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Golden Flake potato chips have long been the Favorite Snack of Alabamians. Known for quality, freshness and flavor, Golden Flake serves over 6,000 Alabama outlets each week so the people of Alabama are always in arms reach of our products when they get that snacking urge Back in 1923, Mose Lischkoff and Frank Moser had a deceptively simple idea – an idea that grew over the past 82 years from two gentlemen and a sack of potatoes into more than 1,100 employees and 100 million pounds of potatoes a year. For it was Lischkoff and Mosher whose fresh, kettle-cooked potato chips formed the foundation of the snack food company known today as Golden Flake. From Magic City Foods, a tiny basement operation located in a Hill’s grocery store, the company grew quickly, In fact, before the curtain closed on 1923, Lischkoff and Mosher had already added two salesmen to meet the public demand for Magic City peanuts, peanut butter, horseradish, and its principle product – crispy, delicious potato chips. Birmingham, the “Magic City” for which the company was named, took a definite liking to the company’s snack foods, as did the surrounding area. And the company developed a reputation for service to the food industry that became legendary. Magic City Foods Products reached sales of nearly one million dollars – making it an attractive acquisition for the Bashinsky family, who bought the company in 1946. In 1956, the company sold again. But this time, it stayed in the family, because the new owner was Sloan Bashinsky, who bought the company from his father and uncle. The younger Bashinsky brought with him a hands-on knowledge of the business for, although he was a charter member of the Board of Directors, he had worked his way up to the top job through route sales and production. One of his first moves was to change the name from Magic City Foods Products to the more descriptive moniker: “Golden Flake, Incorporated.” And it was Sloan Bashinsky who initiated the construction of the fifty-acre Birmingham corporate headquarters and extensive manufacturing facility. Golden Flake went public in 1968. Diversifying into insurance, real estate, fasteners and advertising, in 1977 Golden Flake Snack Foods became a wholly owned subsidiary of Golden Enterprises, Incorporated. Today, this Birmingham – born snack food company serves 12 southeastern states with an extensive product line. We have approximately 600 Alabamians producing, selling and servicing Golden Flake Snacks each day to insure that each bag purchased meets your expectations. Today, more than ever, our commitment and attention to detail, to taste, and to what the customers want has not changed, so pick up a bag today, you know it’s the best because it’s Alabama Made!
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Golden Flake, Alabama’s Own Snacks!