Walkers Quavers

Advantages: A cheesy favourite
Disadvantages: I'd like them even cheesier!

...And so my crusade to review all sorts of terribly bad for you junk food continues. Yes, we've had Oreos, Wispas, Walkers Roast Chicken Crisps...and now we have a 'spin-off' off the Walkers brand, it's the good old fashion Quavers. It's familiar yellow packaging and traditional cheese flavour are favourites in lunchboxes up and down the land. For a time, I was a big fan of the other flavours - bacon, prawn cocktail and salt and vinegar, but they seem to fall by the wayside when it comes to competing with their bigger brother. Oh, and does anyone remember the ketchup flavour which flirted with the limelight for a while? As with all Walkers crisps now, they are made with Sunseed oil; a special type of sunflower oil (apparently), which results in far less saturated fat than before (up to 80% in fact). Another added bonus is they contain 25...

carl.mcqueen 19.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Walkers Quavers Cheese Flavour

Walkers Shortbread

Advantages: Really tasty, sweet but not overpowering. A good price.
Disadvantages: None at all but beware of the salt

...I certainly now that it is Christmas when I get a request off my Nan to go and get her some shortbread! It is a regular thing now and from November onwards I have learned to keep my eye out for a bargain for her. Whilst in the Range of all places a couple of weeks ago I happened to spot a large display of Shortbread. I have to admit that this was the last place I expected to find Shortbread as I was in the store looking for a couple of hand towels... Not for shortbread however I wandered over to see what was on offer and I found a box of Walkers Shortbread. Walkers is a brand that I have heard of before, mainly due to my Mum saying that she will only buy their brand of Christmas puddings so I knew buying the shortbread would not be a bad move. There was a variety of different boxes of shortbread on offer but I decided to go...

MEL0611 14.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Walkers Petticoat Tails Shortbread

Vtech baby walker for little walkers

Advantages: Strong, fun, educational............
Disadvantages: Can't be folded

...I bought this baby walker for my twins and they loved it and played with it all the time and then it was then passed down to my youngest daughter who also loves it. The baby walker is made to support your baby when they first start to walk. The baby walker has also got a panel on the front which has lights, music and different activities for your child to do, when it is turned on it barks and says 'hello baby' then starts singing 'hello puppy calling do you want to play with me, lets have fun together while we learn your ABC'. The panel has 2 volume levels, can be turned off and can be removed for younger babies to play with. Each thing on the front off the panel does something different and there is a butterfly which switches the mode from alphabetical/numerical to music and back again. To do this you turn the butterflys wing...

PCLJR 03.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of VTech First Steps Baby Walker

Solo Walker

Advantages: Gives insight into the Scott Walker's early influences
Disadvantages: The best was yet to come

...Scott Walker gained fame and notoriety as a band member of the 'Walker Brothers' in the mid 1960s - a band perhaps best known for their worldwide hit "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore". But by 1966, Walker had had enough of commercial sound that the band were producing and the superstardom that came with it. He decided to jump ship and seek solitude in a monastery on the Isle of Wight. He subsequently emerged as a determined solo artist initially influenced by Belgian singer Jacques Brel, but always focused upon his own unique style based around his rich penetrating baritone vocal that would later evolve into an existential angst ridden crooner. 'Scott I' was first released in 1967 and was Walker's first solo album after his work with the Walker Brothers. It was to be the first in a sequence of four solo albums released in the late 1960...

Zmugzy 18.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Scott I [Remastered] - Scott Walker

Walkers Multipack

Advantages: Delicious, cheap, variety, versatile
Disadvantages: Prawn cocktail flavour, quite high in fat.

...As some of you know, I have a very sweet tooth. Unfortunately, I also have a very savoury tooth and I'm a particular sucker for a bag of crisps. So, you can imagine my delight each week when the weekly shop has been done and I can rumage around and see what delights my mum has bought for us to enjoy and devour this week. Our family likes a huge variety of crisps, usually resulting in 3 or 4 huge variety bags being bought- our usuals are Wotsits, McCoys, Hula Hoops and pringles. However this week was different. I first came across the WALKERS variety bag when I was looking for an accompanyment to go with my sandwich for my lunch. My eyes lit up as I noticed the huge bag in the crisps cupboard. I decided immediatly that today wasnt a day for McCoys flame grilled steak- no today was a day for a bag of traditional WALKERS...

