Tasty Chips from Plantain
TAMPA – If you like potato chips, do get Chifles Plantain chips the next time you are in Florida. They were created by Segundo Argudo, a native of Ecuador, where plantain chips are plentiful, and his wife Peggy in 1963.
Their family came to live in Tampa, including children Stefanie and Ricardo. The company had two plants and moved to their current location in 1972. Argudo died in January of 2000; Peggy Argudo is today president and CEO.
The plantains and cassavas are imported from Ecuador and Costa Rica where they are processed in the company’s 30 employee-facility and sold mostly in the New York region and Florida.
Plantain Products Company now manufactures and delivers Plantain Chips, Cassava Chips, Pork Rinds, Tortilla Chips and Plantain Soup Mix. See Chilfleschips.com
