In 1926, Laura Scudder (who owned a potato chip factory in Monterey Park, California) invented a wax paper potato chip bag to keep the chips fresh and crunchy.

When did chips start coming in bags?

In the 1920s, Laura Scudder, an entrepreneur in Monterey Park, California, started having her workers take home sheets of wax paper to iron into the form of bags, which were filled with chips at her factory the next day.

Was the potato chip an accident?

Would you believe it was an accident? It's true! Potato chips were accidentally made in 1853. In the summer of 1853, George Crum was a chef.