Walkers

Walkers Snack Foods Limited, trading as Walkers, is a British snack food manufacturer operating in the Great Britain and Ireland markets. The company manufactures potato crisps and snack foods both under its own brand and others, and are the largest crisp manufacturer in Britain. Walkers was founded in 1948 in Leicester, England, by Henry Walker. The Walkers family sold the business in 1970 to American food producer Standard Brands. Since 1989, Walkers has been under ownership of PepsiCo, owners of US snack brand Frito-Lay.