Potato crisps in short supply in third of British shops, official figures show   

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Gary Lineker who promotes Walkers crisps. Britons each eat on average two packets of crisps a week, Kantar said.

Potato crisps remain in short supply in almost one-in-three British shops, according to figures released by the UK's Office for National Statistics following production difficulties at a major supplier.

Britain's biggest crisp producer Walkers, part of Pepsi, had to scale back production of the potato snack at the start of the month after problems with an IT systems upgrade, which it warned could take weeks to fix.