Fritos brand corn chips was created in 1932 by Charles E. Doolin of San Antonio, Texas. Due to improvements in technology, production of Fritos corn chips increased from ten pounds to 100 pounds by 1933. With the company's move to Dallas in 1937, it opened a research and development lab and introduced new products. After Doolin's death in 1959, The Frito Company produced over forty products, had plants in eighteen cities, employed over 3,000 people, and had sales in 1958 in excess of $50 million. In 1965, The Frito Company and H.W. Lay & Company joined to become Frito-Lay, Inc., which in turn merged with PepsiCo, Inc. Frito-Lay created new snack foods like its most popular, Doritos, in 1966, Funyuns in 1969, and Munchos in 1971. More on the complete Fritos history here.
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