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Jays Foods

CTL-I-0054 · Institution

VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

Combined Graph record U-00537 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-I-0054. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Chicago snack company

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Chicago snack company

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The Made-in-Chicago Museum (tier 3 local-history museum, drawing on Chicago Tribune reporting) documents "Jays Foods Inc., est. 1927", with its artifact record "Made By: Jays Foods, Inc., 825 E. 99th Street, Chicago, IL [Pullman]", founded by Leonard Japp - a Chicago snack (potato chip) company whose 99th Street plant operated for roughly 50 years - establishing the stored "Chicago snack company" claim. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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