Food of the Seventies, Guy's Potato Chips

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You stated Guy's were made in Iowa but they're in fact made in Kansas City MO. They're still available today. I just weent on a trip "home" to the K.C. area from New Orleans and brought several bags back with me. You can also buy them online at www.guys-snacks.com .
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i hate you - February 21, 2008 - Report this comment
you suck i hate your chips
Vasili - April 26, 2008 - Report this comment
It is featured on Ernest's Greatest Hits. James Albert Varney, Jr., best known as Ernest P. Worrell, is no longer living.
bobby r - April 30, 2008 - Report this comment
I grew up near guy callwell lived. Every year for holloween they would give out full size bags of their chips
Nick - May 01, 2008 - Report this comment
To the "I hate you guy"...you suck, Guy's are awesome and if you don't agree then you are a dumb-ass.
zipp2101 - May 21, 2008 - Report this comment
I loved Guys potato chips years ago, and I still love them just as much today, great flavors....
jennifer - June 07, 2008 - Report this comment
i grew up in kc,k and ever since i can remember i always chose guys over lays cause guys are good and lays has all kinds of gross black, green and almost brown chips that look like they sliced up a rotten potato and cooked it. i've been living in california for the last 14 yrs and i can't your brand, how come ? you should sell them out here!! i'll be your spokes person. it's easy i'll hold up one of your chips and one of lays and ask "do you want a real guys potato chip or one of these, you choose" i don't really miss the midwest, but i really do miss your chips. warmly jennifer
Patrick - July 08, 2008 - Report this comment
I used to eat these a LONG time ago when I was a kid. Missed them a lot. Got to order a case since there not available in my area. Guy's and Nehi! What a combo!
daveyj - August 27, 2008 - Report this comment
Guys snack mix used to rock. As a younger man I played in a rock band from omaha and going to KC to play the band would stop at the Rockport gas station on I-80 and it was the only place I could find it. Spicy V-8 and Guys snack mix was good for hangovers in the back of the band van. Why the heck can't I find it anymore?
Toy - September 15, 2008 - Report this comment
We miss you Guy's! Cheetos has nothing on you. What happen to the Hot Cheese Doodles, the hot powder at the bottom of the bag that made your eyes water? Where did those days go? We want you Guys back!
lombo - September 21, 2008 - Report this comment
I'm trying to get info on the baseball team pins given away in the mid 60's. From 1964,65 and 66 guys had pins as a give away but i can't find a list of what teams were available. I thought someone might be able to help. I'm collecting the 65's.
Scooby - September 24, 2008 - Report this comment
I am trying the jalapeno flavor right now,I can't put them down.
rick - October 02, 2008 - Report this comment
i read that guys is gone is this true
Rickyd - October 04, 2008 - Report this comment
Back when I worked for Frito-Lay, 1978-1986, Guys and Kitty Clover had the best BBQ potato chips on the market. Kitty Clover's Ozark style BBQ chips were fantastic, they were the best on the market. I used to buy & swap products with the other drivers for their BBQ potato chips. Kitty Clover went out of business somewhere in the early 1980's and in later years, Guy's sold out to another company. I think the new Guy's potato chips are absolutely horrid. If you look at the back of the bag, it says that they are DISTRIBUTED by Guy's, meaning that they no longer manufacture them. Frito Lay discontinued their BBQ Ruffles. Frito Lay should wake up and come out with a good BBQ chip similar to the Kitty Clover Ozark BBQ that once was, instead of the funky tasting BBQ potato chips they have currently. It's a real shame that the Midwest no longer has any decent BBQ potato chips for sale.
Jason - November 21, 2008 - Report this comment
I'm a big fan of Guy's Tasty Mix, and have been since I first discovered it in the early 80's. I'm also a vintage packaging collector and have a 1983 Guy's Tasty Mix bag in my collection. You can see it here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonliebigstuff/2793909559/ and here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonliebigstuff/2794764252/
steve - January 15, 2009 - Report this comment
i grew up on guy's barbcue potato chips. i grew up in east texas then we moved to california and that was back in 78. they're still available. i'm ordering some right now!!!!!!
deedee - February 08, 2009 - Report this comment
I remember going to Guy's Potato Chip Factory for a school field trip around 1978. Thought it was so cool seeing how they made everything; especially the cheese curls. I still have the little info booklet they gave out as we left. I keep hearing they went out of business, but I swear I've seen them lately.
Robert - February 18, 2009 - Report this comment
I remember Guy's chips when I was a little kid in the early '70s. I may be crazy but I remember a hot dog and mustard flavor chip that I liked.
