heinz baked beans with phoenix sausages

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:01 pm

All called "The Eagle" in some manner? Presuming you're talking about Eddie Edwards the ski jumper (or ski faller) that is.

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:57 am

Is it simply first names beginning with E. Eric Bristow, "Tiger" Edleric woods; Eddy Eagle; Evander Holyfield and wasnt magic johnson called Erwin or some such like?

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:12 am

E's are good

Over to NM.

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:48 am

Wow first one in ages for me.

Have not actually been able to verify this one (including on their own FAQ page) but sure I originally had it on good authority:

Why do walkers Cheese & Onion come in blue bags rather than the industry standard green?

ROSSKEEN · Post by **ROSSKEEN** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:54 am

Was it a marketing ploy? i.e. to get themselves more noticed than other crisps by breaking the 'traditional' colour schemes?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:55 am

Good question, I've often wondered this.

Shame I've no decent answer. Is it because cheese is considered "Blue". ?

gambogaz1 · Post by **gambogaz1** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:57 am

Was salt & Vinegar already out so they coudn't use green ?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:06 pm

i don't know but i do know that the cheese flavour is derived from a fungus. and it is the same fungus as athlete's foot.

ROSSKEEN · Post by **ROSSKEEN** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:08 pm

gambogaz1 wrote:Was salt & Vinegar already out so they coudn't use green ?

Pointless pub quiz fact - Cheese and onion was the first ever flavour of crisp.

And my esteemed colleague who's skiving beside me at work has informed me that when crisps first became flavoured, makers put them in blue? bags to identify they were flavoured. Hence cheese and onion were blue.

So when salt and vinegar came out and companies (again) used blue bag, Walkers used green to market them and they became a hit.

So are walkers cheese and onion blue because they were the first flavoured crisps and industry agreement said they would be blue?

theoak · Post by **theoak** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:14 pm

Cardinal Richelieu wrote:Good question, I've often wondered this.

Shame I've no decent answer. Is it because cheese is considered "Blue". ?

absolutely LEGENDARY avatar there, the witch's music still haunts me to this day.

Found an emulator for it a few months back, but only the first 'fig' puzzle worked

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:17 pm

Cheers Oak - I could say the same thing about yours!

I've just got it working and have successfully negotiated the FIG puzzle (although I thought it was BIG for ages) and it works fine.

PM me your email if you want me to send u the working version.

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:33 pm

Some good answers there. Certainly from a marketing perspective they managed to sell Salt & Vinegar crisps which were initially relatively unpopular and only hit the market after C&O- people would buy Salt & Vinegar thinking they were cheeese and onion.

Howver its not the answer on my (dubious) card

ROSSKEEN · Post by **ROSSKEEN** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:34 pm

Somebody somewhere down the line was colourblind?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:36 pm

could it be something to do with leicester city and their blue shirts?

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:46 pm

Bingo- UP has it. It was allegedly because Cheese & Onion were the most popular crisps (after plain) and Walkers being a Leicester based family business wanted the packet in the colours of their local team.

Over to you.