Smiths (snack foods)

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Smith's, known as Smiths in the United Kingdom, is a snack food brand owned by PepsiCo, best known for its brand of potato crisps. In the United Kingdom, where the business initially started, it is now a sub-brand made by PepsiCo subsidiary Walkers Snack Foods, while in Australia, The Smith's Snackfood Company is the PepsiCo subsidiary that manufacturers and sells its crisp products. The company was founded in the United Kingdom in 1920 by Frank Smith and Jim Viney, originally packaging a twist of salt with its crisps in greaseproof paper bags which were sold around London. Incorporated as a private limited company in 1930, Smith's became the dominant brand of crisps in Britain and remained so until the 1960s when Golden Wonder took over with Cheese & Onion, Smith's countered by creating Salt & Vinegar flavour (first tested by their north-east England subsidiary Tudor) which was launched nationally in 1967. Smith's came under the same owners as Walkers in 1982, when Nabisco purchased the...

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