knock out johnny Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I like to begin the evening with a pint and a packet of cheese and onion Walkers The last fortnight the crisps have been ultra thin and like eating baked paper. I thought it was either just me, or a rogue batch, but on speaking with a colleague at work, he stopped eating them a month ago for the same reason (his source is far removed from mine - lunch deal in the City's tesco as opposed to my working man;s club in the 'burbs). Anyone else notice? and if you have - wtf have they done? /first world problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XswampyX Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I'm still reeling from when they went from green (golden wonder) to blue (walkers). Who decided that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, XswampyX said: I'm still reeling from when they went from green (golden wonder) to blue (walkers). Who decided that? Don't you mean green (salt and vinegar) to blue (cheese and onion)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knock out johnny Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 4 minutes ago, XswampyX said: I'm still reeling from when they went from green (golden wonder) to blue (walkers). Who decided that? I thought that was a genius bit of marketing - going against the unwritten colour coding convention of crisp flavours of the two big players of the uk crisp scene - golden wonder and KP (and many other smaller players) I joke not - it's the first thing I noticed about the new upstart brand that was Walkers as a kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walton Goggins Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Walkers crisps have gone the way of Golden Wonder and Smiths - used to be excellent now just tasteless cardboard - even the Walkers Sensations - all the money is going to Lineker. The best cheese and onion are M & S - two bags for £3. The same fate has befallen Lion's Midget Gems, also under Maynard's, flavourless nothingness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canbuywontbuy Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 1 hour ago, XswampyX said: I'm still reeling from when they went from green (golden wonder) to blue (walkers). Who decided that? Absolutely. Green was the standard colour of cheese and onion no matter what the brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canbuywontbuy Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Walkers are too thin and irregularly shaped. And definitely not enough in each pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobloblob Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 5 hours ago, XswampyX said: I'm still reeling from when they went from green (golden wonder) to blue (walkers). Who decided that? I signed up to Yougov email alerts some time ago. I rarely bother to look when they say a new survey is available to fill in, but a couple of days ago I did just that and one of the questions was what colour packet you thought each of a list of flavours should be sold in. I'm a traditionalist on crisp matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 There should be a boycott of these with Lineker profiting from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I stopped buying them months ago......if I buy crisps I buy lidl, have noticed they have improved their crisps recently, they did go through a stage when the bags sometimes came apart allowing air in so every now and again got a soft crisps pack......Morrisons are OK too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveinHope Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Walkers weight and quality went 'ages ago' I thought. So another downturn can't be good. I'd never buy them. For snack crisps I like Seabrooks But you can't beat Cape Cod, Unfortunately, I've only seen them once in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunko2010 Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 haven't bought them in years. I prefer McCoy's or kettles - although the way they call them chips really annoys me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I'm pleased to say that I don't actually eat crisps any more; after a very bad stomach upset they had all the allure of a salted sliver of chipboard. I'm sure that I could eat them these days but given how bad they are for you and that I used to eat too many I'm not about to try to wean myself back onto them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neptune Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 5 hours ago, canbuywontbuy said: Absolutely. Green was the standard colour of cheese and onion no matter what the brand. Red .....ready salted Green . Cheese and onion Blue ...salt andv vinegar Pink ......prawn cocktail Orangeybrown.......roast chicken Dark brown .....beef Purple......smokey bacon/ worcester sauce Global standard right there. WHY did they f8ck with it. What happened to Golden Wonder anyway.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John The Pessimist Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Tayto cheese & onion crisps are the best in the world! You have to look hard to find them and stockpile when you do find a shop selling them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpewLabour Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 For me it was the change in Twiglets that I noticed the most. You used to get them in boxes, and they were much longer and tasted so much better... ah well. Oh and bring back Spangles too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Been eating Smokey Bacon since the 60s. Not in UK so can't check but it sounds like another staple has gone to the great snack bar in the sky. Edit: Actually I think I have tried the new ones. My wife bought a large bag of Smokey Bacon crisps before we left, it contained six "mouthful sized bags" and although they tasted okay they did seem a bit thinner than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilf Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 11 minutes ago, Neptune said: Red .....ready salted Green . Cheese and onion Blue ...salt andv vinegar Pink ......prawn cocktail Orangeybrown.......roast chicken Dark brown .....beef Purple......smokey bacon/ worcester sauce Global standard right there. WHY did they f8ck with it. What happened to Golden Wonder anyway.? Nope, Red for Ready Salted was a Walkers thing. It was always light blue for Salt and Vinegar and Dark Blue for Ready Salted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neptune Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, gilf said: Nope, Red for Ready Salted was a Walkers thing. It was always light blue for Salt and Vinegar and Dark Blue for Ready Salted Thats brought a memory back. Are those bags from your own personel collection. They must be worth something. I guess Ive accepted the colour red. It seemed to make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neptune Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 14 minutes ago, John The Pessimist said: Tayto cheese & onion crisps are the best in the world! You have to look hard to find them and stockpile when you do find a shop selling them. Which ones the papist ones or the proddy ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilf Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Just now, Neptune said: Thats brought a memory back. Are those bags from your own personel collection. They must be worth something. I guess Ive accepted the colour red. It seemed to make sense. Haha - No, just from google image search, brought back a lot of memories for me too doing that, loads of great "crips" back in the 80's. To be fair once walkers were established it seems many people followed with the Red convention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John The Pessimist Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Just now, Neptune said: Which ones the papist ones or the proddy ones. Papist of course, the Norn Iron ones are a poor imitation..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilf Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 15 minutes ago, John The Pessimist said: Tayto cheese & onion crisps are the best in the world! You have to look hard to find them and stockpile when you do find a shop selling them. Maybe a London thing (or specific to where I live) but you can get Tayto in loads of places here, particularly the Cheese and Onion ones. Most super markets have them and loads of the pubs, 4-5 years ago it was just the Irish pubs but they have become far more common now. Personally I don't think they are that great but certainly better than what Walkers have become. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpewLabour Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Now you're talking....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Go for Seabrooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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