Unreal how many companies are located in Pa!
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OT: Pa Snack Capitol
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most of them are regional, but there are a few (Utz, Turkey Hill, Snyders of Hanover) that i've seen in my travels through the military. Specifically Utz and Snyders, in places like Las Vegas and Anchorage, Alaska. I've even seen Martins chips down here in North Carolina at the Butcher of Brunswick, although my understanding is that the owner has PA roots. still, TONS of stuff coming from PA.
I grew up in Hanover across the street from the original Utz potato chip plant. Hanover is the snack food capital of the world. I don't eat that stuff much anymore but Snyder's pretzels and Utz barbeque chips are still an occasional indulgence.
Driving near Hanover, you can smell the oil from the chip factories miles away
Western PA needs to step up their game. For f*ck’s sake.
Driving to Florida recently and couldn’t believe how many Wawa’s I saw; they’ve really done a good job of nationalizing their brand . Sheetz is missing from that map too - they’re from central PA I think.
Also finally went into a Buccees; like if Wal Mart had a baby with Waa and Cracker Barrell.
Also finally went into a Buccees; like if Wal Mart had a baby with Waa and Cracker Barrell.
Not sure what is left of Heinz in Pittsburgh. I guess there is a manufacturing site but as a standalone company with all of its operations in the Burgh is a thing of the past.
What do Sheetz and Wawa have to do with "snack food brands", other than you can buy them there?
Turkey Hill makes ice cream, so I get that one.
Turkey Hill makes ice cream, so I get that one.
Didn't they get bought by Anheiser Busch(now In-Rev) and moved to St Louis? Is the perpetual tap of Straub still in St Mary's?
The post is about "snack food brands", not PA companies...."brand" being the key word.
I didn't see Rutters or Kwik Fill on there, and they are a PA companies where you can buy the same snack food brands that Sheetz and Wawa sell.
Is Sire Power still located in Tunkhannock? Didn't know what they did there until a friend of mine did a sales call there back in the 90's!
When you get through that last tunnel on the turnpike, the roads are paved with gold. Up to that point, the roads are paved with feces. There's a reason for this.
I believe that this is a map of where all of them are headquartered (or founded)...not a listing of all plants making the snacks.
AB bought them, but my understanding is that it's brewed in Newark, NJ now.
Ugh...Art Vandelay should definitely look to focus on the importing then.
Is Chef Boyardee still in Milton? Also Buckeye Pretzels used to be made in the Port. You could get a huge box of broken pretzels at the factory for like 2 or 3 bucks.
From AI:
The Buckeye Pretzel Company was located at
65 Eldred St. in Williamsport, PA. Founded in 1916, this popular local factory was situated near Curtin Middle School and was well-known for selling bags of broken pretzels and offering warm samples from their delivery door before closing in the late 1990s.
Key details about the Buckeye Pretzel Company:
- Location: 65 Eldred Street, Williamsport, PA.
- Active Era: Founded 1916, closed in the late 1990s.
- Known For: A popular local spot for buying "broken" pretzels and, according to local memories, receiving warm pretzels at their delivery window.
- Proximity: Located near Curtin Middle School.
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Yessir! I was a huge fan of Wege pretzels when I could get them. Need to move back to Pa. Hanover is ground zero for great snacks
But bonus for finding out that Peeps are a Pa thing. Had no idea
Yes to your first question, owned now by Conagra.
Leclerc is in the site that used to be Buckeye pretzels. It's located on 405 between Montgomery and Muncy.
I was at a party in the late 90s when a female friend was telling me that her friend had a job artificially inseminating cows. Being a city/Jersey shore boy, I had no idea how this was accomplished. I kept asking questions for clarification until she finally said, “She puts on a long glove, covers it with lube, grabs a bagful of bull ***** and fist*#@&s the cow!” I completely lost it and almost 30 years later it still generates an audible chuckle from me.
Alas, I’m hoping that doesn’t qualify as a snack food.
Maybe it was an outlet, but I remember Buckeye Pretzels near Curtin Jr. High.
STURGIS PRETZELS…. I believe one of the oldest pretzel companies in the USA. Berks county.
Don’t know… all I know is I drank a lot of them at The Skeller a hundred years ago!
I live near the Berks/Lancaster Border which is smack dab in the middle of Snack Food Central. As a lifetime Berks Countian I highly recommend Dieffenbach's Uglies. There's something about these little castaways that makes them the best chips out there.
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Troyer Farms in Erie Co. always had good potato chips. Loved them as a kid. They were bought out by Bickel's of York in 2008 and the Waterford plant in Erie Co. was soon closed. I hope Bickel's burns in hell for that.
The Mallo Cup candy bar from Altoona and the Clark bar. Is that referenced?
Absolutely… I was going to post the same thing. Troyer’s BBQ chips were the best chips I’ve ever had.
Very difficult to avoid after dinner snacking. Limit sugar intake with those snacks. And no soda or sugary drinks. I will try fruit but it still is not as satisfying as say pretzels or crackers.
Just to clarify. You reach in to clean the poop out of the bowel although it isn’t always necessary. You reach into the bowel to help guide the rod carrying the ***** to the opening of the cervix. You are guiding the rod by feeling the rod and cervix through the tissue of the bowel. You then push the rod through cervix until it reaches the other side which you verify by feeling through the tissue of the bowel. Then you squirt your load out of the rod.
I hope you weren’t eating while reading but it is actually not any worse than what a doctor does. It amuses me what freaks out people. Hospitals freak me out.
Excellent point. Boyer isn't a global behemoth like the Hershey Corp. but it certainly deserves to be on the list. Generations of kids in western PA have grown up with them. I love their Smoothies even though I've been cutting out sweets as I get older. And you can still redeem play money which is a throwback to a different era.
We have a wedding coming up, are on Day 4/60 of no snacking after dinner. I’ll update if/when I fall off the wagon.