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Feeling Chipper: Peter Margie is up to his nose in potato chips. And he hopes to cash in on our love of the confection.
Feeling Chipper: Peter Margie is up to his nose in potato chips. And he hopes to cash in on our love of the confection.

Feeling Chipper: Peter Margie is up to his nose in potato chips. And he hopes to cash in on our love of the confection.

Date2/23/1989
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130465F
When the chips are down: Potato chips manufacturer Peter Margie says high potato prices set by marketing boards, higher production costs and duties make it difficult for him to compete against the Americans
When the chips are down: Potato chips manufacturer Peter Margie says high potato prices set by marketing boards, higher production costs and duties make it difficult for him to compete against the Americans
11/1/1991
Fish 'n chips defy trend, Ron Bruce: Hand-cuts up to 150 pounds of potatoes a day, Ron Bruce is one of a vanishing breed, the English fish 'n chips man.
Fish 'n chips defy trend, Ron Bruce: Hand-cuts up to 150 pounds of potatoes a day, Ron Bruce is one of a vanishing breed, the English fish 'n chips man.
11/22/1978
On welfare and without money to buy food for herself and her husband, Dave, Catherine Thibodeau of Weston asked pizza parlor owner Paul Heisler for a pizza on credit, instead he brought them fish and chips and offered Thibodeau a job
On welfare and without money to buy food for herself and her husband, Dave, Catherine Thibodeau of Weston asked pizza parlor owner Paul Heisler for a pizza on credit, instead he brought them fish and chips and offered Thibodeau a job
11/13/1974
Junk food addict: Terrilyn Joe walks through the CITY - TV newsroom eating junk food - pop, potato chips, and chocolate
Junk food addict: Terrilyn Joe walks through the CITY - TV newsroom eating junk food - pop, potato chips, and chocolate
1/22/1985
Lipton: From Harvard Business School to fish and chips
Lipton: From Harvard Business School to fish and chips
5/3/1979
Now what? Ivan Steiner of Mr. Fish and Chips
Now what? Ivan Steiner of Mr. Fish and Chips
1/20/1981
Cash needed: Don Warden, left, new president of the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs, and secretary Bill Brown say the province must chip in its share.
Cash needed: Don Warden, left, new president of the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs, and secretary Bill Brown say the province must chip in its share.
5/8/1991
Denis Bouchard, above, looks like a movie star with nostalgic tastes. At his salon on Carlton St. he wears army fatigues, a Viyella shirt and black leather nose-pickers from Courage My Love.
Denis Bouchard, above, looks like a movie star with nostalgic tastes. At his salon on Carlton St. he wears army fatigues, a Viyella shirt and black leather nose-pickers from Courage My Love.
3/18/1982
Stop the upward spiral of our taxes is the rallying that George McLean, 45, executive director of the Canadian Taxpayers Association, hopes will spur Canada's little taxpayers to join his organization
Stop the upward spiral of our taxes is the rallying that George McLean, 45, executive director of the Canadian Taxpayers Association, hopes will spur Canada's little taxpayers to join his organization
7/27/1978
Batter up. Dave Johnston's daughters Stacey, foreground, and Katie enjoy his famous fish and chips
Batter up. Dave Johnston's daughters Stacey, foreground, and Katie enjoy his famous fish and chips
7/15/1992
And that's a lot of Lettuce, Young lettuce for the salad bowls of Metro is tilled by Chip Rupke, of Chip's Gardens in the Holland Marsh, riding his tr(...)
And that's a lot of Lettuce, Young lettuce for the salad bowls of Metro is tilled by Chip Rupke, of Chip's Gardens in the Holland Marsh, riding his tr(...)
7/11/1974
Peter Margie
Peter Margie
12/3/1993