Thanks very much for bringing this back to life for me. Really appreciate your help!
There is one of two things happening here: either prestashop works in ways that will simply remain mysterious to me and I'll happily have to keep paying developers, which is fine, or is there a chance that the file you linked to was the solution to a different problem?
After reading it looks like it's related to new products and not so much the contact information in the footer. But like I said, it could just be the proof that I should stick to running a candy business and let programmers do the programming.
Thanks!