In my opinion, Golden Flake Sweet Heat Barbecue Chips are some of the best I’ve ever tasted. I used to buy them at the Dollar General, Win Dixie, Walmarts and Publix here in Florida.

In 2020, I noticed Golden Flake chips were no longer in any of the stores I used to buy them and UTZ chips were in the location where Golden Flake chips used to be. I also noticed the only size they were selling were LARGE Family Size.

I decided to try some of the UTZ chips hoping they would taste like the Golden Flake Sweet Heat Barbecue Chips I liked so much.  THEY DIDN’T!

I also didn’t like how the only size I could find in Dollar General and Harvey’s was a large family size which was a lot more expensive than the $1.99 I used to pay for Golden Flake Sweet Heat Barbecue Chips I liked so much.

I decided to look on the internet to see if I could buy some that way. I found this listing of Amazon where they were being sold at inflated prices – amazon.com/Golden-Flake-Sweet-Crispy-Potato/dp/B005NS19K4

I found this listing of them being sold on ebay for $33.99

Golden Flake – Wikipedia

Golden Flake Snack Foods, is a producer of potato chips, tortilla chips, corn chips, cheese curls, fried pork skins, and other snack foods in the southern United States. It is now part of Utz Quality Foods. The Golden Flake brand (originally known as Magic City Foods) was established in the 1920s by Mose Lischkoff and Frank Mosher in a Birmingham, Alabama, grocery store basement.

According to Wikipedia; “On July 19, 2016, Golden Flake announced that it was being acquired by Utz for $12.00 per share in cash, representing a 71% premium over the average 30 day trading price of $7.00”

UTZ has bought out and owns many brands, such as Zapp’s, Dirty Potato Chips, TG Fridays (potato chips), Bachmanm, Good Health, Boulder Canyon, Tortiyahs and Snikiddy

Utz’s new bosses speed growth with debt, mergers, cuts

Utz Quality Foods LLC is accelerating its push to become one of the giants in the potato chips-pretzels-crackers business, where national rivals such as Pepsico’s Frito-Lay and Snyder’s-Lance have been buying up local plants, consolidating brands, and streamlining distribution to cut labor and boost profits.

According to the above article; “Utz Quality Foods LLC is accelerating its push to become one of the giants in the potato chips-pretzels-crackers business, where national rivals such as Pepsico’s Frito-Lay and Snyder’s-Lance have been buying up local plants, consolidating brands, and streamlining distribution to cut labor and boost profits.

Privately held Utz, based in Hanover, Pa., is controlled by members of the Rice family. Last week, the company told investors that it plans to borrow $660 million, including $300 million to buy out its private-equity investors and $165 million to acquire publicly traded salty-snacks maker Inventure Foods Inc., as well as for refinancing and other expenses, according to a report by analyst Bea Chiem at S&P Global Ratings, the credit-rating agency.

Utz calls itself “the largest privately held and family-managed salty-snack company in the U.S.,” with brands including Zapp’s, Bachman, Dirty, Golden Flake, Good Health, Jax, Snikiddy, Wachusett and Zapp’s, made at plants in Alabama, Colorado, Louisiana and Massachusetts, along with Pennsylvania”.

After reading the above article how Utz Quality Foods LLC is accelerating its push to become one of the “giants in the potato chips-pretzels-crackers business”, it’s they are putting profits and ambition over the interests of consumers and destroying companies and what was great products in the process.

Their ambitions has destroyed some great companies and products, plus cost consumers choices of products they loved for generations. If UTZ Quality Foods really want to become a respected giant in the snack industry, they should continue making and promoting ALL of the products they purchased and make sure they are carried in stores.

If you agree, use UTZ contact page to tell them what you think by sending them a email or calling them on the phone https://www.utzsnacks.com/pages/general-inquiries

I also noticed Zapp’s Jalapeno Chips are hard to find in stores.

Capitalism Gone Amuck

This is another example of Capitalism gone amuck… similar to how Dean Foods bought up brands of Dairy Products all over the United States and made “Tru Moo” the only Chocolate Milk you can buy in most stores. This caused a tremendous loss of jobs all over the United States and destroyed great products, similar to what UTZ is doing to the snack food industry. You can read my article about Dean Foods here…

I’m a strong believer in the concept of “One person can change the World” so I take action to change things I don’t like.

Some of my recent achievements was getting those annoying Choice Hotel “Budda Book” ads and the 2019 Infiniti QX50 Commercial with annoying HICK music by the Tallest Man pulled off of every TV Network in the United States.

If you currently work for UTZ Quality Foods or used to work for any of the companies they bought out and have info you’d like to share such as working conditions, jobs lost as a result of UTZ buying up all of the companies they’ve bought, please contact me and let me know about it.

If this turns into a big story, I’ll be letting the National News Media know about it.

To get Golden Chips put back on shelves, I’ve created a petition and will be promoting it on Facebook. I’m also creating a Video which will be running on YouTube to bring attention to this matter. The video will come up on page one when anyone searches for UTZ Chips, Golden Flake Chips or Zapps Jalapeno Chips (I’m a Internet Marketer and SEO who knows how to get stuff on page 1 of the search engines).

Please sign this petition to send a message to UTZ Quality Foods, that you want them to put great products like Golden Flake Sweet Heat Barbecue Chips and Zapp’s Jalapeno Chips back on the shelves

PETITION:

Sign the Petition

Golden Flake Chips Sweet Heat Barbecue Chips were in my opinion, some of the best Barbecue Chips I ever tasted. A few months ago, I noticed they were no where to be found at stores I used to buy them from, like Dollar General, Publix, Win Dixie and Walmart.

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