The Smith's Snackfood Company is a company best known for producing and selling a range of snack food such as crisps. It is now owned by New York

New York

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 based company PepsiCo

PepsiCo

PepsiCo Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company...

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Smith's Potato Crisps Ltd. was formed by Francis Leigh Smith in the UK after World War 1. The firm started in Cricklewood

Cricklewood

Cricklewood is a district of North London, England whose northeastern part is in the London Borough of Barnet, western part is the London Borough of Brent and southeastern part is in London Borough of Camden.-History:...

, London

London

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, reputedly in Smith's garage. In 1927 the company expanded into a factory in Brentford

Golden Mile (Brentford)

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, London. This was enlarged in 1930.