Tudor Crisps an independent firm, established in Newcastle in 1947, Tudor later moved to Peterlee to a new factory, which still exists but is now [closed by. Walkers in 2017]Walkers Crisps. Tudor was acquired by Smiths Crisps in 1961. Smiths Tudor was later bought by Nabisco, which also owned Walkers Crisps. The Tudor Crisps brand was discontinued in 2003, when Walkers decided to focus on its core crisp range. The Smiths brand was also mostly phased out around the same time as Tudor, although some products such as Scampi Fries and Salt'n'Shake are still sold under the Smiths brand. Notably, Tudor salt
PepsiCo efficient means of producing and distributing its products using less energy, while also placing a focus on emissions reduction. In a comparison of 2009 energy usage with recorded usage in 2006, the company's per-unit use of energy was reduced by 16 percent in its beverage plants and 7 percent in snack plants. In 2009, Tropicana (owned by PepsiCo) was the first brand in the U.S. to determine the carbon footprint of its orange juice product, as certified by the Carbon Trust, an outside auditor of carbon emissions. Also in 2009, PepsiCo began the test deployment of so-called "green vending machines",