I bet they don’t even do this shit in pittsburg:
Feud between two rival potato chip distributors in Syracuse gets physical
Syracuse, NY – Richard Stackiewicz and Raymond Auringer, rival potato chip distributors in Syracuse, deliver to shops on Syracuse’s southwest side week after week.
Sometimes it gets nasty. One guy might crush his rival’s chips, slice open bags, hide them behind his own brand or move his rival’s chips to a less-conspicuous spot. Each blames the other for the bad blood. Depending on who’s talking, the bitterness goes back anywhere from years to decades.
Stackiewicz, 69, delivers Bon Ton chips and snacks, made by Hanover Foods in Pennsylvania. Auringer, 56, delivers snacks made and sold through Terrell’s in Syracuse.
Stackiewicz has been delivering chips 42 years. His father did it more than 30. His son’s been doing it for 25, and his grandson for four. Auringer’s been delivering for 11.
Auringer said he first encountered Stackiewicz 40 years ago at his parents’ grocery store in Central Square. There was a fight over billing, and Stackiewicz stopped delivering there.
A few years ago at Nojaims grocery on Gifford Street, Stackiewicz’s son got into a nasty argument with Auringer. They disagree on who was at fault.
Nov. 9, their rivalry took a dark turn. At Midland Discount Market, Stackiewicz was on his knees stocking 25-cent bags of chips on a shelf when Auringer came up behind him, jumped on him and began punching, a police report says. A store video recorded it at 1:35 p.m.
“The next time I’ll put you in the hospital,” Auringer said, according to a Syracuse police report.
Stackiewicz had a small cut and bruise near his right eye but refused treatment.
Auringer admits attacking Stackiewicz. He says he’d been making his rounds at Syracuse stores and “had done absolutely no business.”
His chip displays had been trashed, he says, bags broken or cut open, chips crushed. Anyone might have done it, but to him only one person could be responsible.
“I’d gone to four stores and spent over an hour just cleaning my racks from him smashing them around,” Auringer said. “Then I walk in the fifth store and there he is. It’s like God gave me a gift. I just went crazy on him.”
Stackiewicz filed a harassment complaint with the police. Auringer was issued a summons to appear in court last week.
At Midland Discount Market recently, manager Majid Saleh brought out potato chip bags of two brands – the Bon Ton that Stackiewicz delivers and the Terrell’s that Auringer delivers. One was crushed. The other was torn open.
“Every week, they both do it,” Saleh said. “No other vendors. Just them. I think they don’t like each other. That’s the whole story.”