{"title":"Salty Snack Foods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"frg-ins2\"\u003eWe are proud to offer locally Made in Missouri Backers Potato Chips, The pride of Saint Louis Old Vienna Potato Chips and a wonderful kettle chip called Uglies.  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"frg-ins2\"\u003eBackers Potato Chip Co. is a family-owned potato chip manufacturer in Fulton, Missouri, with a history dating back to 1931. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"frg-ins2\"\u003eOld Vienna has been a staple of St. Louis Missouri for for over 60 years.  It started in 1936 by Louis Kaufmann; even though it has changed hands it is still going strong thanks to it's Red Hot Riplets chip line.  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"frg-ins2\"\u003eUglies Potato Brand says: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIT’S NOT EASY BEING UGLY, BUT OUR LACKING IN THE LOOKS DEPARTMENT IS MORE THAN MADE UP FOR IN TASTE!   Grab some and give them a try!!!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"backers-4-25oz-potato-chips-pk-of-3","title":"Backer's 4.25oz Potato Chips Pk of 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eBacker’s Potato Chip Company was born from fire and the Great Depression.  In September of 1930 an arson started a fire in an adjoining business to the Home Café where Ernest Backer and partners made potato chips as a side dish for their patrons.  The café was destroyed.  Ernest and wife Ida recovered the potato chip making equipment and moved their family to rural Callaway County where they started making potato chips in tiny batches for customers they had known from the café and bakery business.  The small hand powered equipment and coke fired doughnut kettle operation produced about 12 pounds of potato chips per day.  Potatoes were prepared in the kitchen of the log house and cooked in the smoke house.  Our first customers were in the state capital city of Jefferson City.  The chip packages were unprinted waxed bags, hand filled and closed with a paperclip.  This was a true cottage industry started to survive the Great Depression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen sons William Ernest Jr and Fred returned from WWII the operation moved into a renovated barn on the Hillers Creek property.  In this factory we made small batches of what is today called kettle chips using one hand operated kettle.  Packages were still made of waxed paper hand filled but stapled closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1950s it was decided to move into the county seat of Fulton, primarily to get city utilities. We purchased a larger used hand kettle and a couple of weighing machines.  By then the packages had “Backer’s” name on them and were made from cellophane that could be heat sealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe near downtown location became too small and difficult for the several route delivery trucks and semi-trucks to access.  So, in the early 1960s we moved again.  This time the building was new, built to be a potato chip factory.  The equipment took a major leap forward to a continuous cooker and packaging machines that could make bags from a printed roll of a cellophane lamination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany more changes have happened over the years.  The company is still owned by the Backer family and is being operated by the third and fourth generations.  Ernest and Ida would be amazed! \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shepherds Market","offers":[{"title":"BBQ","offer_id":52303771992354,"sku":"074982120704","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sour Cream \u0026 Onion","offer_id":52303772025122,"sku":"074982140702","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Wavee","offer_id":52303772057890,"sku":"074982130703","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"German","offer_id":52303772090658,"sku":"074982160601","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hot","offer_id":52303772123426,"sku":"074982180609","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular Flat","offer_id":52303772156194,"sku":"074982110705","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1012\/5738\/0130\/files\/allbackers.jpg?v=1786736916"},{"product_id":"uglies-potato-chips-what-makes-uglies-well-ugly","title":"Uglies Potato Chips - What makes Uglies....Well Ugly?  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