On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 2:27:08 PM UTC-7, jmcquown wrote:
> On 10/26/2015 4:52 PM, l not -l wrote:
> > On 26-Oct-2015, The Cook > wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 14:43:08 -0400, Nancy Young
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> Okay, I know the name is Waffies.
> >>>
> >>> I thought they'd stopped making them, but I was in a store
> >>> today, looking for some chips and what did I spy on the bottom
> >>> shelf?
> >>>
> >>> I grabbed three bags.
> >>>
> >>> nancy
> >>
> >>
> >> Where did you find them? There probably isn't a store in that chain
> >> around here, but I can start looking. Last I found was at Amazon.
> >> Maybe I will check there again.
> > Both Wise and Jay's have product locators - check the websites.
> >
> I worked with a woman who swore Jay's potato chips were the be all end
> all of potato chips. She also said she could only get them when she
> went to visit relatives in Chicago. She brought a couple of bags back.
> I tasted a chip. Sorry, there was absolutely nothing special about it.

New buyers of Jays closed the Chicago factory in 2007. No longer can
people going up the Dan Ryan see semitrailers being jacked up
hydraulically to let the potatoes tumble out.

With new ownership came an abandoning of former products and names
No more "Rippled Dippettes." Jay's Pork Rinds (RIP) even came with
a hot sauce packet.

But in general, people are very loyal to their local potato chip brand.
Because to ship potato chips is to ship air, all chips were made locally
until the invention of Pringles made chips dense. Lays became a national
brand by virtue of Frito-Lay buying up local producers, like New Era in
Chicago. I do see why Detroiters like Better Made -- it's not just
localism.

>
> Jay's, Lay's, no difference as far as I could tell. A few weeks later I
> was wandering through the snack food aisle and found Jay's potato chips.
> Apparently you don't (didn't?) have to visit relatives in Chicago to
> find Jays potato chips. Still nothing special
>
> I like the occasional salty snack. I much prefer salty over sweet. I
> wouldn't go to another state just to buy potato chips.
>
> Cheese Waffies? I don't think I've ever seen them. Probably due to
> where I live. I can find and do occasionally buy Wise brand Cheese
> Doodles. Because sometimes everyone wants that bright orange cheese
> powder. LOL
>
> Jill