spooky3 Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Just seen that old Twinings tea advert. But also saw a report the other day that they are closing one of their two factories and moving abroad, leaving a town pretty devastated.... I'm not about to take part in a run on the bank, but I won't be buying their tea either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Bourne Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Do you have a link to the report? In the meantime, help yersen' to some free samples: http://www.twinings.co.uk/free-tea/ x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky3 Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Thanks, I didn't check the spelling... First google hit: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51089dec-eb6d-11df-b482-00144feab49a.html I saw it on that EU Gravy train program on Channel 4 the other day... For those that don't follow links. 400 jobs to go in North Shields and another 260 in Andover, Hampshire. Just so they can get cheap labour and a £10M grant from EU. They've even already got the current staff training their Polish replacements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Just seen that old Twinings tea advert. But also saw a report the other day that they are closing one of their two factories and moving abroad, leaving a town pretty devastated.... I'm not about to take part in a run on the bank, but I won't be buying their tea either! Would that be the town where they grow the tea? Wouldn't they be moving back home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky3 Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Would that be the town where they grow the tea? Wouldn't they be moving back home? No... http://www.twinings.co.uk/about-tea/tea-production/growing/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky3 Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 But as they stated on that C4 program the other night, they advertise themselves similar to... A quintessentially British company, Twining was founded in 1706 when Thomas Twining first set up shop on London’s Strand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Bourne Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Would that be the town where they grow the tea? Wouldn't they be moving back home? The production is moving to Eastern Europe. The tea will still come from the Far East. It'll be like Terry's Chocolate Orange... instead of saying made in the UK on the box, it'll say made in the EU x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky3 Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Has anybody ever started a SCAB list for businesses who sack British employees and move abroad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 It's a bit weak anyway, Yorkshire Tea is much nicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky3 Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 I'm going to loiter every time i'm at the supermarket and put people off. New project mayhem... You never know I may even pull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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