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The chips have attracted a cult-level following around Rockford, where they first were made in 1932.

"We want to be Illinois' chip, and that's what we're striving to do," Spiess said. Mrs. Fisher's partner in this most recent expansion appears to share Spiess' enthusiasm. "I feel we're just starting to scratch the surface with it," said Vitale, president of Galesburg-based G&M Distributors Inc. "A lot of people outside the Sauk Valley (Sterling-Dixon) and Rockford areas have not heard of Mrs. Fisher's. We're got a good one to two years of getting good, solid recognition, building the brand and hoping to expand with it." In business for 75 years, family-owned G&M specializes in liquor distrib...

The Rockford-based potato-chip company has expanded to Canton, Farmington and Galesburg, among other spots in west-central Illinois.

Utz acquires On The Border tortilla chips Updated Jan 14, 2021; Facebook Share Utz has acquired a company that makes tortilla chips, salsa and queso. Utz Brands Inc. announced last month that it had completed the acquisition of Truco Enterprises, a portfolio company of Insignia Capital Group. that sells the products under the On the Border brand for 480 million, subject to a customary post-closing purchase price adjustment. The acquisition includes the On the Border trademarks in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of snack food products in the United States and certain other internation...

® (“Power Brands”). Following the acquisition, Vitner’s potato chips, cheese snacks, corn snacks and popcorn will move Utz from the #7 position to the #4 position among salty snacks in the Chicago market, the fourth largest salty snack market in the U.S. at approximately $688 million in annual retail sales for the 52 weeks ending November 29, 2020 according to IRI. Most of Vitner’s products are currently manufactured by Snak King, but Utz plans to transition manufacturing of most of those products to its own manufacturing plants after closing, further increasing utilization of Utz’...