The Smith's Snackfood Company
{{Short description|Snack food manufacturing company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = The Smith's Snackfood Company
| logo = Smiths Logo.png
| logo_size = 150
| image =
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| type = Proprietary company
| predecessor =
| successor =
| founded = {{start date and age|1920}} in Cricklewood, England (UK branch).
{{start date and age|13 May 1932}} (Australia branch)
| founders = {{plainlist|
- Frank Smith
- Jim Viney
- George Ensor
}}
| fate =
| hq_location_city = Chatswood
| hq_location_country = Australia
| area_served = Oceania
United Kingdom
| industry = Food
| products = Snack foods, potato chips
| owner =
| parent = PepsiCo
| website = {{URL|https://smiths-chips.com.au/|smiths-chips.com.au}}
}}
The Smith's Snackfood Company is a British-Australian snack food brand owned by the American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation PepsiCo. It is best known for its brand of potato crisps. The company was founded by Frank Smith and Jim Viney in the United Kingdom in 1920 as Smith's Potato Crisps Ltd, originally packaging a twist of salt with its crisps in greaseproof paper bags which were sold around London.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A16455053 |title=Potato Crisps - A History |publisher=BBC|date=7 December 2006 |access-date=26 May 2009 |author= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817133445/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A16455053 |archive-date=17 August 2009 }} The dominant brand in the UK until the 1960s when Golden Wonder took over with Cheese & Onion, Smith's countered by creating Salt & Vinegar flavour (first tested by their north-east England subsidiary Tudor) which was launched nationally in 1967.
After establishing the product in the UK, Smith set up the company in Australia in 1932. Both versions of Smiths have had various owners, but were reunited under PepsiCo ownership, with the UK business being purchased in 1989, and the Australian business in 1998.[https://books.google.com/books?id=e9VKAQAAIAAJ&q=%22The+Smith%27s+Snackfood+Company%22 Northwestern journal of international law & business]. p. 277. Smith's Snackvend Stand is the branch of the company that operates vending machines.[https://books.google.com/books?id=1lssAQAAMAAJ&q=%22The+Smith%27s+Snackfood+Company%22 Hospitality Foodservice]. p. 36. The Smith's brand in the United Kingdom is now a sub-brand of the main Walkers brand, while in Australia, Smiths is the main brand.
United Kingdom
File:Old smiths potato chips ad.jpg
Smith's Potato Crisps was formed by entrepreneurs Frank Smith and Jim Viney in the United Kingdom after World War I.{{cite news |title='Crisps buoyed Britain in its darkest hour' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10965628/Crisps-buoyed-Britain-in-its-darkest-hour.html |access-date=8 August 2022 |work=The Daily Telegraph}} Smith had been a manager for a Smithfield wholesale grocery business which sold potato crisps from 1913. Deciding to make his own, Smith converted garages in Cricklewood, London, into a crisp factory, selling to local businesses. By 1920, he had 12 full-time employees and was producing half a million packets a week. Smith conceived the idea of selling unseasoned potato crisps with a small blue sachet of salt that could be sprinkled over them.{{cite news |title=So long, salt and vinegar: how crisp flavours went from simple to sensational |url=https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/jan/14/so-long-salt-and-vinegar-how-crisp-flavours-went-from-simple-to-sensational |access-date=15 September 2020 |newspaper=The Guardian}} In 1927, after buying Jim Viney's share of the business, the company expanded into a factory in Brentford, London. In 1929, Smiths had seven factories in the UK and the following year it was incorporated as a private limited company.{{cite news |title=Smith's Crisps Limited |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00247633 |access-date=5 August 2023 |agency=Gov.uk}} By 1934, 200 million packets of crisps were sold in Britain each year, 95 percent of which were manufactured by Smith's. In 1939, the footballers of Portsmouth won the last FA Cup final before the war on a daily diet of Smith's crisps. During World War II, crisps were packed into British troop ships and sent off to allied forces. In the 1950s, fictional matriarch Doris Archer from BBC Radio's The Archers published a cookbook advocating the use of “delicious Smith's potato crisps, crushed to farthing size” in various meals.
