Walkers Snack Foods: version 1
Saved 2026-09-27 03:59 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: New page for Walkers Ready Salted Crisps 6 × 25 g (5000328376677), from the wanted list. Identity confirmed by Open Food Facts, the One Stop data sheet 386519 and Dee Bee Wholesale record 200734, whic. This is the current version.
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# Walkers Snack Foods <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Walkers Snack Foods
summary: British crisp and snack maker trading as Walkers, incorporated in 1989, with its main factory in Leicester; a PepsiCo subsidiary.
legal_name: Walkers Snack Foods Limited
registered_address: 7th Floor 1 Station Hill Square, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom, RG1 1LN
country: GB
website: https://www.walkers.co.uk
register_ids: GB-CH:02333074
gs1_prefixes_inferred: 5000328
founded: 1989-01-09
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ------------------------ | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/pepsico-holdings | | 2016-04-06 | | | sourced | ^ch-wsf-psc | Person with significant control, 75% or more of shares and votes; `from` is the notified date. |
| parent_org | company/pepsico | | | | | sourced | ^ch-ph-psc | Pepsico Inc is the person with significant control of Pepsico Holdings. |
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## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind | address | country | source | note |
| ---- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| | office | 7th Floor 1 Station Hill Square, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1LN | GB | ^ch-wsf | Registered office. |
| | office | PO Box 23, Leicester, LE4 8ZU | GB | ^onestop | Consumer-care address printed on Walkers packs. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Walkers Snack Foods Limited | legal | en | 1999-04-23 | |
| Walkers Smiths Snack Foods Limited | legal | en | 1995-01-01 | 1999-04-23 |
| Walkers Crisps Holdings Limited | legal | en | 1992-11-04 | 1995-01-01 |
| Precis (679) Limited | legal | en | 1989-01-09 | 1989-06-06 |
| Walkers Snack Foods Ltd. | name | en | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| onestop | https://www.onestop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Walkers-Ready-Salted-Multipack-Crisps-6x25g-386519.pdf | Walkers Ready Salted Multipack Crisps 6x25g, product data sheet 386519 | 2026-09-27 | One Stop Stores | retailer | 2022-09-29 | 386519 | EAN, ingredients, allergens, nutrition, consumer-care block | | | |
| offblock | https://search.openfoodfacts.org/search?q=code:5000328* | Open Food Facts search: products whose barcode begins 5000328 | 2026-09-27 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | | 686 records; the first 30 read on 2026-09-27 | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkers_(snack_foods) | Walkers (snack foods) | 2026-09-27 | Wikipedia | publication | | | Lead section | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
| ch-wsf | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02333074 | WALKERS SNACK FOODS LIMITED, company 02333074 | 2026-09-27 | Companies House | registry | | 02333074 | Registered office, incorporation date, previous company names | | | |
| ch-wsf-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02333074/persons-with-significant-control | WALKERS SNACK FOODS LIMITED persons with significant control | 2026-09-27 | Companies House | registry | | 02333074 | Pepsico Holdings, notified 6 April 2016, 75% or more | | | |
| ch-ph-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01516531/persons-with-significant-control | PEPSICO HOLDINGS persons with significant control | 2026-09-27 | Companies House | registry | | 01516531 | Pepsico Inc, notified 6 April 2016, 75% or more | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Walkers Snack Foods Limited, trading as Walkers, is a British maker of potato crisps and snacks for Great Britain and Ireland; Wikipedia calls it the largest crisp manufacturer in Britain and its Leicester factory the largest crisp plant in the world.[^wiki] Besides Walkers crisps it makes Quavers, Sensations, Wotsits, Monster Munch and Doritos.[^wiki] Walkers packs name it as manufacturer, with a consumer-care address at PO Box 23, Leicester.[^onestop]
The company was incorporated in England on 9 January 1989. It was named Precis (679) Limited at first, then Walkers Crisps Holdings Limited from 1992 and Walkers Smiths Snack Foods Limited from 1995, and took its present name in 1999; its registered office is in Reading.[^ch-wsf] Since the register began recording control in April 2016, its person with significant control has been Pepsico Holdings, which is in turn controlled by PepsiCo, Inc.[^ch-wsf-psc][^ch-ph-psc] The company prefix 5000328 is inferred as its own: the named brands in the first 30 Open Food Facts records under 5000328 read on 2026-09-27 (Walkers, Doritos, Quavers, Wotsits, Frazzles, Sensations and Off The Eaten Path) are all Walkers-made lines.[^offblock][^wiki]
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