Alabama, Pennsylvania snack food companies in merger plan
(AP) — The parent company of Golden Flake Snack Foods Inc. — a longtime Alabama maker of potato chips and other snack foods — is being acquired by Utz Quality Foods Inc. of Hanover, Pennsylvania.
Utz Quality Foods Inc. is a privately held snack food company founded in 1921 by William and Salie Utz, who began making potato chips out of their home.