By 1956, the company was making 10 million packets every week. In 1960, Smith's purchased northern rival Tudor Crisps for £1 million.{{cite periodical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NRdcU1Oiy_MC&q=%22tudor+food+products%22|title=Smith's Crisps|periodical=Investors Chronicle|volume=216|date=1962|page=15}}{{cite periodical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6xIx6Zy13PkC&q=%22Tudor+Food+Products%22|title=Smith's purchase|newspaper=The Economist|volume=194|date=1960|page=1020}} Smith's followed up this expansion two years later by purchasing the biscuit and wafer producer, G & T Bridgewater and the Cardiff based nut company Snackpak Food Products.{{cite book|title=The Bedside Guardian|date=1975|page=175}} Following the creation of Cheese & Onion flavour by Tayto in Ireland, Golden Wonder (Smiths' main competitor in Britain) produced their Cheese & Onion version, and Smith's countered with Salt & Vinegar (tested first by their north-east England subsidiary Tudor) which launched nationally in 1967, starting a two-decade-long flavour war.{{cite news |title=Channel 4 documentary tells dramatic story of how Corby's huge crisp factory changed the world of snacks - and how it exploded|url=https://www.northantslive.news/whats-on/channel-4-documentary-tells-dramatic-5771498 |access-date=23 April 2022 |work=Northampton Chronicle|quote=This is when Smith's hit back with their own revolutionary flavour — salt and vinegar, inspired by the country's love for fish & chips.}}{{cite news |title=From salt and vinegar crisps to the offside rule: 12 gifts the North East gave the world |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/salt-vinegar-crisps-offside-rule-12380648 |access-date=23 April 2022 |work=Evening Chronicle}}
File:Quavers packet.jpg cheese flavour. Introduced by Smith's in the United Kingdom in 1968, they are now produced by Walkers]]
In 1966, Smith's was purchased by the American food producer, General Mills.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pcS-DAAAQBAJ&dq=%22smiths+crisps%22+general+mills&pg=PA437|title=Schroders. Merchants & Bankers|author=Richard Roberts|isbn=9781349096503|date=2016|page=437|publisher=Springer }} Smith's launched a ‘Do The Crunch' advertising campaign; in 1967 a young Phil Collins toured the UK teaching people the crunch dance.Gallo, Armando (1978). Genesis: The Evolution of a Rock Band. Sidgwick and Jackson Limited. p. 120 Aimed at children, Monster Munch were launched by Smiths in Britain in 1977. Originally called "The Prime Monster" (a play on The Prime Minister, and as part of a wider campaign), they were renamed "Monster Munch" in 1978.{{cite news |title=Which iconic snack came out the year you were born? |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/iconic-snack-came-out-year-6893964 |access-date=24 April 2022 |work=Somerset Live}} In 1978, Smith's was sold by its parent company, General Mills to the British biscuit giant Associated Biscuits.{{cite periodical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PkIcAQAAMAAJ&q=%22smiths+crisps%22+associated+biscuits|title=Associated Biscuits widens its range|periodical=Investors Chronicle|volume=45-46|date=1978|page=889}}
Associated Biscuits was purchased by Nabisco in 1982, bringing Smith's under the same ownership as rival Walkers.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/crisp-retort-with-a-twist-gt68607b9gv|title=Crisp retort with a twist|newspaper=The Times|date=23 January 2006}} In 1988, RJR Nabisco was purchased in a leverage buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, and to reduce debt several business were sold to French conglomerate BSN, who quickly sold on Smith's and Walkers to PepsiCo in 1989.{{Cite web|title=PepsiCo buys former RJR Nabisco divisions|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/07/03/PepsiCo-buys-former-RJR-Nabisco-divisions/3685615441600/|access-date=8 September 2020|website=UPI|language=en}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/04/business/pepsico-to-aid-europe-sales-buys-2-british-snack-units.html|title=Pepsico, to Aid Europe Sales, Buys 2 British Snack Units|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1989}} At the time Walkers had a third of the crisp market in the United Kingdom, while Smith's had a third of the extruded snacks market, making them the market leader.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/04/business/pepsico-to-aid-europe-sales-buys-2-british-snack-units.html|title=Pepsico, to Aid Europe Sales, Buys 2 British Snack Units|newspaper=The New York Times|date=4 July 1989}} Subsequently, Pepsico withdrew the brand, in favour of British brand Walkers, which was heavily marketed by PepsiCo in a campaign using former England international footballer turned television presenter Gary Lineker.{{cite news |title=The history of Walkers Crisps and some amazing statistics |url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/history-walkers-crisps-amazing-statistics-2055961 |access-date=15 September 2020 |newspaper=Leicester Mercury}} Many of the products previously marketed by Smith's became labelled as Walkers, such as Quavers.
