Lay’s is an American potato-chip brand founded by Herman W. Lay.
Lay’s is an American potato chip brand founded in 1932 by Herman W. Lay, who began selling chips from the trunk of his car in Nashville, Tennessee.
The company was formally incorporated as H.W. Lay & Company in 1939, shortened to Lay’s Potato Chips in 1944, and became the first snack brand to advertise on television with its mascot “Oscar the Happy Potato.
