Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods

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Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods
Company type Subsidiary
Founded1947; 78 years ago
Scarborough, Maine, U.S.
FoundersGeorge Robinson
Norman Cole
Headquarters Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Parent Borden (1989–2000)
Small Fry (2000–2006)
Old Dutch Foods
(2006–present)
Website humptydumpty.com

Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods is an American food company, operating as a subsidiary of Old Dutch Foods, that packages and sells snack foods. The company is named after the nursery rhyme character and features the character as the company logo. Humpty Dumpty products are generally sold in New England, Quebec and Atlantic Canada.

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History

Humpty Dumpty Potato Chip Company, Inc., was founded in 1947 [1] in Scarborough, Maine, United States, by George Robinson and Norman Cole, [2] producing ketchup-flavoured and sour-cream-and-clam-flavoured chips, among others.

The company was acquired by Borden, Inc., in February 1989. [3]

In January 2000, it was then sold to the Canadian firm Small Fry, formally adopting the name Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods Inc. [4]

In 2006, the company was acquired in a takeover bid by Old Dutch Foods, a Minnesota-based snack food company. After the acquisition, Humpty Dumpty potato chip products were rebranded as Old Dutch potato chips. Old Dutch Foods kept the Humpty Dumpty label, and still sells all their flavors of chips and snacks in the USA. In Canada, Humpty Dumpty's potato chip line were rebranded "Old Dutch", as it was already an established brand of potato chip in other parts of Canada; they kept the "Humpty Dumpty" name for its other snacks.

The company closed its Quebec-based Montreal Humpty Dumpty plant on September 27, 2013; that plant started operating in 1964. Four other Canadian plants, in other provinces, are unaffected. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "BBB Business Review Reliability Report for Humpty Dumpty Potato Chip Company, Inc". Better Business Bureau. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Dennis Hoey (January 11, 2011). "Feature Obituary: Dorothy Robinson, 99, 'loved people and loved life'". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "A look inside the Leading 50". Prepared Foods. July 1989. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods Inc". Canadian Heritage Gallery. 2001. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  5. ↑ https://montrealgazette.com/business/Lachine+Dutch+snack+plant+close/8351869/story.html%5B%5D
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