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Jim the Geordie
Apr 12, 2023, 1:29:39 PM4/12/23
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In article <5upd3i51tbassbr3c...@4ax.com>,
pe...@parksidewood.nospam says...
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> Interesting that the pie factory in this week's programme has gone
> bust. I wonder if the programme makers give a company's accounts the
> onceover before deciding to feature it, especially one that's family
> owned.
> While the production process didn't put me off pork pies the finished
> product didn't look very appealing. Anyone know who they supply?
I suspect the grinning buffoon presenting what is otherwise an
informative programme didn't help. Vale of Mowbrey must have been
pushing their luck too.
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Jim the Geordie
pe...@parksidewood.nospam says...
>
> Interesting that the pie factory in this week's programme has gone
> bust. I wonder if the programme makers give a company's accounts the
> onceover before deciding to feature it, especially one that's family
> owned.
> While the production process didn't put me off pork pies the finished
> product didn't look very appealing. Anyone know who they supply?
I suspect the grinning buffoon presenting what is otherwise an
informative programme didn't help. Vale of Mowbrey must have been
pushing their luck too.
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Jim the Geordie
Arthur Conan Doyle
Apr 12, 2023, 3:33:14 PM4/12/23
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Jim the Geordie <j...@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
>Vale of Mowbrey must have been pushing their luck too.
Spouse and I both noted as we were watching that there was far too much
>Vale of Mowbrey must have been pushing their luck too.
production labor required and that a number of the processes could easily have
been automated. Especially the placement of the dough in the cups. Easy to see
how material cost increases and labor shortages killed the company.
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Mike Swift
Apr 12, 2023, 7:54:12 PM4/12/23
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In article <9m1e3i9db5l4hbvb83fmtv27mriojpar33@None>, Arthur Conan Doyle
<do...@bother.com> writes
Mike
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Yorkshire Halvard Lange
<do...@bother.com> writes
>>Vale of Mowbrey must have been pushing their luck too.
>
>Spouse and I both noted as we were watching that there was far too much
>production labor required and that a number of the processes could easily
>have been automated. Especially the placement of the dough in the cups.
>Easy to see how material cost increases and labor shortages killed the
>company.
I suspect gas prices didn't help either.
>
>Spouse and I both noted as we were watching that there was far too much
>production labor required and that a number of the processes could easily
>have been automated. Especially the placement of the dough in the cups.
>Easy to see how material cost increases and labor shortages killed the
>company.
Mike
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Michael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners.
Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
Yorkshire Halvard Lange
Peter Johnson
Apr 13, 2023, 11:09:12 AM4/13/23
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Since they were at the jaffa cake factory, the previous episode, the
pack size has been reduced from twelve to ten.
Jim the Geordie
Apr 13, 2023, 2:43:26 PM4/13/23
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In article <sl6g3i958a27rfq2k...@4ax.com>,
pe...@parksidewood.nospam says...
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Jim the Geordie
pe...@parksidewood.nospam says...
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> Since they were at the jaffa cake factory, the previous episode, the
> pack size has been reduced from twelve to ten.
Morrison's own brand are much cheaper and identical.
> Since they were at the jaffa cake factory, the previous episode, the
> pack size has been reduced from twelve to ten.
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Jim the Geordie
Gordon Freeman
Apr 15, 2023, 11:42:17 AM4/15/23
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Jim the Geordie
Apr 16, 2023, 6:22:18 AM4/16/23
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