Golden Flake Chips Sweet Heat Barbecue Chips were in my opinion, some of the best Barbecue Chips I ever tasted. A few months ago, I noticed they were no where to be found at stores I used to buy them from, like Dollar General, Publix, Win Dixie and Walmart. They removed Golden Flake Chips, and put UTZ chips (which I had never heard of) in their place.

Doing some investigation, I found that UTZ Quality Foods LLC bought Golden Chips and other snack food companies such as Zapp’s, Dirty Potato Chips, TG Fridays (potato chips), Bachmanm, Good Health, Boulder Canyon, Tortiyahs and Snikiddy.

BTW, I also noticed Zapp’s Jalapeno Chips are nowhere to be found in stores.

According to at article at inquirer.com, "Utz Quality Foods LLC, which bought out Golden Flake Chips and other snack food companies is accelerating its push to become one of the giants in the potato chips-pretzels-crackers business, where national rivals such as Pepsico’s Frito-Lay and Snyder’s-Lance have been buying up local plants, consolidating brands, and streamlining distribution to cut labor and boost profits".

Their ambitions has destroyed some great companies and products, plus cost consumers choices of products they loved for generations. If UTZ Quality Foods really want to become a respected giant in the snack industry, they should continue making and promoting ALL of the products they purchased and make sure they are carried in stores.

If you agree, please sign this petition to send a message to UTZ Quality Foods, that you want them to put great products like Golden Flake Sweet Heat Barbecue Chips and Zapp’s Jalapeno Chips back on the shelves

You can use UTZ contact page to tell them what you think by sending them a email or calling them on the phone https://www.utzsnacks.com/pages/general-inquiries