Herr's Snacks, which manufacturers potato chips and other snack foods. Herr's Snacks, which was founded in 1946, is headquartered in Nottingham, Pennsylvania. Herr was born in 1924 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He married Miriam "Mim" Hershey, in 1947. In 1951, Herr and his wife moved from Lancaster to Nottingham, Pennsylvania, where they raised five children. In 1946, Herr started a small potato chip company, with sales of approximately thirty dollars a week. Today, as of 2012, Herr's Snacks now has more than 1,000 employees, with annual sales of approximately $100 million. The company has become one of the major employers in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester County and southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County. Herr voluntarily stepped down as chairman of Herr's Snacks on January 7, 2005, in favor of his son, J.M. Herr. Herr retained his seat on the company's bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
