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began manufacturing "hand-cooked" potato chips until discovering that a kettle cooked chip provided more of a crunch and a standardized method of preparation. The
Shearers hand-cooked potato chips from the kettle, packaged them in one-pound poly bags with a twist tie, delivered them from a warehouse and first sold them under the Kettle-Cook'd label.
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In the early 2000s, six hand-kettle cookers, a new potato peeling system, distribution and transfer conveyors, and a new seasoning system were installed. Thirty-three acres adjacent to the current location were purchased to combine for 77 acres in total, while a portion of the storage operation was
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Shearer family opened Shearer's Market in Canton, Ohio. The third generation, Jack Shearer and his wife, Rosemary, operated the family grocery store from the 1950s until 1976, and in 1974 bought a snack food distributorship and named it Brookside Distributing. In 1979, they
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Cleveland Business Emerald
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Brewster, Ohio. Soon after, six hand-kettles and a peanut roaster were in operation. The Grandma Shearer's logo appeared on shelves in 1983, and 3,700 pounds of potatoes were processed daily. Shearer's installed its first
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Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan through the purchase of additional equity stake (The private equity group had initially acquired stake in the company in 2012 alongside Wind Point Partners and in partnership with CJ Fralaigh. Since the sale in 2012,
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Alliance, Inc. and its Canadian affiliate (collectively, “Snack Alliance”), a branded, contract pack and private label snack producer in North America (Founded in 2000, Snack Alliance employed over 400 associates across the United States and Canada. Snack Alliance had
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in 2004. A $ 2.6 million wastewater treatment plant was completed in the spring, and six additional hand-kettle cookers were installed along with a new packaging area, making
Shearer's one of the largest manufacturers of kettle-cooked potato chips in the nation.
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Pennsylvania, and operates its own distribution routes, while also relying on a network of select distributors throughout the midwestern United States, New England, and parts of Canada.
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Sheerer's Potato Chips as well as private label products for snack food companies and retailers.
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Shearer's now has factories in Ohio, Texas, Arkansas, Oregon, Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota and
Ontario, with worldwide distribution. Its plant in Massillon is the first food manufacturing plant in the world to achieve
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Shearer's completed acquisitions of Lance Private Brands and Medallion Foods. These acquisitions doubled the size of the business and significantly expanded private label and contract manufacturing offerings.)
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continuous fryer to produce up to 1,000 pounds of potato chips every hour and expanded its warehouse and maintenance space by 9,000 square feet in 1986.
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