Jays Potato Chips

Jays Potato Chips

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Jay's Foods was a US Snack Food Company from the Chicago area. Brand names included Jays Potato Chips, O-KE-DOKE popcorns, Krunchers! Potato Chips, and a line of Hot Stuff snacks.

The company went into bankruptcy protection in October 2007. Jay's Foods was acquired by Snyder's of Hanover in December 2007.

The Brands still exist.
A subsidiary of:
Snyders - Lance

Snyders - Lance

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December 03, 2007

220 jobs to be lost at Jay's Foods when new owner Snyder's halts production Wednesday

While the famous Jays brand should survive, the South Side factory that has churned out potato chips for decades will close permanently Wednesday, a casualty of Jays Foods' latest bankruptcy.Snyder's of Hanover, the Pennsylvania snack food-maker aimin...
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About Jay's potato chips bankrupty
October 31, 2007

About the causes of the bankruptcy of chip maker Jays Foods

After years of losses, it seemed Ubiquity subsidiary Jays Foods Inc., was poised to at least break even, and possibly even turn a modest profit. In the first six months of this year, losses were cut 50 percent compared with the losses in the first h...
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October 26, 2007

Jays Foods may shut down plant in Butler

Jays Foods Inc., which has filed for bankruptcy protection, may close its facilities in Butler, DePere and Silver Lake in December and the closings could be permanent if a buyer isn't found for the snack food maker. Chicago-based Jays Foods, maker of...
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October 20, 2007

Local group eyes bankrupt chips manufacturer Jays

A group led by a local businessman wants to buy foundering Jays Foods Inc. to keep the snackmaker and its production and jobs in Chicago. But Jays' owner, Ubiquity Brands, had resisted working with the group, called Southhorn LLC, ignoring its reques...
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