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The Walkers family sold the business in 1970 to American food producer, Standard Brands. [11] In 1989, Walkers was acquired by PepsiCo, owners of US snack brand Frito-Lay. [12] [13] The Walkers factory in Leicester, the largest crisp production plant in the world, produces over 11 million bags of crisps per day, using about 800 tons of potatoes.
This is a list of brand name snack foods. A snack or snack food is a portion of food often much smaller than a regular meal , generally eaten between meals. [ 1 ] Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged and processed foods and items made from fresh ingredients at home.
The product remained under the Smiths brand years after its fellow products Quavers and Monster Munch were moved to the Walkers brand. In January 2001, Walkers announced to relaunch Square, and would transition it from the Smiths brand to the Walkers brand. [4] The name of the crisps was changed to Squares shortly afterward. [5]
In June 2023, a "Wotsits Really Cheesy" flavour of Walkers Crisps was released for a limited time only. [22] In March 2024, the Flamin' Hot flavour for all Wotsits varieties was renamed to "Sweet and Spicy Flamin' Hot" to avoid confusion with Walkers' "Extra Flamin' Hot" brand, of which a new Wotsits Crunchy flavour was released for the range. [23]
In the United Kingdom, Walkers makes crisps with popular flavours as Prawn Cocktail, Beef and Onion, Roast Chicken, Smoky Bacon, Worcester Sauce, Pickled Onion, and Tomato Ketchup, [56] [57] and exotic flavors Thai sweet chili, roast pork and creamy mustard sauce, chicken with Italian herbs, Spicy Sriracha, BBQ Pulled Pork, sea salt and cider ...
In February 2007, Walkers announced they would relaunch their snack range, including Monster Munch. The relaunch reflected the addition of Sunseed Oil to the product, similar to the refresh of the main Walkers Crisps range the year prior. [16] The Multipack bags were in a different layout, being in Landscape style.
Walker's Shortbread Ltd. (formerly Walkers) is a Scottish manufacturer of shortbread, biscuits, cookies, and crackers. The shortbread is baked in the Moray village of Aberlour, following a recipe developed by Joseph Walker in 1898. The company is one of Scotland's biggest exporters of food, [2] [3] and employs over 1,200 people. [4]
The company was named after the Golden Wonder potato, which Alexander believed to be the best for making crisps. [2] In 1952, the company moved to a purpose-built factory in Sighthill. The company was bought by Imperial Tobacco in 1961. [3] By early 1960s, it was manufacturing crisps at three further sites, at Broxburn, Widnes and Corby. [2]