=Current products=
- Chipsticks – extruded corn starch snack in the shape of a french fry, in salt and vinegar flavour.{{cite web|url=https://www.britsuperstore.com/uk/browse-by-section/crisps-and-snacks/smiths-crisps.html|title=Smith's Crisps|website=BritSuperstore|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Frazzles – extruded corn starch snack in the shape of a bacon rasher, in bacon flavour.
- Bacon Fries – extruded cereal starch snack, in bacon flavour.
- Scampi Fries – extruded cereal starch snack, in scampi flavour.
- Funyuns – extruded cereal starch snack in the shape of onion rings, in onion flavour.
- Snaps – potato snack in the shape of a curled up rectangle, in spicy tomato flavour.
Australia
After establishing the product and name in the UK, Frank Smith moved to set up a subsidiary in Australia.{{cite web |url=http://www.smiths.com.au/index.php/smiths_history |title=Smiths Chips, Australia |publisher=Smiths.com.au |access-date=14 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227080516/http://www.smiths.com.au/index.php/smiths_history |archive-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=dead }} Smith's Crisps were first manufactured in Australia in 1931 with an associate, George Ensor, in leased premises in Sydney's Surry Hills. They were originally made in 20 gas fired cooking pots, then packed by hand and distributed by Nestle confectionery vans.{{cite web|url=http://www.smiths.com.au/pages/heritage|title=Smiths - Heritage}}
Smith's Potato Crisps sold its early crisps in three penny packets, 24 to a tin. "Twist of salt" sachets were included before pre-salting had been introduced. In March 1932, Smith's Potato Crisps Ltd. went into voluntary liquidation as a result of the Great Depression. However, three months later, George Ensor tendered for the business put up for sale by the liquidators, and on 13 May 1932, Smith's Potato Crisps (Australia) was formed with the UK Smith's Company holding a majority interest over minor shareholders. Growth after World War II was rapid, so a continuous cooker process was introduced to replace the individual cooking pots and in 1960 the production of a one shilling pack for cinemas and a box pack for four shillings was initiated.
