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It's in your database, but it wasn't sold as far as new england. This company was located in central Pennsylvania, the heart of 'Pa dutch country' county. They were located in Berks county to be more precise. I stopped seeing these on shelves of local stores in 1994, but lately I've seen another chip that looks and tastse just like Groffs used to called Deifenbachs Homestyle. This new company is located in Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pa and the bag bears a striking ssemblance to the old white and blue stripped Groffs bags. I ran across this page looking for more Groffs info, thought you might be interested in this.
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Jim - February 18, 2008 - Report this comment
I remember these chips growing up in central PA. They came in a white and blue bag, little greasy but very crunchy and delicious. My parents would buy either Gibbles, Utz, Martin's or Groff's chips, whichever was on sale. All are very good. The other 3 are still available, but sadly I do not think Groff's still exist. As best as I can tell, from yahoo searches, the owner of Groff's Snack Foods was Horace Groff out of Bowmansville, PA. He had several business partnerships including a very successful potato chip venture in TX called Groff's of Texas. Unfortunately, his other partnerships were not as succcessful. Apparently he had borrowed lots of money from banks to finance his other businesses using his company as collateral. I'm speculating, but he probably got in over his head and lost the company in the mid 90s. In addition, it appears he had lots of tax troubles in the mid to late 90s. The trail goes cold from there. What a shame.
Tommy Pops - June 18, 2008 - Report this comment
I live in Canada but I use to travel to Cherry Hill New Jersey as I worked for a Drywall manufacturer that had a plant in Camden New Jersey. As I got to know some of the employees one guy was eating Groff's Potatoe Chips. They were the best. I liked them so much I tried importing them to Canada and sell them to the larger supermarket chains. But in the end with the weak Canadian Dollar(Back then not now) and the 8% Duty on chips it wasnt worth it. A bag of Groffs would have retailed for $3 dollars back then and that was too expensive. My favourite was the Jalepeno and Cheddar and the Green Onion.

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