Snacks : A Canadian Food History.
Thiessen, Janis.
Snacks : A Canadian Food History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (266 pages)
Intro -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Old Dutch Potato Chips: A Canadian Company? -- Chapter 2: The Changing Chip Industry: Potato Growers and Federated Fine Foods -- Chapter 3: Corporate Mythology and Culinary Tourism: Hardbite and Covered Bridge Potato Chips -- Chapter 4: Cheezies: A No-Growth Model -- Chapter 5: The "Romance" of Chocolate: Paulins, Moirs, and Ganong -- Chapter 6: Candy Manufacturers: Surviving in an Anti-sugar World -- Chapter 7: Kids Bids Television: Advertising and Child Consumers -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits.
Through extensive oral history and archival research, Thiessen uncovers the roots of our deep loyalties to different snack foods, what it means to be an independent snack food producer, and the often-quirky ways snacks have been created and marketed.
9780887555275
Snack foods-Canada.
Snack food industry-Canada.
Snack food industry-Canada-Employees.
Snack foods-Social aspects-Canada.
Electronic books.
TX740 .T454 2017
338.4/76640971
Snacks : A Canadian Food History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (266 pages)
Intro -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Old Dutch Potato Chips: A Canadian Company? -- Chapter 2: The Changing Chip Industry: Potato Growers and Federated Fine Foods -- Chapter 3: Corporate Mythology and Culinary Tourism: Hardbite and Covered Bridge Potato Chips -- Chapter 4: Cheezies: A No-Growth Model -- Chapter 5: The "Romance" of Chocolate: Paulins, Moirs, and Ganong -- Chapter 6: Candy Manufacturers: Surviving in an Anti-sugar World -- Chapter 7: Kids Bids Television: Advertising and Child Consumers -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits.
Through extensive oral history and archival research, Thiessen uncovers the roots of our deep loyalties to different snack foods, what it means to be an independent snack food producer, and the often-quirky ways snacks have been created and marketed.
9780887555275
Snack foods-Canada.
Snack food industry-Canada.
Snack food industry-Canada-Employees.
Snack foods-Social aspects-Canada.
Electronic books.
TX740 .T454 2017
338.4/76640971