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Snacks : a Canadian food history / Janis Thiessen.

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"Snacks is a history of Canadian snack foods, the independent producers and workers who make them, and the consumers who can't put them down. Janis Thiessen profiles several iconic Canadian snack food companies, including Old Dutch Potato Chips, Hawkins Cheezies, and chocolatier Ganong. Th...

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Main Author: Thiessen, Janis, 1971- (Author)
Format: Manuscript Book
Language:English
Published: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Snack food industry > Canada.
Snack foods > Canada.
Snack food industry > Canada > Employees.
Snack foods > Social aspects > Canada.
Junk food > Canada.
Junk food > Social aspects > Canada.
Food industry and trade > Canada.
Food > Social aspects > Canada.
Table of Contents:
  • 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: aulins, Moirs, and Ganong
  • Chapter 6. Candy manufacturers: surviving in an anti-sugar world
  • Chapter 7. Kids bids television: advertising and child consumers.

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