A look into local company who first sold taro chips commercially in Hawaii

HONOLULU () — The founder of Atebara's potato chips, Raymond Atebara, started this Hilo success story all from an idea he found in a magazine. Get ...

April 24, 2023
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HONOLULU () — The founder of Atebara's potato chips, Raymond Atebara, started this Hilo success story all from an idea he found in a magazine. Get news on the go with KHON 2GO , KHON's morning podcast, every morning at 8 Today's owner, Nimr Tamimi, talked to about how the business that is famous for its light textured crunchy potato chips, taro chips, sweet potato chips and shrimp chips started. Tamimi also told us why he took over and about the company's ups and downs. How Atebara's started Tamimi said Atebara was looking through a magazine when he came across equipment for making potato chips.

Cheyenne Sibley