In 1961, Smith's introduced its first flavoured chip – chicken. It was a very popular flavour, influencing most competitors at the time to adopt a Chicken variation. Other flavours released were Original (Pre-Salted) and Salt & Vinegar. Later, in the 1970s, Barbecue was added as a flavour for Smiths crinkle cut chips, and in the 1980s Cheese & Onion was added. These five flavours—Original Salted (blue packet), Salt & Vinegar (magenta packet), Chicken (green packet), Barbecue (orange packet) and Cheese & Onion (yellow packet—have remained the mainstay flavours of the brand since the 1980s. Many other 'limited edition' variants have also been tried over the years. During the late 1980s, the company introduced the famous advertising mascot Gobbledok, a chip-obsessed alien character similar to the popular characters E.T. and ALF.{{Citation|title=Smiths Crisps (Australian ad) 1988|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snnb-CFwbZ0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Snnb-CFwbZ0 |archive-date=13 December 2021 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=22 July 2021}}{{cbignore}}{{Citation|title=Smiths Chips commercial 1991|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN5cFTy4Hes |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/TN5cFTy4Hes |archive-date=13 December 2021 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=22 July 2021}}{{cbignore}}
In 1968, Associated Products and Distribution Pty Ltd (APD), the food group holding company in British Tobacco Co. (Aust), bought a 41.5% share of Smith's Potato Crisps (Australia)'s parent company, including all Australian shareholders. Over the next 20 years, other takeovers and new products (including Twisties and Burger Rings brands) drove growth. PepsiCo took over the company in 1998. In 1990, the APD name was replaced by CCA Snackfoods.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}
In 1998, the Smiths Snackfood company was Australia's largest producer of salty snack foods. It was acquired in August of that year, by Frito-Lay the second largest producer of salt snack foods in Australia, which is owned by PepsiCo. To prevent the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission from intervening for unfair trading practices Frito-Lay divested a range of brands, manufacturing facilities, including plants in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. The package was named Snack Brands Australia and was sold to Dollar Sweets Holdings. In that package included the brands sold were CC's, Cheezels, Thins and Samboy.
Despite Australians using the term "chips" for crisps, Smith's called their product crisps until as late as 2003. They are now labelled as Smith's Chips.{{cite web
|date= 2013
|first= Jan |last= O'Connell
|title= Australian food history timeline: 1931 Smith's Potato Chips arrive in Australia
|website= Me and my big mouth
|access-date= 30 August 2015
|url= http://meandmybigmouth.com.au/potato-chips/
|url-status= live
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150830121232/http://meandmybigmouth.com.au/potato-chips/
|archive-date= 30 August 2015}}
As of 2010–2011, portions contained in "large" bags of Smith's Snackfood products have diminished, down from 200g to 175g (approximately equal to the previous 1975 large size of 6½oz).size is 170g{{cite web|last1=Kollmorgen|first1=Andy|title=Three chips short of a full pack|url=http://www.choice.com.au/shopping/packaging-labelling-and-advertising/packaging/articles/shrinking-pack-sizes-081715|website=www.choice.com.au|publisher=Choice|access-date=10 September 2015|date=8 July 2015}}
= Recalls =
Products produced by The Smith's Snackfood Company have been recalled on several occasions, including:
- On three occasions, February 2007,{{Cite web|date=2007-02-26 |title=The Smith's Snackfood Company—Classic Crinkle Cut potato crisps |url=https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls/the-smiths-snackfood-company%E2%80%94classic-crinkle-cut-potato-crisps |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=www.productsafety.gov.au |language=English}} December 2008{{Cite web|title=The Smith's Snackfood Company—Classic Crinkle Cut Potato Chips Salt and Vinegar |url=https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls/the-smiths-snackfood-company%E2%80%94classic-crinkle-cut-potato-chips-salt-and-vinegar |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=www.productsafety.gov.au |language=English}} and June 2009,{{Cite web|date=2009-06-01 |title=The Smith's Snackfood Company—Smiths's Classic Crinkle Cut Potato Chips |url=https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls/the-smiths-snackfood-company%E2%80%94smithss-classic-crinkle-cut-potato-chips |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=www.productsafety.gov.au |language=English}} the Crinkle Cut chips were recalled after rubber pieces were discovered in packets.
- On two occasions, in October 2022{{Cite web|date=2022-10-04 |title=The Smith's Snackfood Company Pty Limited — Smith's Salt & Vinegar Crinkle Cut Chips 45g, 90g and 170g |url=https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls/the-smith%E2%80%99s-snackfood-company-pty-limited-%E2%80%94-smiths-salt-vinegar-crinkle-cut-chips-45g-90g-and-170g |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=www.productsafety.gov.au |language=English}} and May 2023,{{Cite web |title=Smith's Original and Cheese and Onion Chips |url=https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/industry/foodrecalls/recalls/Pages/Smith%27s-Original-and-Cheese-and-Onion-Chips.aspx |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=www.foodstandards.gov.au}} the Crinkle Cut chips were recalled after plastic pieces were discovered in packets.
