Talk:Sun Chips

Availability outside North America

The line 'Sun Chips are called 'Grain Waves' in Australia/New Zealand' has been taken out of the entry until someone can show actual links/proof that this product is available in those specific countries listed. As of July 2006, Sun Chips are not available for purchase in Australia, and are not able to be imported. This is due to the lower fat content. It does not adequately preserve the product for the period of time it takes to to ship them (3+ months) and then stock them in retail stores.

Kat 02:30, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Bluebird Grain Waves have been produced and available in New Zealand from the very early 1990's maybe even the late 1980's this was long before PepsiCo bought Bluebird Foods in July 2006 begging the question: Were Grain Waves originally invented in New Zealand at Bluebird and then "copied" by FritoLay for the 1991 release of their Sun Chips product? Bluebird Foods (Est. 1953) was originally owned by the Goodman family in New Zealand who in 1968 formed a cooperative with 8 other bakers and named it Quality Bakers. After many mergers and acquisitions with many New Zealand and Australian companies, and an IPO, the company, now named Goodman Fielder was then bought by New Zealander Graeme Hart's "Burns, Philp & Co" in 2003 before being sold to PepsiCo in 2006 who recently added the word/name SUNBITES to the packaging. (Graeme Hart is New Zealand's richest person worth an estimated US$10.1B. He was named 148th wealthiest individual on the planet by Forbes magazine as of 3/6/2018) So as you can see even though both products are now owned by PepsiCo, they weren't 30 years ago. Grain Waves have only been available in Australia since 2009 (according to Smiths.com.au) . Lucas73 (talk) 03:09, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

neutrality

the article appeared to have been written by somebody in Frito-Lay PR. I toned down the rhetoric.

my hunch was correct

by using the 'wikiscanner' at wikiscanner.virgil.gr, one can find that there were at least 5 edits from PepsiCo computers to this article (is the komen information really notable?) please make sure future edits are NPOV, and (if one has time) go through the article and ensure its objectivity. thanks. Riphamilton 02:47, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

You fail when you make the assumption that people using PepsiCo computers can't make NPOV edits. For all you know they are just knowledgeable workers that have no significant stake in Sun Chips making edits during a lunch break. WP:AGF --Haizum μολὼν λαβέ 10:20, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

And now ten years later, the article looks like it's about as biased -against- the chips as possible, complete with "claims to contain vegetables"

Who gives a shit if someone in Pepsi pr wrote it? They know more than you do about their product— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1016:B017:B1EA:B8B0:88BB:F043:E0B0 (talk • contribs)

Why do you give a shit enough to comment on a post from over ten years ago? Especially in a way that shows your ignorance of basic site policies? Wikipedia summarizes professionally-published sources, it does not use editor knowledge. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:44, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Rationing

Recently, stores were informed that Frito Lay has been "rationing" the popular snack and the stores have been struggling to keep Sun Chips on the shelves as suppliers orders remain unfilled.

I removed this line, as there's been a call for a cite up for a month that's gone unanswered. Dantsea 01:21, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Image Update

anyone notice that the image on this article is severely dated? The newer bags are metallic and have a new logo. Someone get on it! Masterhand10^{(Talk)(Contributions)} 19:04, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't we . . . ?

Shouldn't it rightfully be pointed out that Sun Chips can be a delicious after-school snack that is low in saturated fat and sodium, and a deliciously satisfying addition to any social gathering? It's of course essential to any encyclopedic article to point out serving suggestions: in this case that Sun Chips go well with fruit juices, as well as particularly with Pepperidge Farm Goldfish brand cheese crackers? You bet: it is absolutely de rigueur! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.59.67.163 (talk) 23:52, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Eh, no. That would be even worse advertising. And extremely POV. Not everyone likes this product, you know. — trlkly 15:02, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I think it was sarcastic... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.208.112.44 (talk) 15:44, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

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Advertising

This is the part of the article I took out, as it seems to much like an advertisment. I'm putting it here so that it can be reintegrated using less advertising language, perhaps even at a more appropriate location.

Sun Chips donates $0.25 for each specially marked bag that consumers register at their website to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure in the fight against breast cancer, up to $420,000. The brand also recently launched a new advertising campaign promoting the fact that it purchases green energy credits to offset 100% of the electricity needed to make Sun Chips, as well as starting to use solar collectors at one of their plants in Modesto, California.

— trlkly 15:04, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I think that should be included. It says a lot about their brand image (or at least their desired brand image). I won’t re-add it myself for now, though. —Wulf (talk) 05:09, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

reference link #3

I just found, by accident actually, that the third reference link, which goes to frito-lays website is a 404. I dont really know enough about wiki ediing to fix it myself, and i'm not even sure if i'm doing this correctly. I still figured i'd let someone know about it. --Issmortor (talk) 14:57, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

New stuff goes at the bottom, changed the link, thanks for pointing it out. Ian.thomson (talk) 18:30, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

12 December 2010

We should list the sunchip flavors that are not kosher for people to know. I think it is important but I can't seem to find the information for which are or are not kosher. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.10.82.28 (talk) 21:57, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

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• Compostable bag section takes up 60% of this article*

This article seems as if it is more about a compostable bag than Sun Chips. I think in this case undue weight is being given to a rather trivial subject (even if it has been covered in the traditional news media, is that the intended focus? I think not) If someone with more editing prowess than I would please take a look at this article and see if it would be possible to rewrite the bag section to make it more concise.

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Jenz — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jenzbeanz (talk • contribs) 08:24, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Origin Question

I was surprised to see the article says Frito Lay introduced the chip in 1991. I worked for a direct mail marketing firm, Donnelley Marketing, from 1975 through 1997 that mailed out, amongst other items, product samples. I worked in the security building at the facility where high dollar coupons, product samples and other items were kept. I distinctly remember "Sun Chips" being a product sample we sent out, but it was not made by Frito Lay. It was manufactured by Quaker Oats if memory serves correctly. As Quaker is part of Pepsico - at least it is now - perhaps it was a sideways shift to FL since they're perceived as a snack maker.

The reason it sticks in my mind is I was looking forward to seeing the product in stores which did not immediately happen. When the FL branded chips appeared I assumed FL "bought" the product from Quaker. The FL Sun Chips came out in the exact same flavors as the Quaker samples we had at Donnelley Marketing. Does anyone have information to shed more light on this situation? Thanks!THX1136 (talk) 21:23, 31 December 2014 (UTC)