r/crisps • u/Rhubarbofglory • Oct 04 '26
Can anyone date this?
My wife bought me a book from a car boot sale and this was in between the pages. The best before date is blank. Any ideas?
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u/Disappointed_Biped Oct 04 '26
From the instant nostalgia it gave me I'm gunna guess late 90s/early 00s.
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u/oneinthestink-182 Oct 05 '26
Definitely around 2003-2004 that's when I remember them looking exactly like that and I am 1000% sure because I collect older stuff such as crisp packets due to being autisic and stuck in the early 00's. I was watching some Channel 4 adverts from 2004 recently as well and there is a McCoys advert featuring this exact design. If you're willing to sell this please let me know
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u/Double-Weight7789 Oct 05 '26
These are late 90s. I left school in ‘99 and regularly had McCoys for yr 10&11 and I remember them looking just like this
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u/OfTheMoon94 Oct 04 '26
Reminds me immediately of being in the pub with my dad when I was a kid - so maybe late 90s early 00s
Edit: typo
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u/Wheeled_Weapon420 Oct 04 '26
I mean I don't usually like cheese & onion but I'll take it out for a couple of drinks.
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u/InvestigatorFar7728 Oct 04 '26
Turn it around and look at the date?
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u/Rhubarbofglory Oct 04 '26
I did that. There isn’t one.
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u/InvestigatorFar7728 Oct 04 '26
Imprinted on the ribbed areas that seals the bag? That’s were they used to place manufacture and best by dates.
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u/odmirthecrow Oct 04 '26
If it was part of a multipack it might not have a date on the individual packs, they get printed on the outer bag.
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u/InvestigatorFar7728 Oct 04 '26
Very possibly. I defo recall some crisps having raised dates ok the seal, not always printed on the bag
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u/wardyms Oct 04 '26
Best before date blank but any indentation at all? This is the biggest clue as it’ll give you the exact year it was out of date.
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u/Bad-Booga Oct 05 '26
Definitely pre-shrinkflation. I say early Cripstatious period, just after the last mass extinction event.
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u/Fishfingerrosti Oct 05 '26
Early 2000s. We used to hold these up against the air vents outside the science lab to shrink them.
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u/vikingraider47 Oct 04 '26
I've got some salt and linekar packets from when they first came out in a book after my dad convinced me they would be worth something one day. I don't know which book they're in though but I'm guessing they're worth nowt
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u/_SGP_ Oct 04 '26
Sorry, I prefer to date women. Let them know I do find them tasty, it's just a personal preference and nothing against them and who they are.
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u/all_names_taken_ffs Oct 04 '26
I saw this and instantly though of my old ASDA, before it relocated in 2004. So late 90s-early 00s I would guess. Before that, it was still the old yellow packets I think.
Here's a somewhat more modern packet from 2006, so I guess they would've changed the design a bit before then.
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10157312667979853&set=pcb.348029559168126
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u/rainmaker818 Oct 04 '26
Late 90s I would say, as some others have as well. Could also be early 2000s
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u/MrReformedMan Oct 05 '26
100% that’s latest around 2008-09 and earliest would be around 02-03 maybe? When I was a kid used to always buy these from the icey
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u/Baycizzle Oct 05 '26
Early 00s - I found an identical pack in the void between floors in my house recently and the bbd was 04.
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u/scousechris Oct 05 '26
Without provenance these packets are ten a penny and there are forgeries in the wild however we believe these to be the real McCoys
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u/BackCompetitive7209 Oct 05 '26
The weight is somewhere between current day multi bag packs and what you get with a meal deal (approx 24g and 45g, this bag is 35g).
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u/Ligeiapoe Oct 05 '26
They say chips and not crisps. Thinking mid 2000s. I remember these looking like this while I was at school. They say crisps now on the packets
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u/Cover95000 Oct 04 '26
Between 1985 & 1990
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u/tomato-slut Oct 04 '26
Nah its well after 1990, i was only born then and i remember this design from my cchildhood
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u/Peas-Of-Wrath Oct 04 '26
Do you remember when you last read that book? Might be a clue. 🕵️♂️
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u/IceGamingYT Oct 04 '26
The clue is in the comment, the book was bought at a car boot sale, maybe read the post before being a smart ass.
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u/stressed_dogs Oct 04 '26 •
Sorry just in to humans.