Transcript for An American classic by and American inventor: Lay’s potato chips
finally tonight, labor day is Alm here, and so is our made in ameri series. Emember the ad ey’ve beenround a lo time. Remember the ads and the challenge. Ndwere up for it. With millions getting together this labor day weekend, we go right to the chip aisle know it well. Hi, David. Chris, hoe you? O meet. Good to S I’ll where where I canet some chips.frito-lay. Ruffles. Tostitos. And course lay’s chips. Made with potatoes right here in America. It’s thessic, right? Yes. Which is why you call it the classic, right? America classic from an amican investor, H.W. Lay. He travelingal during the great depression. Of his truck. Seriously? Seriously That’s how he made a living? It was. Sng potato ips out of this Ford mode anotamerican classic — fritos. And started making them out his mots N. So, he’s making fritos.h.w. Lay Ima chips. They’re competing again and who knew that they would combine? That’s right. That’s howfrito-lay became frito-lay, those two joins forces together in 1961. Wh a little hyphen in the middle. That’s rit. Workers on the line. Inspecting the chips. Justcents backhen. D all these years later, the potatoes still from farmers across ame. 120 farms in 25 states. Black gold farms I LI oak, Florida, amem. My great-grandpa started growing potatoes in 1928. We’re pot we enjoy potatoes. North to Perry 1,230 workeriting to turn them into tamous lay’ chips. 30 plants in the U.S. And it turns out, four tve tatoes go into every bag of chips. My husband and I, we pl iocery store. Looking for lay’s chips in ur shoppincart. It’ping interesting for us. Hile back that groc came O hold here. Sample them. Time for the taste test. No one cane. Thanks to those farmers and those workers tonight. Made in America! It is impossible T eat just one, I tried. Well celebrate those worrs and those Amer farme tonight and we hope to see you right back hermorrow. I’m David Muir. Have a good evening.ht. ????????????
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