When lunch needs a crisp, salty side, Great Lakes Potato Chip Co. makes kettle-cooked potato chips, including its Original flavor. Its story began in 2009, when Ed and Chris Girrbach began turning Michigan potatoes into chips.

At the start, father and son Ed and Chris worked with a harvest of Michigan potatoes and drove them to a small plant outside Traverse City. The Original chips are sliced thick with the skin on, then cooked in small batches in sunflower and/or canola oil and seasoned with sea salt.

Set them beside a sandwich or a bowl of soup for an easy lunch, or put a few in a snack bowl between meals. Their simple salty crunch also fits a no-fuss picnic plate.