Stilo g - March 14, 2009 - Report this comment
my fave is guys hot cheetos the best!! I haven't had those in 4ever I'd buy sum if I new were! If eny1 knows sumthin please email me ggc7504@gmail.com! Thax G
Christina - March 22, 2009 - Report this comment
My Dad was a district manager for Guy's in the late 70's and early 80's. He left the company when Borden's bought them out. They were the best chips ever! We can still find them around here, but scarely. They are not quite the same chip as before, not as good of quality and are a bit saltier than I remember. I used to love the bags they came in, the beautiful green and yellow cellophane. Sadly, my Dad pasted away almost a year and 1/2 ago. The best time of his life was when he worked for Guy's. He knew Guy Caldwell, and always spoke very highly of him. Robert, they had a ketchup flavor for a little while, don't remember the hot dog or mustard flavors. Although, I do know that the chips taste fantastic on a turkey sandwich.
Pam - June 19, 2009 - Report this comment
deedee, I remember going on a field trip to the Guy's potato chip factory, too, but it was probably sometime around 1964.
Ron - June 23, 2009 - Report this comment
If you go to www.guys-snacks.com you can fill out an order form and buy all their products. It takes 2-4 weeks to be delivered to your home....but it's worth the wait. A little pricey but you get the 10 oz. bags...10 - 15 for around $40.00 - $50.00.
jay jay - July 08, 2009 - Report this comment
I was raised in Omaha Ne. there was a Guys Chip plant in South Omaha and Kitty Clover Chips no question in my opinion BEST CHIP I have ever eaten , Kitty Clover was on 24 and Martha St. if I remember correctly? loved the Guys bag like someone mentioned that blue green and yelloy cellophane bag.Anyone remember Hinky Dinky grocery stores? oh this was in the 60s.
RJ - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
I was raised in Kansas and northern Oklahoma and I remember Guy's and Kitty Clover both. Best BBQ chips around. Their regular chips were light and really salty and tasty. The new Guy's are overcooked and often greasy. Kitty Clover were also produced in Kansas City and my sister lived not far from their plant. Miss the originals, but the new Guy's are not good, though the BBQ are OK.
butch - August 09, 2009 - Report this comment
Oh my god do i ever miss trying to grab a handful of grandma`s Tasty-mix and getting away undetected the end result was hard not to notice . i would devour most of the cashews,peanuts,cheese puffs and pretzles and other items that may have fallen into my hand from the bag . damn making myself hungry missing the flavors .kansas born living in Omaha and yes the plant was 24 and Martha just east of that terrible one lane bridge hee hee also used to do Hinky-Dinky dam im old .
sylvia - August 26, 2009 - Report this comment
my dad work at guys back in the 60s retired in 82 we always had bags of chips they were good even now they home base was in liberty mo
Terry Lippold - September 13, 2009 - Report this comment
My father, Harold Lippold revived Kitty Clover in Omaha. It was just at the end of the Depression; he was 18 and could not get a job. He bought a defunct company with the logo; a witch’s cauldron sized copper pot, a case of printed bags, a stapler and a hand potato peeler for $150. He pealed, sliced, cooked, bagged and delivered the bags himself. Nobody knew what potato chips were at that time. He could not sell them so he placed them on consignment by walking to all the local restaurants, bars, theaters etc. He traded 40% of the business to my grandfather, Fred Lippold and 20% to my grandmother Louvana for a 50% interest in their car so he could expand. As he grew the business, his mom became the bookkeeper and his dad quit his job as a pharmacist to build the world's larges potato chip company. They only served nine states and the per capita consumption was about 30 pounds per person. Dad retired at the age of 42. The trade magazines could never figure out why he had such extreme success. It was that he never scrimped on ingredients. Kitty Clover became so large and powerful, he could have his own strain of potato grown in Idaho and have them brought directly to his plant on 24th street in Omaha. He used only corn oil for the best flavor. I remember as a kid standing next to the metal conveyor belt and grabbing the hot chips just after they rose from the oil and moving through a shower of salt. You think they were good from the grocer. I can still taste those hot ones 50 years later!
Ray - September 23, 2009 - Report this comment
Does anyone remember when guys made crunchy cheese doodles? or am i thinking of another company!
baker - October 20, 2009 - Report this comment
i worked for vGuys from 1978-96 there was nothing better than the peannuts just out of the fryer and the BBQ chips we would make with extra seasioning for break but most of all i miss the people i work with it was like a big family ,if anyone on here work with me,Mark Baker drop me a line on face book

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