In America, you guys have Lays crisps chips, right? Well, over here we call them Walkers. Same brand, different name. Lookie at the logo:

In all the foreign European countries I have visisted, you can only ever get Lays in a big bag. Here, you can only really buy Walkers in 25g bags, unless you buy like a Doritos party pack or something.

I have always wondered... Can you buy small bags of Lays in America? If not, any idea as to why? Small bags are so handy!

Yep! You can get small bags in vending machines and those variety pack boxes! They are pretty handy!

You can at the grocery store I work at :)

When I went to Florida, quite a few years ago now the bags of crisps were massive, but then so was everything, a childrens meal was the size of an adult meal in the UK! We have an American college where I live so the lecturers children would go to local schools, there was a a girl called Stephanie in my glass for one term in year 9, she used to eat three bags of walkers at a time so it was the same size as the ones she was used too.


One question I have about America, why does your chocolate taste like a solid block of vegetable oil?

Chocolate taste like chocolate in America... I don't think it would be as popular as it is in America if it did taste like a solid block of vegatable oil..

I had no idea that Lays (which I've had in Canada) were the same as Walkers... although thinking about it now, they did taste similar. :-/

I never saw any small bags of Lays when I was in Canada. But perhaps it depends on your definition of small. What the Americans consider a small bag, might not be what we consider a small bag. Perhaps you should give a volume. I'm not sure what the volume is of a bag of Walkers though.

vending machine size bags are 1 oz. like ones in this picture-

forgive for being about to go to work and not doing any conversions :-P

you do have to remember though, the damn things are almost always half full because they're mostly air. lol. :-P

yeah but like, a weight is a weight

1 oz = 28.35 grams. The only reason I know this is from my less-than-angelic past.

OK, so only 3g bigger than ours then. I wonder why I only saw the bigger bags in Canada.

Most of the time, the "snack pack" sizes are really only available at supermarkets in multi-pack cases. At most convenience stores or where snacks are purchased, they sell the "Big Grab" or larger.

There are small, medium, and large bags. Although the medium ones are less likely to be found...at least that's what I found while living in Canada.

Wait, I didn't read properly... you said 25g.

I'm sure the only bags of Lays I've seen in Canada or the US were bigger than 25g.

Google says, the smallest bag of lay is 1.5 ounces, thats 42 grams, so thats similar to a Walkers Bigeat bag at 50g.

Ahh... see. My point is proven. What the Americans consider a 'small bag', is the equivalent for a British 'Big Eat' bag. Lol. ;D

Ahhhh!! I've heard that our Large meals at McDonald's are Mediums in America too...

fast food places here have gone nuts with their sizes in some cases. it's really annoying. Wendy's for example changed their sizes and it's stupid. if I want a medium, I want a medium. not a medium that is really a large! :-P

It wasn't always that way. I was reading in a magazine (something about how some guy lost weight using portion control) and he noticed that back in the day the diameter of a regular dinner plate in America was 9 inches. Now it's something like 12 inches. Basically everything has just gotten bigger. It said something about how a 'kids' size meal is what a 'small' used to be back in the day. Now a small is equivalent to what used to be a medium. It just never stops getting bigger.

This is why we're all on the brink of obesity over here ;).

They sell bulk "snack pack" sizes that are 1 oz. These snack packages usually come in units of six.

Yeah that's the same as our multipacks. Ours used to be 28g, but have reduced it to 25g and sneakily the price has gone up!

Not as small as the ones you guys have. Only medium ones yo!

Even in Canada we have Lays Chips. And yes even in Canada you can buy them in vending machines and variety packs!

haha, i love that "even in canada". i think it's funny that people from other countries think Canada is a small little country where we don't have anything! Canada is actually almost as big as the US.

I'm pretty sure most Brits are aware that Canada is almost as big as the US. I don't think that's what she meant (I think it's more likely she wasn't sure if they were sold in Canada). Most Brits have pretty good geographical knowledge. Unlike many Americans. ;D (Canadians are better in my experience though ;))