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Tim’s Cascade Snacks: 25 Years Old and Still Tastes Fresh
A Northwest icon celebrates 25 years of making some of
the world’s most unique potato chips.
Daniel C. Brunell
A Pacific Northwest barbecue never seems right without a
bag of Tim’s Cascade potato chips.
Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, Tim’s Cascade
Snacks is a Northwest institution. Just as microbreweries
did for beer, Tim’s turned what once was a mundane
product into a specialty snack.
building a brand, one tasting at a time
at a glance
Tim’s Cascade Snacks was founded in 1986
by Tim Kennedy, his family and his business
partner, Jeff Leichleiter.
Tim’s Cascade Snacks has grown from selling
their products at gas stations and corner stores
around Auburn to 13 Western states, Canada,
Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.
Today, Tim’s Cascade Snacks (under the name
brand Hawaiian Snacks) is on the verge of taking its
Hawaiian brand of products to the Eastern Seaboard
and eventually, nationwide.
Tim’s Cascade Snacks has been recognized several
times as one of the best places to work and as
an environmental leader by the Association of
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