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- 1Croky chips brand traces its origins to a family parrot●Het merk Croky zag het levenslicht in 1966 in Nieuwkerke, toen de West-Vlaamse familie van hoteluitbaters Huyghe op het
The Croky chips brand was founded in 1966 in Nieuwkerke, West Flanders, when the Huyghe family, who ran a hotel, decided to start selling crisps. They named the company in tribute to their parrot, which had just died, and the bird became the brand's mascot. The story is being shared as a piece of Belgian brand trivia.