What a surprising and bizarre story this is both from a business and financial point of view. Recently in the UK there was this court case in regards to tax a exemption on Pringles. You can read more about the court case at http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2008/1558.html
In a nutshell, basically in the UK apparently any product that is classified as a “potato crisp†are subject to a sales tax that the company must abide by. However, lawyers for the Pringle chip company successfully argued that Pringles were not potato chips as they are apparently “not made from potato†and therefore the company should be reimbursed for decades worth of taxes that have been paid out.
So at this point, it looks like the company will be reimbursed for all those years of tax payments. I always thought they were potato chips personally. Now I’m just waiting for the crazy lawsuit where some consumers will claim that they thought they were buying potato chips for all these years and feel misled and are now seeking for compensation…… 🙄