The brand name for a number of potato chip varieties. Lay's chips are marketed as a division of Frito-Lay, a company owned by PepsiCo Inc. since 1965.
In 1932 salesman Herman W. Lay opened a snack food operation in Nashville, Tennessee and, in 1938, he purchased the Atlanta, Georgia potato chip manufacturer "Barrett Food Company," renaming it "H.W. Lay & Company." The business shortened its name to "the Lay's Company" in 1944.
In 1961, the Frito Company founded by Elmer Doolin and Lay's merged to form Frito-Lay Inc., a snack food giant with combined sales of over $127 million annually, the largest of any manufacturer.
In 1961, the Frito Company founded by Elmer Doolin and Lay's merged to form Frito-Lay Inc., a snack food giant with combined sales of over $127 million annually, the largest of any manufacturer.
In 1965, Frito-Lay merged with the Pepsi-Cola Company to form PepsiCo, Inc.
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