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The Walkers family sold the business in 1970 to American food producer, Standard Brands. [11] In 1989, Walkers was acquired by PepsiCo, owners of US snack brand Frito-Lay. [12] [13] The Walkers factory in Leicester, the largest crisp production plant in the world, produces over 11 million bags of crisps per day, using about 800 tons of potatoes.
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The Peterlee factory stayed open until December 2017 when Walkers closed the facility citing productivity and efficiency savings with production moved to other UK facilities. [24] The factory was purchased by Heather Mills in 2018, and in 2022 reopened as the home of vegan snack business VBites.
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In 1863 John Walker and three friends set up the Union Foundry of John Walker & Co in Ballarat. In 1867 a branch was opened in Maryborough. [1] The Ballarat assets were disposed of in 1879 and in 1884, the business became a limited company under the title John Walker & Co Limited, being renamed Walkers Limited in 1888. The company produced most ...
By August 1910, Walker had 950 sales agents and thousands of clients coming through the salon. With her client base growing, Walker sought out two Indianapolis lawyers, Freeman Ransom and Robert Brokenburr. In the summer of 1910, Walker asked Brokenburr to draft articles of incorporation for the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company of Indiana.
Walker's Shortbread Ltd. (formerly Walkers) is a Scottish manufacturer of shortbread, biscuits, cookies, and crackers. The shortbread is baked in the Moray village of Aberlour, following a recipe developed by Joseph Walker in 1898. The company is one of Scotland's biggest exporters of food, [2] [3] and employs over 1,200 people. [4]