In 2012, a fire caused the destruction of the 65,000 square feet (6,000 m2) Real Crisp factory in Crumlin, Caerphilly.
After a financial investment in 1999, the company changed its name to become Sirhowy Valley Foods, while maintaining Real Crisps as the brand name of the lead product.
[3] The Northern Ireland-based crisp manufacturer Tayto purchased Sirhowy Valley Foods in 2007.
Contracts had been arranged with British supermarket chains Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's, taking the turnover of the company to £15 million in a year.
[4] In September 2012, employee Colin Goulding flicked a lit cigarette inside the Real Crisps factory building in Crumlin.
[6] The packets use a frosted greaseproof material, and feature jokes in the design such as the phrase "We don't cut corners.