PepsiCo UK snack fire a ‘minor incident’

20-Jan-2014 Last updated on 08-Nov-2023 at 11:41 GMT

A fire at one of PepsiCo’s biggest UK snack plants was minor and has not impacted production, the company says.

Walkers Crisps plant production restored after fire

04-Nov-2013

By Rod Addy

PepsiCo’s Walkers Crisps factory at Leycroft Road, Beaumont Leys, Leicestershire, has returned to normal production levels following a blaze that took 60 firefighters to bring under control.

PepsiCo needs marketing muscle behind Mighty Lights in the UK, expert

18-Jul-2013

PepsiCo UK needs marketing muscle behind its new reduced fat Mighty Lights potato chip line if the product is to have any public health impact among kids, a nutrition policy expert says.

PepsiCo flags up 'green' technology to extract water from potatoes

18-Jan-2011

Technology to extract water from potatoes for reuse in processing will go some way to helping PepsiCo UK and Ireland achieve its pledge of unplugging its largest sites from the water mains by 2018, said the snack maker in a new report.