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Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods is an American food company, operating as a subsidiary of
Old Dutch Foods Old Dutch Foods, Inc. is a manufacturer of potato chips and other snack foods in the Midwestern United States, New England and Canada. Their product line includes brands such as Old Dutch Potato Chips, Dutch Crunch, Ripples, Cheese Pleesers and R ...
, 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
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History

Humpty Dumpty Potato Chip Company, Inc., was founded in 1947 in
Scarborough, Maine Scarborough is a New England town, town in Cumberland County, Maine, Cumberland County on the southern coast of the U.S. state of Maine. Located about south of Portland, Maine, Portland, Scarborough is part of the Portland, Maine, Portland&ndash ...
, United States, by George Robinson and Norman Cole, producing ketchup-flavoured and sour-cream-and-clam-flavoured chips, among others. The company was acquired by
Borden, Inc. Borden, Inc., was an American producer of food and beverage products, consumer products, and industrial products. At one time, the company was the largest U.S. producer of dairy and pasta products. Its food division, Borden Foods, was based in C ...
, in February 1989. In January 2000, it was then sold to the Canadian firm Small Fry, formally adopting the name Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods Inc. In 2006, the company was acquired in a takeover bid by
Old Dutch Foods Old Dutch Foods, Inc. is a manufacturer of potato chips and other snack foods in the Midwestern United States, New England and Canada. Their product line includes brands such as Old Dutch Potato Chips, Dutch Crunch, Ripples, Cheese Pleesers and R ...
, a
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-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. Humpty Dumpty originally sold a variety of potato chip flavors. For the original brand of chips, they included Regular, BBQ, Ketchup, Dill Pickle, Salt and Vinegar, Roast Chicken, Sour Cream and Onion, Smokin' Bacon, and a
St-Hubert St-Hubert BBQ Ltd. is a chain of Canadian casual dining restaurants best known for its rotisserie chicken. St-Hubert is most popular in Quebec and in other French-Canadian areas such as Eastern Ontario and New Brunswick. The chain enjoys the s ...
rotisserie chicken flavor. For their ridged chip line, called Ripples, there were five varieties: Regular, Buffalo Wing, BBQ & Cheddar, Au Gratin, and All-Dressed. And finally, for their line of kettle-cooked chips, flavors featured were Regular, JalapeƱo, Salt and Vinegar, BBQ, and Cheddar.


Current product line

The current Humpty Dumpty snack line of products sold in the United States and Canada include ''Bacon & Hickory Potato Sticks'', ''BBQ Corn Chips'', ''BBQ Ringolos'', ''Ketchup Ringolos'', ''Chedacorn'', ''Cheese Sticks'', ''Cruncheez'' (in both Regular and Nacho Cheese), ''Party Mix'' (Original, Cheesy, and All Dressed), and ''Sour Cream & Onion Rings''. Humpty Dumpty's potato chip line is sold only in the United States, and consists of ''Regular'', ''BBQ'', ''Ketchup'', ''Dill Pickle'', ''Salt and Vinegar'', and ''Buffalo Wings & Cheese'', as well as limited-run flavors such as ''Cheddar & Sour Cream''. Humpty Dumpty's ridged chip varieties include ''Regular'', and ''All-Dressed''. Most of these flavors are sold in Canada under the Old Dutch brand, which took over Humpty Dumpty's potato chip line in Canada after acquiring the company in 2006. Old Dutch kept the Humpty Dumpty brand for potato chips in the US, as the brand was very well known throughout New England, while the Old Dutch brand is known mainly in the midwestern states.


Downsizing

The company closed its
Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
-based
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Humpty Dumpty plant on September 27, 2013; that plant started operating in 1964. Four other Canadian plants, in other provinces, are unaffected.https://montrealgazette.com/business/Lachine+Dutch+snack+plant+close/8351869/story.html


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1947 establishments in Maine Food and drink companies based in Maine Scarborough, Maine Companies based in Cumberland County, Maine Food and drink companies of Canada Brand name snack foods