Tim's Cascade Snacks
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Pinnacle Foods
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, is a manufacturer of potato chip
Potato chip
Potato chips are thin slices of potato that are deep fried...
s and popcorn
Popcorn
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. Their brands include Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips, Hawaiian Brand Kettle Chips, and Erin's Gourmet Popcorn. The company was founded in 1986 by Tim Kennedy and its production facilities are located in the U.S. state of Washington. Their "premium quality" potato chips, packaged in distinctive red and white striped bags, are kettle
Kettle
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-cooked in small batches. Popular flavors include Original, Jalapeño, and Maui Onion. A unique flavor is Tim's Cascade Style Wasabi Potato Chips. In 2003, Tim's won the American Culinary Institute's Gold Medal Taste Award for the potato chip category. Tim's Chips are most prominent in the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest
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, but they are also marketed elsewhere in the United States and in some parts of Asia.
Aficionados of the brand still lament the removal of the popular Cajun flavor, a spicy barbecue style, less overtly spicy than the Jalapeño and with none of the smoke present in the Alder Smoke Barbecue. The company still occasionally makes this flavor available as a limited release in regional markets.
Products
Tim's Cascade Flavors- All Natural Reduced-Fat with Sea Salt
- All Natural Reduced-Fat Mesquite BBQ
- All Natural Reduced-Fat Unsalted
- Original
- Sour Cream & Onion
- Johnny's Seasoned Salt
- Sea Salt & Vinegar
- Jalapeño
- PepperJack
- Tim's Wasabi
- Cheddar & Sour Cream
Hawaiian Flavors
- Sweet Maui Onion
- Luau BBQ
- Hawaiian Original
- Hawaiian Wasabi
Discontinued Flavors
- Limon Con Salsa
- Salsa de Tamarindo
- Sabor Mole
- Cotija y Chile
- Homestyle BBQ
- Creamy Cucumber
- Dill Pickle
- Habanero
- Cracked Peppercorn
- Parmesan & Garlic
- Alder Smoke Barbecue
- Cajun
- Grilled Steak & Onion
- Reduced-Fat Tomato Garlic & Herb
- Honey Mustard
- Coney Island Hot Dog
- Hawaiian Teryaki