Route 11 Potato Chips

Route 11 Potato Chips was founded in 1992 by Sarah Cohen and originally based in Middletown, Virginia, named after U.S. Route 11, which runs north–south nearby. The company moved its production facility to Mount Jackson in 2008 where the chips are produced currently.[2]

In 2013, Route 11 partnered with Ben & Jerry's to produce a promotional ice cream flavor Capitol Chill, garnished with the company's Sweet Potato chips.[1]

The Route 11 Potato Chips manufacturing facility is located on 11 Edwards Way next to Interstate 81 and U.S 11 near Shenandoah Caverns. The factory building has a lobby open to the public where visitors can purchase chips and merchandise, get free samples, and view the factory itself.[3][4]

The company typically uses potatoes locally-grown in Virginia or ones grown in North Carolina.[2] Seasonally, Yukon Gold and sweet potatoes are used for other chip flavors.[3] The factory produces 600 pounds of potato chips each hour.[1]

Route 11 sells eleven different chip flavors:[3][4]

• Lightly Salted, the company's standard flavor
• Barbeque, seasoned with barbecue spices
• Chesapeake Crab, seasoned with spiced traditionally used to season crabs in the Mid-Atlantic region
• Dill Pickle, vinegar added for a dill pickle flavor
• Salt & Pepper, seasoned with both Appalachian salt and cracked pepper
• Salt & Vinegar, flavored with both salt and vinegar
• Sour Cream & Chive, flavored similarly to French onion dip
• Sweet Potato, produced seasonally; made from sweet potatoes
• Yukon Gold, produced seasonally; made from Yukon Gold potatoes
• No Salt, unsalted kettle chips; not sold individually-packaged
• Mama Zuma's Revenge, a brand of habanero-flavored chips