Kaizer Chiefs have launched a range of potato chip snacks. Picture: Supplied
Kaizer Chiefs announced their latest business venture recently: Kaizer Chiefs potato chips. But are they any good?
The chips are available in three flavours: grilled steak, salt and vinegar, and tomato.
Speaking at the club’s headquarters in Naturena on Monday, the club’s media officer Vina Maphosa explained their entry into the snacking business is symbiotic.
LISTEN: Kaizer Chips are tasty. Kaizer Chiefs? Not so much
“This is part of the football world. You cannot watch (football on) TV without snacking, you cannot watch the match at the stadium without snacking.”
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While it is not yet confirmed where or when the chips will hit the shelves, The Citizen managed to get our hands on some packets.
We asked some of The Citizen family, and football fans, at the office to taste the chips and give you their verdict.
Here’s what they thought:
The club may be making flavourful moves off the pitch, but are tasteless on it.
After a convincing 2-1 come-from-behind victory against Sekhukhune United, Molefi Ntseki’s side fell to their fourth DStv Premiership defeat of the season at home to Cape Town City on Tuesday.
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Ntseki is under pressure after the result, which left his side in seventh on the DStv Premiership table.
City celebrated their 1-0 win by publishing a hilarious mock-up of their own packet of “three points flavoured” chips.
“Crisps that have three points,” they joked.
The club’s supporters may soon have to snack at home, instead of the stadium, after they were warned of a one-game stadium ban if they do not behave.
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) Disciplinary Committee fined Chiefs R200 000 this week for crowd violence, with R50 000 of the fine suspended for six months, provided they are not found guilty of a similar offence during that time.
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