Walkers (snack foods) establishing their own sunflower farms in Ukraine and Spain to be able to produce sufficient quantities of the oil. Walkers updated their packaging style in June 2007, moving to a brand identity reminiscent of the logo used from 1998–2006. Many of Walkers brands were formerly branded under the Smiths Crisps name. This comes from the time when Walkers, Smiths and Tudor Crisps were the three main brands of Nabisco's UK snack division, with Tudor being marketed mainly in the north of England and Walkers in the south. After the takeover by PepsiCo, the Tudor name was dropped, and the Smiths
Seabrook Potato Crisps is 75% owned by LDC (Lloyds Development Capital) and 25% by the Management Team - Jonathan Bye - CEO, Daniel Woodwards - COO, Jon Wood - Commercial Director and Paul Monk - Chairman. The company turnover in 2017 was approximately £28m per annum. In October 2018, Seabrook Crisps was acquired by the UK subsidiary of Japanese snack company, Calbee. Seabrook Potato Crisps Seabrook Crisps (often shortened to Seabrook's) is a UK brand of crisps produced in Bradford, England, by Seabrook Crisps Ltd. The company was founded in 1945 by Charles Brook, and the name arose because of an error in