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:''This article is about the company; for the potato see Golden Wonder potato; for the aquarium fish see Striped panchax''
'Golden Wonder' is a British company that manufactures crisps. Founded in 1947 by the Scottish bakery owner William Alexander, the company was named after the Golden Wonder potato.
Golden Wonder now produce a number of different flavours of potato crisps, as well as Wheat Crunchies and the corn based Nik Naks. They are also the current owners of the XL Crisp brand. Golden Wonder were the former owners of the Wotsits brand, but when the company changed hands in 2002, it was sold off separately to their rival Walkers.[1]
The company launched the Cheese & Onion crisp flavour in 1962. This was their first flavoured crisp, the concept having been devised by Tayto (Ireland) in 1953.
In the 1980s Golden Wonder claimed in their TV advertising and on its packets as being '''Britain's Noisiest Crisp'''.
Golden Wonder entered into administration on 9 January 2006, threatening 800+ jobs.[2] On 13 January 2006 it was announced that the Corby site and the contract to Mini Pringles, as produced by Golden Wonder, would transfer to Tayto (NI) Ltd. It was reported that this was intended, according to various stories, to give Tayto the scope to develop their expanding business. The announcement brought the news that 195 of 350 jobs would be saved initially.
On 20 January, it was announced that Tayto was to buy all Golden Wonder's UK operations, though would sell the Wheat Crunchies and Nik Naks brands to United Biscuits. Tayto stated that they would keep Golden Wonder's factories in Corby and Scunthorpe.
1. "Golden Wonder sold", theargus.co.uk, article dated 28 May, 2002, retrieved 27 October, 2006.
2.
★ "Golden Wonder in administration", BBC, 9 January, 2006
★ Official site
'Golden Wonder' is a British company that manufactures crisps. Founded in 1947 by the Scottish bakery owner William Alexander, the company was named after the Golden Wonder potato.
| Contents |
| Products |
| Administration |
| References |
| External links |
Products
Golden Wonder now produce a number of different flavours of potato crisps, as well as Wheat Crunchies and the corn based Nik Naks. They are also the current owners of the XL Crisp brand. Golden Wonder were the former owners of the Wotsits brand, but when the company changed hands in 2002, it was sold off separately to their rival Walkers.[1]
The company launched the Cheese & Onion crisp flavour in 1962. This was their first flavoured crisp, the concept having been devised by Tayto (Ireland) in 1953.
In the 1980s Golden Wonder claimed in their TV advertising and on its packets as being '''Britain's Noisiest Crisp'''.
Administration
Golden Wonder entered into administration on 9 January 2006, threatening 800+ jobs.[2] On 13 January 2006 it was announced that the Corby site and the contract to Mini Pringles, as produced by Golden Wonder, would transfer to Tayto (NI) Ltd. It was reported that this was intended, according to various stories, to give Tayto the scope to develop their expanding business. The announcement brought the news that 195 of 350 jobs would be saved initially.
On 20 January, it was announced that Tayto was to buy all Golden Wonder's UK operations, though would sell the Wheat Crunchies and Nik Naks brands to United Biscuits. Tayto stated that they would keep Golden Wonder's factories in Corby and Scunthorpe.
References
1. "Golden Wonder sold", theargus.co.uk, article dated 28 May, 2002, retrieved 27 October, 2006.
2.
★ "Golden Wonder in administration", BBC, 9 January, 2006
External links
★ Official site
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