East Midlands off the A428 in north Northampton. Butcher's Pet Care dog food (mostly own-label) is off the A428 at Crick (M1 junction 18). The crisp company Walkers (owned by PepsiCo and the UK's biggest grocery brand) makes 10 million bags of crisps a day, using 280,000 tonnes of potatoes a year, at the biggest crisp factory in the world at Beaumont Leys; next door Bradgate Bakery makes sandwiches, and nearby Walker & Sons make pies (Samworth Bros) at their Charnwood Bakery. Opposite the crisp factory at Beaumont Leys, Beaumont Park is PepsiCo's main research centre in the UK. Pork Farms is
Real Crisps Real Crisps Real Crisps are a crisp (potato chip) brand. The company was founded in 1997, and expanded over the following decade to become a business turning over £15 million a year. In 2007, it was purchased by the Northern Ireland based crisp manufacturer Tayto. In 2012, a fire caused the destruction of the Real Crisp factory in Crumlin, Caerphilly. There are a range of flavours produced, and the company ran a limited edition political themed range prior to the United Kingdom general election, 2010. Real Crisps was founded in 1997, with the intention of manufacturing hand-cooked potato chip (crisps)