A dad thought a packet of Walkers crisps had bagged him £100,000 after discovering a completely white bag in his multi-pack - only to discover it was a misprint. Graham Kirby was rummaging through his kitchen cupboards while getting ready to leave for work when he unearthed the pale packet in the 20-bag 'meaty' box.
Baffled Graham initially thought he'd struck gold and had pocketed a bag worth up to £100,000, similar to the snack giant's recent heart-shaped crisp promotion, or that he'd discovered a new flavour. But on closer inspection, the carpenter realised it was a bag of roast chicken crisps nestled among the £4.85 box that was somehow not its usual bright orange colour.
Wanting to keep the unusual packet safe from getting crushed in his work van, the 37-year-old, whose favourite flavour is salt and vinegar, opted to leave it at home and took another to munch on. The dad-of-two assumes the packet's pale exterior was caused by a printing error - and that sadly it's not a competition prize.
Graham said: "I opened my cupboard and saw that, it was quite surreal. I've never seen anything like this before. I thought 'I've got a white bag of crisps here, does this mean anything?'.
"I showed it to my wife and said 'what do you reckon to this? I've got a white bag of crisps here, [is it] worth a load of money?' It would be nice if it was worth £100,000. I then thought it was a special flavour. They're supposed to be roast chicken, that's normally a yellow-orangey colour packaging. I'm assuming it's a printing error.
"I was going to take them that morning and I thought 'you know what I won't'. Because I'm a carpenter I put loads of stuff in my van. I thought they might get broken or the bag might pop.
"I didn't want to damage the bag or the contents, I kept it for the novelty value."
Graham said he was 'frustrated' that his wife Hannah Kirby started buying the meaty multipack boxes from Asda as they don't contain his favourite flavours. Graham said: "It really frustrates me because there's never any salt and vinegar or ready salted in there, and they're my favourite.
"My daughter usually eats them as well but for some reason my missus started buying them in the multipack boxes and there's never any salt and vinegar in there."
Walkers has been contacted for comment.
