Confirmed sighting: Quaker Snack-a-Jacks Popcorn
Posted: 18:06 Mon 08-May-2006. Price: 48p/ approx 13g bag (currently 3 for £1 at Asda, Old Kent Road, London). Location: Asda. Sub-flavours: Lightly Salted; Butter Toffee. Nutritional unusualness: (Lightly Salted variety) 1.3g fat, 0.1g sugar, 0.1g sodium (0.2g "equivalent as salt") per bag.
"josie" reports: Saw these in Asda today. There were loads left on the shelf, so maybe won't be as popular as regular Snack-a-Jacks.

...Oh, I don't know "josie", I was pleasantly surprised by their near-total lack of nutritional value (and can't wait to try the Butter Toffee flavour). I'm slightly puzzled as to why they put quotes round Delicious kernels of 'popped' corn, lightly dusted with salt though, because this is clearly the real thing, right down to a few unpopped kernels to hurt your teeth on. Quaker are also doing some Lime and Coriander Seasons (to take on Tyrrells' new breadsticks?) but, back with popcorn, "Lauren" applauded the ConAgra Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Microwave Popping Corn she bought in a "Co-op (Essex, UK)" (£2.35 for box of 3, in Sweet and Salty, Honey Butter, or Movie Theatre Butter), revealing: I'm from the US and know the Orville brand very well and have always loved their popcorn so it was amazing to see it here in my local grocery store. Hopefully they will bring out more of the flavours that are posted on the website -"Caramel", "Corn on the Cob", or "Cinnabon Cinnamon Butter", for instance, but no fish and chips, strawberry cheesecake, or pesto?

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Posted: 21:25 Mon 08-May-2006 by "jb" # permalink comment
Comment: Yep this has been around for at least a month in Glasgow. Damn nice stuff. I'm now waiting for the multi-pack or "family" sized bag.

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Posted: 08:48 Tue 09-May-2006 by "Phillerena" # permalink comment
Comment: Buying and making your own popcorn is much cheaper and nicer. If you want it low fat then just use sweetener instead of sugar.

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Posted: 10:03 Tue 09-May-2006 by "charl" # permalink comment
Comment: "cinnabon cinnamon butter" as in the _real_ cinnabon?

*faints*

cinnabon is the greatest thing (apart from proper diet cherry coke) we don't have in the uk!

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Posted: 10:09 Tue 09-May-2006 by "charl" # permalink comment
Comment: If you want it low fat then just use sweetener instead of sugar.

poor grasp of food groups there, phil'. ;')

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Posted: 12:41 Tue 09-May-2006 by "Phillerena" # permalink comment
Comment: Sugar is fattening.

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Posted: 18:05 Tue 09-May-2006 by "you will not believe this.." # permalink comment
Comment: check out this mad chinese guys website, he's giving away noodles and shit for comments!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted: 12:29 Thu 18-May-2006 by "Rosalind Tran" # permalink comment
Comment: I have tried in vain to get the new Snack a Jacks Popcorn but maybe they don't go north they are nowhere to bee seen in Glasgow we have looked everywhere !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted: 12:49 Thu 18-May-2006 by "Phillerena" # permalink comment
Comment: Trust me, its nothing to get over-excited about. Youre better off making your own.

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Posted: 16:33 Thu 18-May-2006 by "jb" # permalink comment
Comment: I have seen the snack a jacks popcorn in glasgow. Try an ASDA.

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Posted: 23:03 Thu 18-May-2006 by "Sandy" # permalink comment
Comment: These are bogof in Superdrug and I tried the toffee ones but they seem to stick VERY badly to your teeth, much more than regular toffee popcorn.

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Posted: 10:40 Wed 31-May-2006 by "Lyn" # permalink comment
Comment: Help I live in Herne Bay, Kent and I have tried my local supermarkets and I can't find them. Can anyone tell me if their Tesco's, Sainsburys etc are doing them ?

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Posted: 14:10 Wed 31-May-2006 by "Nadia" # permalink comment
Comment: Im eating the toffee popcorn now...i can't move my teeth.i wonder whether im supposed to suck it before i attempt to chew it?

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Posted: 15:35 Wed 31-May-2006 by "charl" # permalink comment
Comment: boots in sheffield stocks only the salted one. the aggressive toffee variety sounds a little disconcerting...

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Posted: 14:46 Wed 07-Jun-2006 by "charl" # permalink comment
Comment: i got some small bags of butterkist toffee popcorn this week and these too are sticking to my teeth in a manner the contents of the bigger bags don't. what's going on?

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Posted: 18:11 Tue 20-Jun-2006 by "Sam" # permalink comment
Comment: i just had the most amazing popcorn at the Taste of London this past weekend. Ear to Ear Popcorn i think it was called. Came in a bunch of flavours and blew snak a jaks and butterkist away. Incredibly moreish.

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Posted: 00:55 Wed 21-Jun-2006 by "Flameproof" # permalink comment
Comment: Charl- Don't know if it's still there, but there was a cinnibon shop in West Quays in Southampton...

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Posted: 08:16 Wed 21-Jun-2006 by "charl" # permalink comment
Comment: waaaaaaaah! really, flameproof?! thank you: i may have to go check, it's that serious.

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Posted: 17:28 Wed 21-Jun-2006 by "Sandy" # permalink comment
Comment: Yes last time I was in Southampton about a year ago there was definitely a cinnabon shop. You can smell it all through the shopping centre, mmm! 77119 1 40

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