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title: "Story of Lays"  
description: "A brief explanation about the origin of Lays and it's interesting story"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-16  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2892/story-of-lays  
category: "foods"  
tags: ["Lays", "foods", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Story of Lays

![Story of Lays](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5566e35f-5205-4563-b3a4-fc75eb4d8818/images/522494b2-48b8-479a-990e-be8fa6552b9b.jpeg) ![Story of Lays](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5566e35f-5205-4563-b3a4-fc75eb4d8818/images/20921b2a-79c6-4ec9-8abf-a602b3989e7b.jpeg) Herman Lay, a salesman, founded Lay's potato chips in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1934. ![Story of Lays](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5566e35f-5205-4563-b3a4-fc75eb4d8818/images/20921b2a-79c6-4ec9-8abf-a602b3989e7b.jpeg) During the Great Depression, Lay, who sold potato chips from his automobile, rapidly realised that his product was in tremendous demand. ![Story of Lays](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5566e35f-5205-4563-b3a4-fc75eb4d8818/images/20921b2a-79c6-4ec9-8abf-a602b3989e7b.jpeg) He purchased the Atlanta, Georgia-based potato chip company "Barrett Food Company" in 1938 and renamed it "H.W. Lay Lingo & Company." ![Story of Lays](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5566e35f-5205-4563-b3a4-fc75eb4d8818/images/61adae63-1803-4ab4-8a09-a7b9add310bf.jpeg) Known for his high-quality potato chips & innovative marketing, travelled across the southern United States to sell them to various businesses. ![Story of Lays](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5566e35f-5205-4563-b3a4-fc75eb4d8818/images/61adae63-1803-4ab4-8a09-a7b9add310bf.jpeg) He was the first snack food maker to buy television advertising & develop new flavours such as salt, vinegar & barbeque in 1944. ![Story of Lays](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5566e35f-5205-4563-b3a4-fc75eb4d8818/images/e7f08305-0b98-480d-89f6-a77f56566731.jpeg) In 1961, His company and Frito Company joined to establish Frito-Lay, Inc., a leading US snack food producer, then in 1965, they merged with PepsiCo. ![Story of Lays](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5566e35f-5205-4563-b3a4-fc75eb4d8818/images/a5a61425-487d-4e34-b4a3-099289a7988d.jpeg) Moreover, Lay's potato chips are now distributed in over 150 countries worldwide.

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