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How potatoes from Lower Saxony become ‘Snack Pata’ crisps from Lombardy. A nail-biting crime thriller – now for some crisps! Nice and cosy on the sofa – fetch the crisps! With an aperitif, at a party, a quick snack… it’s time for some crisps! Remo Gobbi set up his ‘Snack Pata’ company to make the product everyone loves in the city of Medole in Lombardy in 1981. The potato crisps manufacturer grew rapidly and soon moved to Castiglione della Stiviere, not far from Lake Garda. Over 300 employees work here today to produce crisps and snacks. What are they made from? From potatoes grown in Lower Saxony. Time for a logistics chain that can really deliver. It starts in the fields of the Sandering estate in Helmsloh in the district of Diepholz, situated more or less midway between Bremen and Osnabrück. The potato harvest is in full swing here. Operations…