Martin's Potato Chips Inc is a manufacturer of potato chips, popcorn, and other salted snack foods. Martin's headquarters is located in York County, Pennsylvania, at 5847 US-30 (Lincoln Highway) West in Thomasville. The company distributes to retailers in Pennsylvania, and Maryland. It was founded by Harry and Fairy Martin, in 1941.
Martin's potato chips were served on Air Force One[1] during the terms of presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.[2] The company sponsors the York Revolution professional baseball team of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.[3] Martin's recycles its waste byproducts, using potato peels and refuse from the potato cleaning process for cattle feed and fertilizer.[4] The company's plant offers factory tours.[5]
References
- ^ Michael Chapaloney Pennsylvania Offers an Oasis for Those Attending Presidential Inauguration December 31, 2008 PRNewswire-USNewswire http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-31-2008/0004948034&EDATE= Archived 2009-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Martin's Potato Chips, the bipartisan snack aboard Air Force One" York County Visitors Bureau http://www.yorkpa.org/index.asp?act=page&pag_id=73&nws_id=53
- ^ "The Official Potato Chip of the York Revolution" York Revolution web site http://www.yorkrevolution.com/partnershipslist.cfm?type=official Archived 2008-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "an example of a food plant that was "green before green was cool" Revisiting Your Waste Decisions,Karen Langhauser, Editor-in-Chief foodmanucaturing.com http://www.foodmanufacturing.com/scripts/Products-Revisiting-Your-Waste-Decisions.asp Archived 2009-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Marie Gullard, Gas tank away: Snack-packing it on Pennsylvania factory tours January 4, 2009 Baltimore Examiner http://www.baltimoreexaminer.com/entertainment/010409emstYork.html Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine