The Whole Shabang

The Whole Shabang is a brand of seasoned snacks made by the Keefe Group, a company that specializes in serving the prison population.

A spinoff of the Keefe Group's Moon Lodge potato chips, The Whole Shabang has garnered a cult following among former inmates as well as those who have never been incarcerated due to positive word-of-mouth, leading the company to sell them to the general public.

The flavor is often described as a hybrid between salt & vinegar and barbecue potato chips sold in more mainstream retail channels, known in Canada as all-dressed.

However, ex-inmates began looking for the product once released from prison but could not find it, leading to a grey market for The Whole Shabang through e-commerce sites such as eBay.

[2] By 2016, however, demand from ex-inmates—including those who served as little as 60 days in a county jail as well as prison visitors—prompted Keefe to spin off The Whole Shabang from their Moon Lodge line and offer them online to the general public.