The tortilla chips recently added to local grocery shelves would seem well-suited for those who prefer to buy local.

The product is “La Cocina De Josefina Mexican Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips,” and the sign in some stores says they’re made in Vancouver.

A closer look at the package reveals a business address of 4808 N.W. Fruit Valley Road. That’s the address of the manufacturing plant for Frito-Lay, a snack food industry giant whose products dominate the chips section of most grocery stores.

It turns out that Frito-Lay has launched the Josefina tortilla chips in Oregon, Washington and Idaho to test market acceptance of the thicker tortilla chips commonly offered in Mexican restaurants.

Across the Columbia in Hood River, Ore., Juanita’s Fine Foods president Luis Dominguez can’t help but feel that Frito-Lay is doing its test in the Northwest because of the remarkable popularity of his company’s restaurant-style tortilla chips.