Taylors Caramel Christmas Yule Log Toffee Popcorn - 155g

Four generations of muddy boots

The Taylor family has farmed the land around Errol in Perthshire for around 100 years, across four generations. It goes back to 1927, when James Taylor's great-grandfather started a potato farming business. In the 1980s chairman George Taylor moved into potato washing and packing with Taypack. Then in 2009 came the obvious next step for anyone surrounded by that many potatoes: crisps. Somebody had to do something with them all.

Mackie's, then just Taylors

The crisps began as Mackie's at Taypack, a 2009 joint venture with Mackie's of Scotland, the Aberdeenshire ice cream and chocolate people. The Taylors took their stake to 75% in 2013 and bought out the rest in 2022. That same year the crisps, popcorn and lentil waves were rebranded as Taylors Snacks, and the company rescued Sheffield-based South Yorkshire Foods from administration, bringing popcorn production in-house. It was a busy year.

Two million bags, one old brickworks

These days the factory sits at The Old Brickworks in Errol, near the family farm, and the business turns out more than two million bags of snacks every month. The range runs from straight cut and ridge cut crisps to lentil waves, popcorn and seasonal lines, this bag among them, plus a limited-edition Haggis & Cracked Black Pepper crisp for the brave. Not bad for a potato farm.