Fredrick Baur came up with a cult bank for Pringles chips and was so proud of his creation that he wished that his ashes were buried in it. IA EAOMEDIA tells how the family performed the unusual will of the inventor.
Baur, invented this jar in 1966 and it became a real breakthrough: the chips no longer broke, as in ordinary packages, and remained fresh longer. It was his brainchild, his pride. And when he died in 2008 at the age of 89, his children decided to respect his father's request. Part of the dust of Fredrick was placed in the Pringles jar with the original taste – no “barbecue” or “sour cream with onions”, only a classic. The rest of the dust was divided between the traditional urn, which was also buried in the grave, and another was given to the grandson.
“When dad in the 80s first spoke of such a burial, I thought he was joking,” his son Larry recalled in an interview. But Baur was serious. On the way to the funeral bureau, the family drove to the store to buy a bank. They even argued what taste to choose, but Larry insisted: only the original.
This story is not just a curiosity. She shows how much a person can be attached to his work. Baur not just created a package, he changed the world of snacks, and his bank still remains cult.
