Mordens’ of Winnipeg, Old Dutch marking big anniversaries [Video]

Two Manitoban snacking staples – Old Dutch Ltd. and Mordens’ are celebrating a combined 135 years in business in Winnipeg.

The potato chip company started in Minnesota and has been in the city for 70 years, while Mordens’ chocolates marks 65 years.

A can of Old Dutch potato chips. (Source: Cathy Laughlin/Etsy)

Blake and Shirley Morden first opened the chocolate shop in 1959. The original location was a small storefront on Portage Avenue, but it moved to its current location on Sargent Avenue soon after.

“A lot of things have stayed the same,” Mariel Morden-Miller, Mordens’ general manager, said, “Like the most popular product in the 1960s, is still the same today because those classic flavours endure.”

Morden-Miller is also the granddaughter of the store’s founders, and they’ve continued to learn as much as possible and create new recipes.

Though many things have changed over the last 65 years, some …