SweetTooth93 23.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Walkers Crisps, Family Favourites

Sensational Walkers.

Advantages: Great tasting, different and high quality.
Disadvantages: High in calories, fat and salt.

...Walkers are undoubtedly great crisp producers and it all started way back in 1945 when a butcher named Henry Walker decided to start cooking slices of potato to sell because the meat supply was virtually non-existent, in 1954 he created his first flavoured crisps and Walkers cheese and onion were born, since then things have come on leaps and bounds and Walkers are one of the biggest crisps and snack producers in the world and they are constantly coming up with new ideas and new flavours. One relatively new idea from Walkers is the Walkers Sensations Lime & Coriander Chutney Poppadoms. (Possibly the longest title for any packet of crisps ever). Well to say these are crisps is not technically correct because they are supposed to be poppadoms, which for anyone who does not know are Indian in origin and are usually served as...

thebigc1690 16.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Walkers Sensations Lime & Coriander Chutney Poppadoms

A useful walker with an even more useful toy!

Advantages: Helps child to learn to walk, great toy
Disadvantages: Phone can become "missing"!

...I originally purchased this toy without thinking too much which is unusual for me as I usually research for days before making any decisions! My son at the time needed a bit of encouragement to start walking, so I bought one of these to help him along a bit. The walker itself consists of a light-weight plastic frame with four wheels and a wide handle with spinning rattles at the bottom. There is also a toy that detaches from the front which consists OFF/LOW/HIGH volume control, phone that activates voice/music, spinning wheels "puppy says" button and a butterfly. When the buttterfly is open, four musical styles can be played via the four numbered buttons, (2 of each style), and the piano keys play piano-style notes. When the butterfly is closed, the numbered buttons say numbers 1-4, then "red heart" and so...

yani1 26.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of VTech First Steps Baby Walker

Baby Walkers underestimated!

Advantages: Easy to use and fun for young children. Light weight and stores easily.
Disadvantages: Must keep watchful eye when around stairs.

...Baby walker safety has been debated for years and in many places they have been banned from sales. In my opinion, I wish there were more in circulation. My son was fortunate to use one of these and it became his favorite place to sit and play. He also got his exercise and strengthened his legs for walking using this walker. It is a misconception that all children using walkers are in danger of falling down stairs. I believe that if your children are carefully watched and kept out of dangerous situations, nothing will happen. Far too many parents neglected their children and therefore had to deal with their children falling down stairs. Baby gates are available and this type of walker also includes brakes that can be set in place so that your child will remain immobile until unlocked again. This product is comfortable and material...

Mom4more 16.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Chicco DJ Baby Walker

Walkers Roast Chicken Crisps

Advantages: Good old fashioned Walkers, cheap
Disadvantages: There are better crisps out there

...Whilst devouring a ham and cheese toasted sandwich for lunch yesterday, the perfect accompaniment had to be a bag of good old fashioned Walkers Crisps...today's choice, Roast Chicken flavour. Taken from one of the 6 x 25g packs which cost approximately £1.23 from the likes of Tescos and Asda, the first thing that strikes you at the moment is the paraphernalia which covers the orange package due to Walkers' ongoing competition to save money on trips around the UK. But that's just a sideshow; you're all obviously wondering what they taste like. Well, of course they do taste like roast chicken - no surprise there thankfully - but although it pains me to say it, there are better crisps of this flavour out there. Ones with a bigger taste and crunch. These have a texture that some harsh critics would describe as cardboard-like when you...

carl.mcqueen 07.07.2009 · Read review
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Walkers Sensations Oriental Crackers

Advantages: Delicious!
Disadvantages: None!

...A tasty little number for your delectation this afternoon - Walkers very own Sensations Oriental Crackers...the Peking Spare Rib flavour. Yum! It comes in a purple packet with green 'trim', at 110g a bag - the 'share' bag if you will. Unfortunately they're yet to burst into the individual bag market, but if they did I'd be buying them in shares!! What differs them from the normal Sensations brand such as Thai Sweet Chilli is they are shaped like crackers rather than crisps...a posh Quaver than basically... Well, not entirely. Upon opening the packet, the crisps do look like miniature versions of the prawn crackers every Chinese takeaway loves to give away, but smaller and slightly coloured in flavourings. The feel of the crisp when biting down on it is somewhat firmer than a Quaver, so I'll remove the title of 'posh Quaver...

carl.mcqueen 06.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Walkers Sensations - Oriental Crackers