Tudor Crisps
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Tudor Crisps were launched and produced in the city of Sunderland, North East England in 1947. In 1961 they were purchased by Smiths Crisps.
The brand focussed on more unusual choices of flavour over the years including tomato ketchup, pickled onion, fried onion, fried tomato & bacon, and kipper.
Sales of the potato snack soared on the back of the ‘canny bag of Tudor crisps’ catch-line. The memorable 70s ads featured a paper boy, bribed with a ‘canny bag of Tudor’ to brave delivering his papers to a decrepit tower block.
In the 1980s the ads gave cult status to their star Allen Mechen, who played the adult paperboy who returned as a successful and wealthy man, boasting a Rolls Royce and his bag of Tudor crisps. The shopkeeper was played by Kenny Williams.
Later the company merged with Walkers in the early nineties.
Tudor Crisps stopped being sold in 2003 when Walkers decided to focus on its core crisp range.
Smiths were also later phased out.
Walkers is now part of the international drinks giant Pepsico.
[edit] Product lines
[edit] Flavours
- Ready Salted
- Cheese and Onion
- Salt and Vinegar
- Roast Chicken
- Tomato Sauce
- Roast Lamb and Mint Sauce
- Pickled Onion
- Hot Dog & Mustard
- Smoky Bacon
- Turkey & Stuffing
- Pork & Apple
- Roast Beef & Pickle
- Fried Tomato & Bacon
- Kipper
- Curry
- Fried Onion
- Gammon
- Beef-e
- Brown Sauce
- Spring Onion
- And don't forget the short lived Chocolate crisps and Hedgehog flavour!