= Misleading representation of products =
In July 2016, The Smith's Snackfood Company was fined $10,800 by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission for misleading representation on its Sakata Paws Pizza Supreme Rice Snacks, which included a logo with the words “Meets School Canteen Guidelines” and an image of a sandwich and apple. The disclaimer that the product had only met the 'Amber' criteria of the National Healthy School Canteens Guidelines were in small font and on the other side of the packaging to the logo. Smith's has since removed the logo from the product.{{Cite web|date=2016-07-11 |title=Unilever and Smith's pay penalties for misleading healthy food representations |url=https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/unilever-and-smiths-pay-penalties-for-misleading-healthy-food-representations |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Australian Competition & Consumer Commission|language=English}}
=Current products=
- Burger Rings{{Cite web|last=Carter|first=Bridget|date=17 March 2021|title=PepsiCo set to divest local brands|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/dataroom/pepsico-set-to-divest-local-brands/news-story/0af4d38458ca4eb91f4bc3954ded2f88|access-date=28 September 2021|website=The Australian}} – hamburger-flavoured snack
- Cheetos -Cheese or flamin' hot flavour puffs
- Cool Pak popcorn
- Doritos – corn chip
- Grain Waves – wholegrain chips
- Maxx – multiple flavoured chips
- Nobby's – nuts, peanuts and cashews[https://books.google.com/books?id=LVxEAAAAYAAJ&q=%22The+Smith%27s+Snackfood+Company%22 Australian Food: The Complete Reference to the Australian Food Industry - Catharine A. McKean]. p. 211.
- Parker's – Australia's largest pretzel company – typical hard pretzels and a variety of uniquely flavoured pretzels, including flavours such as Tomato & Basil & Sweet Chili
- Red Rock Deli – Thick-sliced premium potato chips
- Sakata – rice crackers
- Smith's Crinkle Cut – crinkle-cut potato chips{{cite web|url=https://www.smiths.com.au/pages/heritage |title=Smiths |publisher=Smiths |access-date=12 October 2018}}
- Smith's Popped – Air-popped potato snacks
- Lay's Stax – competitor of Pringles
- Smith's Thinly Cut – thinly sliced potato chips range in various flavours
- Twisties – cheese or chicken flavoured extruded snack
Previous products in UK & Australia
- Bats – Batburger flavoured snack in shape of bats, manufactured in the 1970s. Part of the Horror bags range.{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/64528207151045623/|title=UK - Smiths - Horror Bags Bats - 48-pack shipper|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Battle Tanks – Cheese and onion flavoured snack in shape of tanks, manufactured in the 1970s. Part of Battle Bags range.{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/376683956316813487/|title=Smiths Food. Smiths Battle Bags|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Battle Planes – Salt and Vinegar flavoured snack in shape of planes, manufactured in the 1970s. Part of Battle Bags range.
