Tim's Cascade Snacks

Tim's Cascade Snacks, a subsidiary of Utz Brands,[1] is a manufacturer of potato chips and popcorn. The brands include Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips, Hawaiian Brand Kettle Chips, and Erin's Gourmet Popcorn.[2]

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History

The company was founded in 1986 by Tim Kennedy and the production facilities are located in the U.S. state of Washington. The founder, Tim Kennedy, started the company using only 100% peanut oil to cook the chips.[3] After being acquired by Pinnacle Foods, the factory switched to substituting cheaper oils and lists corn oil and sunflower oil as some alternatives. In 2019, it was acquired by Utz Brand.

Products

Their "premium quality" potato chips, packaged in distinctive red and white striped bags, are kettle-cooked in small batches. In 2003, Tim's Cascade Snacks won the American Culinary Institute's Gold Medal Taste Award for the potato chip category. Tim's chips are most prominent in the Pacific Northwest, but they are also marketed elsewhere in the United States and in some parts of Asia.

Aficionados of the brand still lament the removal of the popular Cajun flavor, a spicy barbecue style, less overtly spicy than the Jalapeño and with none of the smoke present in the Alder Smoke Barbecue. The company still occasionally makes these flavors available as limited releases in regional markets.

References
  1. "Utz completes purchase of Conagra's D.S.D. Snacks business".
  2. Tim's Cascade Snacks & Gourmet Popcorns
  3. "Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips -- Chip-Maker Pleases Northwest Palates With Hot New Idea | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
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