But the publicity generated by the programme has proved priceless for Pawson, a co-founder of Sea Chips, a business which has become more established and increased production since the Dragons’ Den episode was recorded a year ago. Tague said: "We've had a change of direction. We're trying to get more into coffee shops, hotels, pubs and other foodservice operators like that. We're not currently looking at supermarkets anymore, they only sell on offer. Husband-and-wife team Claire and John Brumby, who set up Scrubbys in 2012, will remain with the new business. We’re launching with a couple of larger retailers I can’t name just yet, and also we’re launching with (online grocer)Ocado.”

If I'm really honest, I wanted to retain the company in the family and they're business guys obviously so they just had different objectives." Supplies of Sea Chips sold out after Sunday's Dragons' Den episode. Photo: Joe Horner. Large supply of skins A pair of optometrists hope the Dragons will see a bright future in their blue-light filtering products, and an eco-entrepreneur pitches a carbon-offset trading app. More Vegetable crisp brand Scrubbys, which has appeared on Dragons’ Den and has a nationwide listing with Waitrose, has been acquired by an ethnic food manufacturer after filing for administration. The founder of a Liverpool-based independent crisp company has told Insider that the business is no longer trying to secure supermarket listings and revealed why he walked away from a deal secured in a bidding war on the BBC's Dragons' Den.ch7leach I must admit that has normally been my experience, but these thins are delicious, nothing like the original. The Grimsby business called in administrators at Duff & Phelps on 9 May 2016 with AIB Foods subsequently buying the assets and the Scrubbys brand. beccatavender Watched dragons den the other night and someone was promoting mushroom crisps, everyone liked them but she never got a deal unfortunately But not long after filming, the proposed deal fell through. Like all investments agreed on air, it then underwent due diligence to iron out the finer details. We’ve had a lot of interest, it’s just about finding the right partners,” said Pawson. “At the moment we’re very busy with the UK and we’re still finding our feet with the new factory, but we’ve already made a few steps to export to Hong Kong, Singapore and Denmark.”

But Tags, which first revealed that it was targeting supermarkets in 2014, is no longer focused on securing new listings with major grocery chains. He said: "We left Dragons' Den with a deal but it didn't complete for a lot of reasons, mainly down to me. I wanted a level of commitment in writing but that wasn't forthcoming so we parted ways quite amicably. Imagine my surprise, when I tried a Ryvita thin, caramelized onion flavour, they are so delicious. It made me think what other food items have been improved but I haven't bought them because I tried them once and disliked them. At that point last year I think we’d sold about 3,000 bags, which was all we could make, but I think we did that in about an hour after Dragons’ Den,” Pawson told Fish Farming Expert. At the time the Dragons’ Den episode was recorded Pawson and Sea Chips co-founder Dominic Smith were still making the crisps by hand, but since then Grants Smokehouse owner Jonathan Brown has taken a one-third stake in the company, supplying not just investment but considerable experience and a ready supply of salmon skins – a resource previously discarded by Grants.Scrubbys’ five-strong range of vegetable crisps is now available in Waitrose, Ocado and Holland & Barrett, as well as independent retailers and through foodservice distributors.