Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company is owned and operated by the Albright family.  Albright Farms is a family owned 4th generation company that started in the early 1920s.  Aubrey Albright was a shoe maker by trade but worked on a farm in Windsor, NB owned by Milton Hallet, who was away working in another profession.  In 1929, when the Hallets moved home, Aubrey Albright bought the farm where we still operate today in Jacksonville, NB. 

A few years later Aubrey purchased a farm in Victoria Corner, NB and moved there, but farmed both areas.  Aubrey had three sons: Lorne, Dalton, and Willis.  In 1949, at the age of 25, Lorne moved to the Jacksonville farm with his wife, Helen. 

Aubrey never drove a tractor and only had horses.  In the mid 1940s they purchased their first tractor, a Massey 102 junior and a 30 Massey a couple years later.  Aubrey and Lorne continued farming together until 1954 when Lorne purchased the Jacksonville farm.  Lorne had pigs, chickens, cattle, and 30 acres of potatoes.  After storing potatoes for years in the basement of their house, he decided to build his first potato house in 1954, which held 4000 barrels of potatoes.

Willis Albright stayed and worked with Aubrey on the farm in Victoria Corner and Dalton Albright purchased a farm in Simonds, NB.  After years of picking potatoes by hand in barrels, Lorne decided to buy their first potato harvester in 1971. Lorne had two sons, Robert and Wayne.  They all farmed together in Jacksonville and expanded a little every year.  They formed Albright Farms Ltd. in 1986. 

Wayne Albright had two sons, Ryan and Matthew.  Robert Albright had one son, Shaun.  In 2004, Ryan, Matthew, and Shaun formed Carleton Country Spud Distributors Ltd. to help sell and distribute their own potatoes and other locally grown potatoes to customers throughout the United States and Canada.  In 2006, the three partners formed Albright Farms Inc. and purchased the family farm from Lorne, Wayne, and Robert.  The company now grows 500 acres of potatoes and 550 acres of grain and oil seeds. 

The company has come a long way since 1929 and embraces change and new technology.  It took two full years to complete the Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company project and the Albright family is excited to carry on old traditions with their potato chips.
Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company is an old-fashioned kettle-cooked chip company.  Every batch is cooked the traditional way, with care, one at a time, to ensure the best flavor and texture. Then mouth-watering seasonings are added to result in a tasty chip with a crunch that will keep you coming back for more. We also have high quality standards and undertake quality control efforts often so that you only get the best ingredients and best bite for your buck.

Located along the Saint John River Valley,

Covered Bridge Potato Chips is in the heart of

potato country-the perfect spot for making chips.

The factory is in Hartland, New Brunswick, which is also the home of the world’s longest covered bridge.  Every year, thousands of tourists stop by this little town to see the engineering wonder.  So why not also stop by the potato chip factory where you can discover and watch how potato chips are made and sample them hot off the line with any seasoning you desire.  Educational videos and displays also provide you with insight into some interesting facts about New Brunswick agriculture and the history of potato chips.  You can also find out more about the fascinating history of the Hartland Covered Bridge and, afterwards, visit the gift shop where you can buy products from our company and local merchants.