Goodbye, Klines Chips?
Does anyone remember Klines Chips? They were made in Bolivar.
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October 9th, 2009 at 12:44 am
So, are they out of business? I haven’t seen any Kline’s chips around lately, but did not know why.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
I don’t remember them, but that packaging looks vintage ’80s to me.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Steeeeeve…time to throw this away! “gotta get organized” eh??
October 17th, 2009 at 9:42 am
I think Kline’s is the brand of chips my dad used to buy in a big bag inside a white cardboard box. The front of the box had kind of diamond, almost argyle, design.
November 6th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Maybe that was a box of Snyder’s potato chips…Memories… fading….
February 27th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
My dad owned this company and it went out of business in the mid 1980s. And yes Steve, the chips used to come in a cardboard box with the pink and blue diamond argyle pattern. They were the best potato chips ever [but sad] to say they are no longer. They were in business approximately 30 years.
March 10th, 2010 at 8:55 am
Thanks, Susan. I still think it’s amazing how much we can learn by just posting a little information on the Internet. There’s something about “home grown” potato chips that just makes me nostalgic. I guess for me chips are comfort food. They bring back memories of the snack before bed and staying up to watch Hoolihan and Big Chuck. Good times. Really–they were good times. But these are good times, too.
February 6th, 2011 at 2:46 pm
I grow up on the great flavor of Kline’s Potato Chips and miss them sooo much! The only closest chips I have found are made by Conn’s Potato Chips out of Zanesville, OH.
Anyone remember the nickle bags of Kline’s Chips?
February 6th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
I remember these. I also remember going on a field trip in grade school to the factory. We got to taste the warm chips just before they got bagged. They were the best.
July 13th, 2011 at 4:25 pm
Sorry, folks, for being so behind in maintaining this blog, George, I think you’re right about Conn’s Potato Chips. I love ‘em. A buddy of mine picked up a couple bags for me the last time he was in Barnesville (sour cream and onion). My wife bought me a bag of Conn’s green onion chips when we were passing through Cambridge July 4.
July 13th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Pam, where was the Kline’s factory located in Bolivar?
July 13th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
I can answer that! The Kline’s factory still stands, although it was built onto by the last owner. It stands right next to the Bolivar Police Dept. on Canal St. (downtown). Klines Chips used to come in cardboard boxes and in cans. I am still trying to locate a Kline’s Potato Chip can that is in good shape, I have one, but it is not in good shape.
July 14th, 2011 at 9:51 am
That’s great, George. Thanks! I’m going to look for the old plant the next time I’m in the area. I’ll keep an eye out for one of those Kline’s Potato Chip cans, too.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:07 am
I WAS A DELIVERY DRIVER FOR KLINE IN THE EARLY 80′S. I REMEMBER THE EARLY MORNING DRIVES INTO BOLIVER AT 5:00 AM SO I COULD BE AT MY FIRST STOP BY 6:00 AM. AT THE END OF MY DAY, I HAD TO RESTOCK MY TRUCK. I REMEMBER THE UNIQUE AROMA OF THE PLANT AS THE CHIPS RAN DOWN THE CONVEYOR BELT INTO THE BAGGING DEPT.
SORRY TO HEAR THEY ARE GONE
March 31st, 2012 at 10:30 am
Don Mullett, owner, was my uncle. I worked every Saturday during my senior year in high school washing the route trucks and cleaning up. Uncle Don would pay me $20.00. Great man. Taught me the value of work and anything is possible if you put your mind to it.
March 31st, 2012 at 10:35 am
Don Mullett, owner, was my uncle. I worked every Saturday washing the route trucks and cleaning up when I was a senior in high school. Uncle Don paid me $20.00, which was big money in 1968. Uncle Don instilled the value of work and the ability to do what ever in life I wanted. A great man who I think of and is in my prayers every day.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:39 pm
I lived in New Philly and I would get Kline’s chips at Mary Zifer’s. God I loved those chips! Corell’s is still around, and I used to buy them when I couldn’t find Kline’s. Corell’s is still available in the Akron area Acme stores.
I will see if Conn’s are available online.
When I moved to Akron in the mid 80’s I wished that Kline’s came to the Akron area.
Anyone know how far North up 77 Conn’s comes? I wish we had them in Akron.