As my last post confirmed Walkers are not intending to bring
back Ready Salted Chipsticks, much to the sadness of many of the starving fans
out there.
However a kindly stranger did give me an idea. Will anyone
else produce them? I will admit that my main aim thus far has been to badger
Walkers into relenting and bringing this excellent product back. I mean it made
perfect sense. They already run the machinery for the other flavour that shall
not be named, and it’s pretty simple for them to re-launch considering they
still own the recipe and rights. Sadly they have repeatedly shown that the do
not agree with me.
And therefore my mind was (figuratively) blown yesterday,
when a devoted (I’m sure) reader left a comment that it may be
worthwhile to contact some other companies and see if it would be worth their
while to start producing a similar product. Obviously due to property rights it
could never be exactly the same. Still would it not be better to have something
that mimics the truth? I say give it a try. The worst that could happen is that
they’re not as good; the best that they are better. Perhaps it would even mean
that some healthy competition would finally knock some sense into Walkers.
So to this end I have begun to contact other producers in
the UK. At the moment by biggest hope is KP Snacks. It fits their brand style
and they are a well-established and steady company, with many other wholly
enjoyable products. I’m also going to contact Fairfields, Tyrells, Kettle
Chips, Roysters and anyone else I can find.
I encourage you to contact each of them as well. I think we
should continue with the ongoing monologue with Walkers, as there’s no point in
cutting that avenue off, but let’s see if anyone else will earn our trust and
love, by being the producer we need!
