UK Courts at Work

In the legal opinion of the decade, a UK court has made it official: Pringles are not potato chips.

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Comments

Neil T. says:

It’s to do with Tax, specifically Value Added Tax (VAT) which is placed on ‘luxury’ items. I imagine Pringles were arguing that they are not potato chips and therefore are not a luxury item, and so they will not attract the extra tax (which is almost 20%).
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cakes

Jake says:

Potato chips are a “luxury item”? Wow. That’s sad.