Some of the food vendors at the Minnesota State Fair have been here for decades, and so have their workers.

Fresh French Fries has two locations. Their core group at the Midway have become lifers.

Many of them have been working all 12 days of the Fair for 20 or 30 years or more.

Workers have even fallen in love during that time.

"We go through about 400,000 pounds of potatoes a year," said Dan Wozniak. "We try and do one thing and do it really, really well."

Fresh French Fries is all about potatoes, oil and salt. Simple ingredients with tasty results.

But they also might have the recipe for building life-long friendships.

"I take two weeks off, yep, to be here, every year," said Andrea Griffin. "People are constantly baffled at work."

Griffin began working at the stand as she was s

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