Own Brand Ready Salted Potato Crisps X 6.

I occasionally buy Walkers crisps but they keep going up and up. A packet of crisps is nice with a sandwich now and again.
Quite a few times now, l have found the small bags partially open, as if they are not secured properly in the factory and the crisps inside are soft and stale. I have informed Walkers but it still happens.

Instead, l have been purchasing own brand Salted Potato Crisps x 6 and these vary in quality and taste.
Waitrose, Tesco’s and Sainsbury’s are nice but Marks and Spencer’s and Morrison’s aren’t nice. The M&S ones were the worst.

So, l wondered if you could recommend any own brand or similar crisps?
Do you stick to Walkers and wouldn’t dream of buying own brand crisps?
I only like Salted Crisps, not flavoured. Maybe cheese and onion at a push!
I used to love Oxo and Beef crisps years ago.

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I usually buy 6 packs of Tyrrell's lightly sea salted from Sainsbury's. The last lot I bought cost £1.25/pack I think. In all the time I've been buying them, I think I've only had 1 or 2 packets that haven't been sealed properly but, even then, the crisps were still crisp and fresh.

If I can't get Tyrrell's then I buy Kettle lightly sea salted in 5 packs for the same price.

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I like crisps now and again too...Seabrooks are nice and flavoursome (even the seasalt ones) and I buy hula hoops sometimes - they are quite salty.. Do you remember the Salt'n'Shake crisps they use to have, with the little blue packet of salt that you could salt your own? I can't recall who made them, but they were nice.

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I used to like Hedgehog Crisps:



I rarely eat potato crisps nowadays and would never buy "own brand" but sometimes I buy:



and add my own salt (very little) .....

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Smith's Crisps, Pixie. They're made by Walkers these days. The last time I ate a packet of Seabrooks crisps was when I last gave blood

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Ahh thank you Percy! Smiths!

Trying to work out the connection between Seabrooks crisp eating, and you giving blood?

* It has been a very long time
* I ate the crisps to prevent me passing out after giving blood
* Crisps make my blood pressure rise

*Delete/Add as appropriate

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The vampires give you a choice these days between various biscuits or crisps, tea, coffee, drinking choc, various squashes or plain water after you've donated your armful

It's been 2 yrs since I last donated. I stopped because my GP told me I was borderline anaemic after a routine blood test.

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Aww, sorry to hear that! Hope you are getting back to regular iron levels now! My daughter is anaemic and gets prescribed iron tablets from her GP.

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Percy, I will have a look at those that you suggest. They are nice crisps but they can be very hard to bite!!

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Pixie, I occasionally see Seabrooks crisps. Are they from Poundland?
I don’t like Hoola Hoops!
Yes, l remember the little blue bag of salt that twisted at the neck.
l remember if you didn’t distribute the salt evenly, some crisps would be too salty and some with none on them!

When l was very young, occasionally we would shake some vinegar into the bag too but you had to eat the crisps quickly before they went all soggy!!