Chips en Snacks uit het Verenigd Koninkrijk

september 06, 2007

Walkers shuns TV for DM in £3m campaign for SunBites

Walkers Snacks is shunning television in favour of a sampling and direct mail campaign that will target health professionals, as well as consumers, for the £3m launch of its new SunBites brand. The wholegrain crisps will be launched on September 17. ...

september 01, 2007

Walkers launch of the year: wholegrain Sunbites

Walkers is launching its first ever wholegrain snack, Sunbites. Targeting consumer looking for ‘better for you’ products, Sunbites are made with whole wheat, oats and corn. Each bag contains around a third of the suggested daily amount of wholegrains...

augustus 22, 2007

Estudio: Marcas que ofrecen comida más sana mejoran las ventas

El estudio, realizado por la agencia TNS Worldpanel y la revista "Marketing,” concluye que hay varios ejemplos de crecimiento empresarial después de la introducción de productos más sanos (...) Marcas como los cereales Kellogg's, o las papas Walk...

A picture of Tadesz Kantor's Panoramic Sea Happening

augustus 18, 2007

Picture on Tyrrell's chips raises criticism

Historians of literature criticise the British company Tyrrells for placing a picture from Tadesz Kantor’s Panoramic Sea Happening on a packet of crisps. The photograph by Eustachy Kossakowski was taken during the Sea Concert, the first part of Kanto...

augustus 13, 2007

Chips face 'monster price hike'

Prices of potato crisps, margarine, bakery goods, frozen chips and other foods could be set to jump, due to rising costs of a key ingredient.The cost of sunflower oil has risen to a 20-year high and looks likely to climb higher, because of poor growin...

augustus 05, 2007

Rodent-infested plantain crisps factory in the UK shut down

A rodent-infested [plantain] crisp factory in Tottenham, north London, has been closed down and batches of its product urgently recalled after mice [rat] droppings were found throughout the premises. BMAC Food Processing Ltd was visited by environmenta...

augustus 03, 2007

British Floods also affect Tyrrell's Potato Chips

One of UK's favourite crisp makers, Tyrrells Potato Chips, could not escape damage. Its potato crops, grown near Leominster, were under inches of water as torrential rain swept across the region. The company, which provides products to more than 4,000 ...

augustus 01, 2007

Walkers apologises if crisp packets cause offence to flood-stricken potato growers

Chips company Walkers has apologised for the wording on the back of its packets, which it admits could cause offence to farmers because of the current flooding crisis. Currently chips packets carry the message: “Muddy Good Potatoes! Everyone complains...

juli 20, 2007

National Farmers Union welcomes Walkers committment to use 100% British potatoes

NFU President Peter Kendall has welcomed the move by Walkers Snackfoods, which is a reaction to customer comments on the sourcing of its ingredients. Reducing the company's food miles and carbon footprint was also part of the decision. Peter Kendall sa...

juli 20, 2007

Seagull becomes crisp shoplifter

A seagull has turned shoplifter by wandering into a shop and helping itself to crisps. The bird walks into the RS McColl newsagents in Aberdeen when the door is open and makes off with cheese Doritos. The seagull, nicknamed Sam, has now become so popu...