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Back to the grocery store today for another food issue post. These nine cards from my collection are all from the nuts and chips aisle.

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1976 Crane Discs #69 Carl Yastrzemski (There are many different versions of these discs that were produced by MSA and distributed by various advertisers. This disc was distributed with Crane Potato Chips.)
1982 Cracker Jack #6 Mickey Mantle (Some food historians consider the molasses-flavored, caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts snack the first "junk food". Topps produced these standard size cards for Cracker Jack and they were originally distributed in two 8-card sheets at the Old Timers Baseball Classic held July 19, 1982. Cracker Jack, based in Chicago has been around since the late 1800s and has long been associated with baseball just like peanuts and that song about baseball, peanuts and Cracker Jack. )
1990 Sunflower Seeds #23 Cal Ripken (This set was issued by Stagi and Scriven Farms Inc. with the cooperation of MSA for Jumbo California Sunflower Seeds in an attempt by the company to promote sunflower seeds as an alternative to chewing tobacco in the dugout.)

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1954 Dan-Dee Reprints #22 Red Schoendienst (These cards were originally inserted directly into bags of Cleveland-based Dan-Dee Potato Chips in 1954 and therefore were subject to all the grease and oil from the chips staining them. Near Mint cards from this set are almost impossible to find. This is a reprint although I don't know what year it was issued. If anyone knows, please inform me.)
1992 Classic/Best Fisher Nuts #5 Chipper Jones (This set which mirrors the 1992 Classic/Best set was available only for a short time from Fisher Nuts for a certain amount of money along with proof of purchase. Fischer Nuts was based in St. Paul, Minnesota.)
1995 Eagle Ballpark Legends #1 Nolan Ryan (Upper Deck produced this nine-card standard-size set as part of a promotion for Eagle Ballpark Style Peanuts. The set could be obtained by sending in a cash register receipt as evidence for the purchase of two cans of Eagle Ballpark Style Peanuts and $1.00 to cover shipping and handling.)

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1997 Cracker Jack #5 Derek Jeter (This card is one of a 20-card set that was distributed inside boxes of Cracker Jack.)
2005 Giants Topps Emerald #GTS1 Barry Bonds (Emerald Nuts were produced by Diamond Foods Inc., a company based in San Francisco that specialized in snacks.)
2020 Topps Utz #8 Mookie Betts (For the second year in a row, Topps has produced a special line of cards for distribution in Utz Snack Packs throughout New England and the East Coast. Unlike the 2019 set which paralleled Topps flagship design, the 2020 cards have their own unique design and the card numbers are preceded with UTZ.)