![]() Today, a family-sized 150g bag will set you back around $2.30. Back then you could buy a packet for ninepence. Soon, there were more flavours: Ready Salted, Salt and Vinegar and Chicken - and all these years on they are still the big three. The canny businessman began selling popcorn and later plain potato chips to the crowds at Auckland's Western Springs Speedway. New Zealand's first chip factory, Bluebird, is celebrating 60 years in the business - and things have come a long way from founder Les Saussey's early days. ![]() Meanwhile, back in Auckland, the Kiwi love affair with potato chips has begun. Americans can now buy colour television sets and Sir Edmund Hillary has knocked the bastard off. The first James Bond book has just been published, so has the first issue of Playboy. CRUNCHY: Bluebird operations manager Tony Patton on the production line.
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