Talk:The Smith's Snackfood Company

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[edit] Why?

why are you guys all so mean to australia, and only think about your selves? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.245.214.138 (talk) 06:08, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Australian-centric

Smiths were a major brand in the UK for a long time, and Walkers only recently sidelined the brand. It's still in use here occasionally.

The article makes it sound like everything related to them happened in Australia. Fourohfour 15:14, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. "The Smith's Snackfood Company is a company best known for producing and selling a range of snack food such as crisps/chips in Australia" might be true in Australia, but here in England they're a company best known for producing and selling a range of snack foods such as crisps. Full stop. :P --Dreaded Walrus t c 18:31, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

It seems to be catching - see page 3 of [1] from a UK museum - I wonder which was written first? However given that the title of this page is "The Smith's Snackfood Company" rather than "Smiths Crisps" perhaps it is accurate? Most familiar brands seem to have a very convoluted history once they are picked up and kicked around by the global mega corporations. Pterre 11:14, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Walkers

Does anyone know why Walkers killed the Smiths brand in the UK? They kept the brand going for many years, but recently removed the Smiths name from everything, even the "Salt 'n' Shake" crisps which were Smiths' signature product. 217.34.39.123 13:39, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

See [2] for some history. Presumably Pepsico just 'rationlised their brand portfolio' having bet all their marketing budget on Gary Linker. Pterre 11:58, 11 October 2007 (UTC)