Granny Goose is an American brand of potato chips and other snack foods.
In 1993, the company acquired the Laura Scudder brand from Borden, Inc., but due to intense competition from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay and Anheuser-Busch's Eagle Snacks could not make a profit, so the entire company was put up for sale in 1995.
[2] The Granny Goose potato chip line is produced by Shearer's Foods under license from Snak King.
[citation needed] In 2008, Universal Robina Corporation acquired the Granny Goose snack business of GMC.
In a series of television commercials first aired in the 1960s, the company's spokesperson, who self-identified as "Granny Goose", was portrayed by actor Philip Carey as an ultra-masculine tough guy, depicted in the commercials as such manly stereotypes as a cowboy or a James Bond-style spy.