Packaging Alternatives
After the development of the fresheen bag, the product was secure for a number of years. Potato Chips and Crisps were kept as fresh as they could be, but that does not mean there were no alternative methods of delivery to the consumer.
Hugely popular during the 1920s onwards, were tin canisters. There are early recorded examples, but the growth of their usage was during this period. Indeed, their use continued until the 1970s, when the rising cost of tin saw a gradual demise.
A quick visit to eBay will reveal a number that are for sale as collectables.
Hugely popular during the 1920s onwards, were tin canisters. There are early recorded examples, but the growth of their usage was during this period. Indeed, their use continued until the 1970s, when the rising cost of tin saw a gradual demise.
A quick visit to eBay will reveal a number that are for sale as collectables.
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As Dan Dee are one of the world’s oldest companies, they are at the very least an early adopter of this method of Chips packaging, and possibly one of the first to utilise tin cans.
Charles Chips still use them today as part of their retro presentation and marketing approach.
In the United Kingdom, Carter’s Crisps was first incorporated in 1900, but the first recorded sale of Potato Crisps was not until 1913. It is highly likely that Crisps had been sold prior to the inception of Carter’s and certainly until 1913, but I am yet to unearth clear evidence of that.
Although further ambiguity is added by the fact that Mr Carter is recorded to have claimed to have discovered Crisps in France, not the USA or Great Britain.
Although little is known of Carter’s Crisps and the early days of Crisps in the United Kingdom, in 1920, Francis Leigh Smith became the first company to mass market Crisps to the UK market.
Early packaging was, as with American Potato Chips at that time, grease-proof bags. There was also another small sachet bag of salt included in each bag.
Of more pertinence to this report, is boxed sales presentation.
Charles Chips still use them today as part of their retro presentation and marketing approach.
In the United Kingdom, Carter’s Crisps was first incorporated in 1900, but the first recorded sale of Potato Crisps was not until 1913. It is highly likely that Crisps had been sold prior to the inception of Carter’s and certainly until 1913, but I am yet to unearth clear evidence of that.
Although further ambiguity is added by the fact that Mr Carter is recorded to have claimed to have discovered Crisps in France, not the USA or Great Britain.
Although little is known of Carter’s Crisps and the early days of Crisps in the United Kingdom, in 1920, Francis Leigh Smith became the first company to mass market Crisps to the UK market.
Early packaging was, as with American Potato Chips at that time, grease-proof bags. There was also another small sachet bag of salt included in each bag.
Of more pertinence to this report, is boxed sales presentation.
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The image of a Smith’s Potato Crisps tin belongs to the Barrow in Furness Dock Museum. Smith’s used the tins to package 24 x 1d bags. These packaging tins are dated 1930s.
Smith’s also had other counter top presentation tins from a similar era. |
