Tayto Vs King

Pighead

Hello my fellow snack lovers.How are you all
I need your help as it seems i'm the worst googler in the whole wide world.Me and that ninny Kernel are having a philosophical discussion over weather Tayto or King are the largest selling Cheese and onion crisp in Ireland.Now I know Tayto sell more and i think deep down he knows it too but i just can't find the proof.I thought i had it for a minute there but it turned out to be statistics from 2002.Please help me in my quest to once again prove what a spanner Kernel is.
Thank you kindly

memphis

Of course Tayto sell more.

But then "there's always one" that'll try disagree with ya. haha

Rb

memphis wrote:

But then "there's always one" that'll try disagree with ya. haha

Lol,well put

byte

Tayto would be I'd reckon, though King are part of Tayto too.

Looking at the taytocrisps.ie website, I notice that Tayto is part of C&C Group. I didn't know that.

Ruu_Old

oh! you can buy tayto online, time to max out my credit card

OSiriS

I'm not a huge fan of Cheese and Onion crisps, but I absolutely love King's pub crisps ... what does that mean?

Nightwish

between King and Tayto, Tayto win. But overall, in the Cheese and Onion crisp market, O' Briens crisps are delicious

Talliesin

It's hard to find a mankier crisp than Tayto, but somehow King manage it.

Siogfinsceal

doesnt the same company own both?? (confused). King are way nicer im obsessed i love them

Merrick

Tayto definately have to be the best selling over King.

deedee lepoopoo

Tayto sell more due to:

a) Popularity

b) Distribution/merchandising/Availability.
Every shop stocks Tayto (along with Walker pukey'crisps'), whereas not all stock King. Reeks of 'Hello Money' as pioneered by Fergal Quinn in the 80's.

monkeyfudge

How did a company called UNITE Solutions manage to register tatyo.ie?

I thought .ie regulations were tighter than that.

Tobias Greeshman

Well Tayto definately have a better well known name and advertise a hell of a lot more than King so its no wonder that they sell more packets than King.

Now in saying that Tayto are truly rotten tasting crisps, you'd think they'd get it right. While King seemed to have gotten it right, a truly wonderful delicious crisp. Anyone who disputes this fact has clearly no taste for delicious crisps.

I've heard rumours that the same company owns both, now why do they make the less common selling product better tasting one?

memphis

heard the same rumour, but aparently they are made in different location in Dublin!!

monkeyfudge

I think it's safe to say it's not a rumour

http://www.taytocrisps.ie/products/

I prefer King crisps... they seem to be of a much higher quality... you get too many brown and green crisps in a Tayto pack.

I live fairly close to the old Tayto factory that they just closed down... there were lot of long time staff members crying in my bank as they cashed their final pay cheques.

Tobias Greeshman

http://www.taytocrisps.ie/aboutus/about_history.asp

In 1972 Tayto acquired a smaller snack manufacturing company, King Foods, based in Inchicore.

Ha!! I was right all along, their one and the same.

TerrorFirmer

silas wrote:

http://www.taytocrisps.ie/aboutus/about_history.asp

Ha!! I was right all along, their one and the same.

The same company but they aren't manufactured the same or even in the same factory I believe at that.

memphis

MobileInfantry wrote:

The same company but they aren't manufactured the same or even in the same factory I believe at that.

What I've being saying!!!

paconnors

look at this link

Rhyme

Tayto... but its kettle chips for the win.

meditraitor

They both have good qualities, Ive noticed over the years that they can both be quality if you get the right batch and this seems to change a lot, saltiness,crispiness etc is never the same from one month to the next,
Off to get a pack of tayto now,