[quote="pinback"]What's the deal with "Snyder's of Hanover"?[/quote]

A family in Pennsylvania apparently had some sort of internal fight and split in half, and some of them broke off and formed their own separate company in competition. They moved to Berlin (or they moved to Hanover) and started the "Snyder's" potato chip company same as the other one.

Well, both companies were calling themselves - and their product - Snyders, which causes a problem since they are separate companies. (If I get mad at my brother and open a store under the same name - which is legal - they are separate companies despite that we were once friends and are still brothers.)

So both started identifying themselves with the town in Pennsylvania where they operate.

But they do warn people: Snyders of X says on their packaging: "We are not affiliated with the child-molesting cop killers at Snyders of" Z. Snyders of Z says on their packaging: "We are not affiliated with the bomb-throwing murdering terrorists at Snyders of" X.

X and Z represent either Berlin and Hanover, or Hanover and Berlin, respectively.

I got the underlying story from a driver for one of them. It's two separate companies. Any of you watch the TV show "American Chopper"? Father is suing son because the son quit - after the father practically fired him - to start his own motorcycle manufacturing firm in competition with his father. They're two different companies and are competitors.

Nobody has any other information about this?

Nope, two different companies. While the former (Berlin) have been relegated to peddling their snacks on The Metro, the latter is so popular that they've been selling bags of pretzels hanover fist.

Oh. I was thinking of Snyders of BERLIN, not Snyders of HANOVER. They make hard pretzels in Hanover and chips in BERLIN. Funny how they are both in PA. and not that far apart. But not related. I like to think that old man Snyder would sneak out at night and do the chicks in other towns.




THE
BASTARD
SNACK MONGERS
AARDVARK

I have a confession to make.

That wasn't a pretzel, my sweet.

Don't they make hard pretzels? I was promised hard pretzels.

'B' grade chips trying harder, like Avis. They have more different flavors than mainstream chips. This means they can ride on the chips bus, but they have to sit in the back.



THE
ROSA PARKS
HAVE RIDGES
AARDVARK

I first heard about them a few years ago when they bought Jay's Chips in Chicago (I had a friend who worked there at the time). I guess they are associated with trendy pretzels, the way that cupcakes and popcorn have experienced over the past few years.

What's the deal with "Snyder's of Hanover"?