Walkers (snack foods) Walkers (snack foods) Walkers is a British snack food manufacturer mainly operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Walkers was founded in 1948 in Leicester, England by Henry Walker, and in 1989 was acquired by Lay's owner, Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo. They are best known for manufacturing potato crisps, and other, non-potato-based snack foods. It holds 56 percent of the British crisps market.<ref name="bbc.co.uk/food"></ref> The Walkers site in Leicester is the largest crisp production plant in the world, producing over 11 million bags of crisps per day and using about 800 tons of potatoes. In the 1880s, Walker moved
Philip S. Smith Philip S. Smith Philip S. Smith is an American entrepreneur who has served on the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. He founded the fundraising organization CAPTEL. Smith earned his B.A. at Centre College. His graduate studies at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. Smith served as executive director of the finance committee for the Republican National Committee (RNC) from 1981 until 1985. In 1987, he was reappointed director of finance for the RNC. He later became finance director at National Republican Senatorial Committee. Smith aided in directing the fundraising efforts of the Republican National