Not far from Lancaster, you'll pass horse and buggies driving nearby Route 272. Kids seem to enjoy the goofy movie at the beginning of the tour about Chipper, Herr's stuffed mascot with a propensity to fall into the food. What's amazing about this place, though, is that you can run such a large factory with so few people. Every once in a while, you'll see a machine operator wander through a room, but, for the most part, the spuds and pretzel dough are on their own. Of course, Malaysians would also have a problem getting fresh potato chips to us here in New Jersey.
Prices are reasonable, and the dining room clean and pleasant.
It's kind of interesting to see how people are drawn to the collection of traditional plastic gift shop items versus actually picking up a free pamphlet of wisdom promoted by a couple of people who have erected a mammoth private enterprise. During our second trip to the factory, I was glad to see that there were a number of takers for the book. The way they get potatoes out of trucks by picking up and dumping the entire tractor trailer. The drive is about 1.5 to 2 hours one way. Stay open on Saturday.