- Bones – Salt and vinegar flavoured snack in shape of bones, manufactured in the 1970s. Part of the Horror bags collection
- Cheezers – cheese flavoured corn puffs{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/64528207150998126/|title=Retro Recipes Cheezers snack|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Cheese Flavoured Moments – Cheese flavoured triangles, with cheese powder centre
- Chinese Quavers – Spicy beef flavoured{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/121808364915624503/|title=Vintage Sweets|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Chipitos – toasted cheese puffs{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/13933080085012603/|title=Vintage Sweets Smiths chipitos|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Chipsticks – Ready salted flavoured{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/9288742970930488/|title=Vintage Sweets. Old chipsticks packet (salt'n'vinerger)|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Claws – Bacon flavoured snack in shape of claws, manufactured in the 1970s. Part of the Horror bags collection{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/890446157550368541/|title=THE 'ORRIBLE 'OUSE OF TERRIBLE OLD TAT|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Crispy Tubes – manufactured during the 1980s and available in Lightly Salted and Salt & Vinegar flavours{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/20266267049883456/|title=Vintage Sweets|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Fangs – Cheese and onion flavoured snack in shape of fangs, manufactured in the 1970s. Part of the Horror bags collection
- Farmer Browns – animal shaped cereal snack{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/322640760788707940/|title=Farmer Browns Crisps|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Football Crazy – corn and potato balls{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/75787206212173583/|title=Old Sweets 1980s Crisps|website=Pinterest|date=22 August 2023}}
- French Fries – Small crisp potatoes straws similar in appearance and taste to french fries – now owned and manufactured by Snack Brands Australia and under the Walkers name
- Full Monty – flavour inspired by the 1997 British film. The flavour was likely based on baked potatoes with cream cheese, onion, sour cream, bacon, garlic, and cheddar cheese as the components.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=n5G494XpDfU&pp=ygUXU21pdGhzIENoaXBzIEZ1bGwgTW9udHk%3D |title=Smiths Chips Commercial - The full Monty |date=2024-03-13 |last=MonkeyKid Ad Channel |access-date=2025-03-16 |via=YouTube}}
- Jackets – Manufactured during the mid-1980s, these were crisps where the potatoes had not been peeled, leaving potato skin around the edges. There was an advert which featured dancing potatoes singing "We want to be jackets" in falsetto voices, and the slogan "So good, every potato wants to be one"{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/3237030971162874/|title=Smiths Jackets Lightly Salted Crisps 1988|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Lay's – Thinly sliced potato chips
- Maize Pops – toffee coated popped maize{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/376683956316813593/|title=Heather Hughes. Smiths maizee pops|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Monster Munch – Still manufactured, under the Walkers name{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/312789136635361224/|title=Food & Drink|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- OnYums – onion flavoured rings{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/376683956316813525/|title=Dinner Party Essentials. Smiths OnYums|website=Pinterest |access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Quavers – introduced 1968, now sold under the Walkers name
- Ribs – vinegar flavoured snack in shape of ribs, manufactured in the 1970s. Part of the Horror Bags range.{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/418834834071265203/|title=Horror Bags (Smith's Snacks)|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Ruffles – crinkle cut potato chips
- Smiths Salt 'n' Shake – still manufactured, under the Walkers name{{Cite web |url=http://www.smiths.com.au/index.php/our_brands/cool-pak-popcorn |title=Smiths Chips, Australia |access-date=14 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605081431/http://www.smiths.com.au/index.php/our_brands/cool-pak-popcorn |archive-date=5 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}
- Smith's Crisps{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/174936766768203085/|title=Wrappers|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Smith's Crinkle Cut Crisps – crinkled cut various flavours{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/376683956341248092/|title=Retro Food|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Smith's Selections – thinly sliced potato chips range in various flavours, now Smith's Thinly Cut
- Smokees – Bacon flavoured curls{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/64528207150996198/|title=Crisps Brands Smiths smokees|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Squares – Ready salted, cheese & onion & salt & vinegar flavour square shaped potato crisps, still manufactured under the Walkers name{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/751678994071681800/|title=Old Food from the 80s - Snacks - Crisps|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Sunbites – wholegrain chips
- Thins – thinly sliced potato chips – now owned and manufactured by Snack Brands Australia
- Tuba Loops – tube shaped potato snacks{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/391883605073697322/|title=Potato Snacks|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Twists – Manufactured during the 1970s, these were available in Cheese & Onion, Salt & Vinegar, and Ready Salted{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/9922061664694958/|title=Old Sweets twists|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
- Twisted – Flamin' hot flavour corn puffs, still manufactured under the Cheetos brand
- Wafflers – Bacon flavour waffles (previously sold to Wotsits)
- Zodiacs – Mystery flavoured snack in shape of zodiac signs{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/140737557090630569/|title=80s food. Smith's Zodiac Crisps|website=Pinterest|access-date=22 August 2023}}
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web | url=https://foodmag.com.au/smiths-saves-water-waste/ | title=Smith's saves water waste | publisher=Food Magazine | date=5 December 2008 | access-date=3 August 2014 | author=Hertle, Chris}}
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