Holidaymakers abroad will have noticed that when abroad the crisps are known by another brand
It is widely known that when you are on holiday abroad and fancy a bag of Walkers, you'll find them going by another name. Henry Walker founded Walkers in 1948 amid post-war food rationing in Britain, transforming the humble potato into the best-selling crisps in the country today
In 1970, the Walker family sold its business to American food producer, Standard Brands, and 19 years later, it was acquired by Lay's owner, Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo. While it has been reported Walkers kept its name in the UK because it was already an established brand, others claim it's because there are subtle differences between the two products.
"They offer similar products in terms of potato crisps and savoury snacks, but they may have differences in flavours, packaging, and other aspects of their products. The main difference between Walkers crisps and Lays crisps is that they are marketed under different names in different parts of the world. Walkers is the brand name used in the UK and Ireland, while Lays is the brand name used in most other countries around the world, including the United States, Canada, and Australia.
"Once Pepsi bought the English company Walkers and the American company Lays, they had a meeting on the name and which to adopt. They found that the name Walkers was too hard for non-native/fluent English speakers to say due to the W, K and R.
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