Mikesell's Potato Chip Company

As I was writing the last blog post about food history, I was also having an early lunch.  Then I realized something, I was eating Mikesell's.  This may seem insignificant, but I tried to look at the chips from a historical sense.  Mikesell's is a Dayton-based company and has been for a very long time.  My grandmother ate Mikesell's growing up when they came in a big round tin.  I went to the Mikesell's website to do a little more research.

The company started in 1910, when D.W. Mikesell began selling dried meats and sausages.  A little while later, he bought some potato chip equipment and began manufacturing them.  In 1925, the company was working on a logo, when they decided to change the spelling of the company's name from Mikesell's to Mike-sell's.  In the 1950s they began using new bagging technology, versus the tins that my grandmother grew up with.  In 1987, Mike-sell's introduce the Chipper Shipper, a program that allowed people to get their chips delivered to their homes across the country.  

So often we hear about so many companies leaving Dayton, but for over a century, Mikesell's has remained loyal to Dayton.  Now I have to put away the bag, or I will keep eating them for an hour.  

http://www.mike-sells.com/history.php