Maybe because there's a thriving restaurant industry in the USA, and that's where all the expensive eaters go? If I want "good chips", I know a few local resta

Maybe because there's a thriving restaurant industry in the USA, and that's where all the expensive eaters go? If I want "good chips", I know a few local restaurants close by me that hand-cut and self-season those chips... and I get the piping hot and fresh. The restaurant has their own salt-mix that they use, so they're also uniquely seasoned. ---------- Prepackaged food is looked down upon right now. Its "not in-vogue". Why would anyone spend time experimenting with tastes in the prepackaged format right now? If someone were to try to build "a new taste", its probably better to buy up 3 or 4 food trucks and spread that food around locally instead. That's where the "experimental food culture" is in my town anyway, at food-truck meetups.