UTZ Quality Foods Inc.

Utz Quality Foods, Inc. is one of the nations leading, regional snack food manufacturers. It is a privately owned and family oriented company. Utz Quality Foods was started in 1921 by Bill and Salie Utz in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Bill Utz, dissatisfied with the quality of potato chips being produced at the time, believed so strongly in the marketability of a wholesome quality chip that he quit his job and risked it all to begin producing the couple's own brand of potato chips.
 
 Under the brand name of Hanover Home Brand Potato Chips, Salie used her knowledge of good Pennsylvania Dutch cooking to make the chips in a small summerhouse behind their home on McAllister Street. When F.X. Rice retired in 1978, his son Michael Rice took over as the third generation of Utz management. This new team is leading major expansion of Utz's operations. Utz was the first in the snack industry to use in-truck computers to prepare invoices, manage inventory, and process route accounting transactions.
 
Utz is maintaining the quality of leadership started by Bill and Salie Utz in 1921, with:(clockwise) from the back row, left, Todd Staub - VP Finance, Gary Laabs - VP Human Resources, Les Erving - VP South, Terry Schmoldt - VP Manufacturing, BJ Zellers - VP Del Valley, John Warehime - VP National Accounts, Steve Liantonio - VP Northeast, Dylan Lissette - VP Sales Operations,  Don Hartlaub - Retired, Jack Landsman - VP Key Accounts and New Business Development, Seated - Jack Corriere - Retired, Rick King - President, Jane Rice - VP Public Relations, Mike Rice - CEO, and Tom Dempsey - VP Sales and Marketing.
 
The steady growth of Utz Quality Foods is a reflection of Utz quality in its facilities, in its products, and in its people. Together, effective management and a dedicated work force have provided the very best products to an ever-growing marketplace for over 84 years.
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A point of importance ought to be made here.  This company, like so many other food manufacturers who are trying their best to stay successful in a very competitive business environment, never actively sought out to use ingredients containing GMO's. Their were never given a choice on this matter.  This was literally thrust upon us by the biotechnology and agricultural industries that obviously support it for its benefits and by the federal agencies who approved it.  These are the forces at play that you should direct your comments.