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Herr Foods Inc.
Founded1946
FounderJim Herr
Headquarters
Nottingham, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Area served
Eastern United States and Eastern Canada
Key people
Ed Herr, president & CEO
J. M. Herr, executive chairman[1]
Websitewww.herrs.com

Herr's is an American brand of

Mid-Atlantic region.[2] Herr's products are sold in all 50 American states and in over 40 countries.[3]

History

In 1946, Jim Herr, then 21 years old, purchased a small potato chip company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[4][5] Initial sales averaged approximately thirty dollars a week ($469 today, adjusted for inflation).[6]

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 cattle farm which made use of potato waste products.

Jim Herr began transferring control of the company to his sons, Ed Herr and J. M. Herr, in the 1990s, with Ed taking over as company spokesman. Jim Herr retired as company chair in favor of J. M. Herr in January 2005, but remained on the board of directors until his death. Jim Herr died on April 5, 2012, at the age of 87. Ed Herr and J. M. Herr assumed the roles of president and executive chairman respectively.[1]

Products

Herr's produces a wide variety of snack foods, including

Baby Back Ribs, Kansas City Steak, Hot Sauce, Jalapeño, in addition to more traditional varieties such as Barbecue, Kettle Cooked, Sour Cream & Onion, Cheddar & Sour Cream, Salt & Pepper, Ketchup, Habanero and Creamy Ranch, and Salt & Vinegar
.

In January 2016, Herr's released a picture on social media previewing a new Crab Fries flavored potato chips in partnership with Chickie's & Pete's, a sports bar also headquartered in the Philadelphia region. Herr's planned to release the chips to stores a couple of months after the announcement, however the chips were instead released one month later in February due to popular demand.[8] Herr's has also released a BBQ chips line in partnership with Stubbs BBQ sauce.

Herr's potato chips are sold in distinctive foil packaging.

In popular culture

A subplot of an episode of

spray cheese
.

Visitors' center

Visitors' center

The Herr's Visitors' Center was constructed in 1989 and is adjacent to the plant in Nottingham, Pennsylvania.[9] Tour guides lead visitors through both the visitors' center and the actual plant. The tours last approximately one hour.

References

  1. ^ a b About Us
  2. ^ Beakes, Jason S. "The Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Herr's Potato Chips". Pabook.libraries.psu.edu. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  3. ^ "Herr's Distribution". Herrs.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  4. ^ Hometown: Herr's Potato Chips CBS3.com Archived November 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Herr's History". Herrs.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  6. ^ Barber, Chris (2012-04-06). "Jim Herr, founder of Herr Foods, dead at age 88". Main Line Media News. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  7. ^ Herr's Products Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  8. ^ Arthur Etchells, "Herr’s Chickie’s & Pete’s Crabfries Chips Are Now Available", phillymag.com, February 17, 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  9. ISBN 978-0-8117-5242-8
    .

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