Walkers crisps supply coming back to normal after being hit

Crisis seems to have passed for Walkers crisps after reports emerged on Friday (29) claiming its supplies being disrupted by an IT upgrade.

The Leicester-based crisp giant confirmed products including multipacks of ready salted, Quavers and Wotsits had been affected, BBC reported, amid reports of Walkers crisp packets a rare sight on shelves.

A few Twitter handles, meanwhile, have claimed that supply is back.

Crisps availability getting back to some form of normality after the IT issues at Walkers pic.twitter.com/YjaRXpTbe6

— 🛒🛒🛒🛒🛒🛒🛒 (@Supermarketweet) October 29, 2021

Walkers, part of the global PepsiCo group, confirmed that its factory in Beaumont Leys, Leicester, which employs around 1,300 people, was currently producing limited quantities of crisps and snacks.

A spokeswoman said the firm was “working round the clock” to increase the supply to stores across the UK.

She added: “We are currently experiencing disruption to the supply of some of our Walkers snacks products, as a result of a recent IT system upgrade.

“We’re very sorry for the inconvenience. We’re incredibly grateful to all our colleagues in Leicester and our other sites for their hard work and dedication as we work through this issue.”

It is understood technical issues following a big IT upgrade have been affecting production for several weeks, while reports suggest rivals such as KP have seen big increases in demand for alternative products.

Social media was also abuzz with many netizens pointing out the unavailability of Walkers crisps.

It’s difficult to get hold of Walkers crisps currently, the shop assistant tells me it’s because of the “shortage of drivers, the other side, not necessarily here” I did some research, that’s rubbish, PepsiCo did a big upgrade and it crashed the systems stuffing up shipping! 😒

— Eglantine DuPont (@EglantineDupont) October 26, 2021

Bit of a random one but has anyone else found that walkers crisps are literally impossible to find atm?! No shop seems to have any of them in stock.

— Yasmin🥀 (@Yxsminlouise) October 25, 2021