. for the potato see golden wonder potato . for the fish see striped panchax . golden wonder type snack manufacturer industry snack products founded 1947 . stockbridge edinburgh founder william alexander headquarters north lincolnshire england united kingdom products golden wonder transform a snack ringo s owner tayto number of employees 800 2012 website golden wonder golden wonder is a british company that manufactures snack foods most notably crisps . these include ringo s golden wonder and transform a snack . since 2006 it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the northern irish company tayto after being rescued out of administration . contents 1 history 2 products 3 administration 4 references 5 external links history edit founded in stockbridge edinburgh in 1947 by the scottish bakery owner william alexander the company was named after the golden wonder potato . the company originally had five manufacturing sites . four sites produced crisps two in scotland and two in england widnes and corby . the welsh site at crumlin produced the pot noodle . the company was owned by various parent companies including imperial tobacco hanson and was then acquired by uk based dalgety plc in 1987 . 1 its notable brands have included wotsits ringos jungle fresh peanuts and pot noodle which ceased to carry golden wonder branding after the brand but not the manufacturing business itself was sold to unilever . in july 1995 best foods paid dalgety plc about 280 million for its golden wonder pot noodle instant hot snacks manufacturing business . 2 in 2006 the company was bought by tayto . 3 products edit golden wonder now produces a number of different flavours of potato crisp . it is also the current owner of the xl crisp brand . golden wonder was the former owner of the wotsits brand but when the company changed hands in 2002 it was sold off separately to their rival walkers . 4 previous snacks wheat crunchies chips & burgers and the corn based nik naks are now owned by kp . 5 the company launched the cheese & onion crisp flavour in 1962 . 6 this was their first flavoured crisp the concept having been devised by tayto in ireland not the same company as that which bought golden wonder over in 2006 in 1953 . in the 1980s golden wonder claimed on television and on their packets to be britain s noisiest crisp . in the 1990s a popular series of tv commercials with adult actors indulging in childish antics carried another famous slogan you ll never grow old in golden wonder land in 2009 the golden wonder brand started to be used by symingtons ltd under licence for the production of the nation s noodle and the nation s pasta . the new range of instant noodles is very similar to the pot noodle range previously produced by golden wonder . golden wonder branding now features on snacks previously marketed by red mill another snack manufacturer taken over by tayto . administration edit golden wonder entered into administration on 9 january 2006 threatening about 800 jobs . 7 on 13 january 2006 it was announced that the corby northamptonshire site and the contract to mini pringles as produced by golden wonder would transfer to northern irish crisp manufacturer tayto . 3 the announcement brought the news that 195 of 350 jobs would be saved initially . 3 on 20 january 2006 it was announced that tayto was to buy all golden wonder s uk operations including the scunthorpe north lincolnshire site although it would sell the wheat crunchies and nik naks brands to united biscuits . 3 references edit city our 28 may 2002 . walkers buys wotsits in golden wonder sale . the independent . london . bestfoods company history . fundinguniverse.com . retrieved 3 july 2008 . a b c d tayto buys golden wonder crisps . bbc news . 20 january 2006 . golden wonder sold . theargus.co.uk . 28 may 2002 . retrieved 27 october 2006 . united biscuits suitable for vegetarians list of united biscuits kp brands suitable for vegetarians . unitedbiscuits.com . retrieved 3 july 2008 . harrison ian 2003 . the book of firsts . london cassell . p. 45 . isbn 1 84403 201 9 . golden wonder in administration . bbc news . 9 january 2006 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title golden wonder & oldid 743280015 categories brand name snack foodssnack food manufacturers of the united kingdomscottish brandscompanies established in 1947companies based in north lincolnshirebrand name potato chips and crisps1947 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories use dmy dates from april 2014use british english from january 2013pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links 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