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[Andy B]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Heinz-Baked-Bean-Factory-Strike-Threat-Wigan-Workers-In-Pay-Rise-Row/Article/201011115789205?lpos=Business_Third_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region__0&lid=ARTICLE_15789205_Heinz_Baked_Bean_Factory_Strike_Threat%3A_Wigan_Workers_In_Pay_Rise_Row

part of what has been offered would be 'self funding' and taken from us else where.



Head of anti-personnel has been awarded a 15% bonus this year ......  :-? His salary is £97 000   

[Lizzie_Zoom]

To some the peasants have always been considered to be revolting!!


As for baked beans, the best are Branstons Baked Beans, so Heinz can go on strike if they like!!

[albitz]

Whatever the perceived rights and wrongs of it Andy, its not a good time to take on an employer. They have the upper hand at the moment and they know it.
I am hopeful of getting some sort of pay rise later this month. If it happens it will be the first in about 7 years. Had a 45% drop 2 years ago when loss of job meant finding another.

[aaronjb]

What are these 'strike' things? If I decide not to come in to work, I get fired..

[Richie London]

To some the peasants have always been considered to be revolting!!


As for baked beans, the best are Branstons Baked Beans, so Heinz can go on strike if they like!!

i buy branstons beans now, they are so much nicer than heinz, but i do heinz tomato soup, with big chunks of cheese thrown in

[Andy B]

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 the best are Branstons Baked Beans,  ....

1.5 million cans of Beanz bought each day can't be bad. I wonder how many Branston sell?   

And we make KFC's beans too.  ..... and HP's but they only take up a very samll shelf in the warehouse. 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

To some the peasants have always been considered to be revolting!!


As for baked beans, the best are Branstons Baked Beans, so Heinz can go on strike if they like!!

i buy branstons beans now, they are so much nicer than heinz, but i do heinz tomato soup, with big chunks of cheese thrown in

mmmmmmmmm Richie, that's making me hungry!! 8-) 8-) 8-)

[HolyCount]

To some the peasants have always been considered to be revolting!!


As for baked beans, the best are Branstons Baked Beans, so Heinz can go on strike if they like!!

Oi !! Thats beanist 

[mantagte]

...
 the best are Branstons Baked Beans,  ....

1.5 million cans of Beanz bought each day can't be bad. I wonder how many Branston sell?   

And we make KFC's beans too.  ..... and HP's but they only take up a very samll shelf in the warehouse. 

what do you add to them?

[albitz]

Chicken sh1t.

[Andy B]

...
 the best are Branstons Baked Beans,  ....

1.5 million cans of Beanz bought each day can't be bad. I wonder how many Branston sell?   

And we make KFC's beans too.  ..... and HP's but they only take up a very samll shelf in the warehouse. 

what do you add to them?

No idea!  I just help maintain the machinery filling & seaming of the cans and the wrapping & packing of the finished cans. 

[Dishevelled Den]

To some the peasants have always been considered to be revolting!!


As for baked beans, the best are Branstons Baked Beans, so Heinz can go on strike if they like!!

Oi !! Thats beanist 

It certainly suggests that some beans are has beens.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

...
 the best are Branstons Baked Beans,  ....

1.5 million cans of Beanz bought each day can't be bad. I wonder how many Branston sell?   

And we make KFC's beans too.  ..... and HP's but they only take up a very samll shelf in the warehouse. 

Absolutely right Andy, but that is due to them being a very established brand with a huge loyal customer base.  I have also noticed how Heinz marketing guys have done on superb job in tackling the new kid on the block by obviously tying supermarkets into display agreements which has led to mass displays of Heinz beans, plus other Heinz products, with Branston Beans left with one facing of multipacks and no more than five facings of single cans.  Heinz Beans are also generally cheaper around the major supermarkets.

All that is very clever and professional marketing, which I admire, but if more people were to try Branston Beans many would never go back to Heinz

[Andy B]

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All that is very clever and professional marketing, which I admire,  ......

..... and totally lost on me. I just push the trolly in the supermarket 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

..................and out of interest I have dug out these sites on the subject

http://news.scotsman.com/news/Beanz-no-longer-meanz-Heinz.6009638.jp

.....................Which mentions:
"Baked beans made by Branston came top with 73 per cent, with Heinz taking joint fourth position, behind Asda's and Morrisons' own brands."

http://www.foodindustrycareers.co.uk/article.php?title=which-report-reveals-branston-as-the-best-liked-baked-beans&article_id=225&auth_sess=87ef03ece52ecca82595a1dbf3413815&ref=b8c15a36f0c97d04d9c12b583

.............which mentions:
""Premier Foods, the UK's No. 1 food manufacturer, has this week stolen the ‘Best Baked Bean' crown from market leader Heinz, when its Branston Beans brand beat Heinz in a Which? taste test."

Which? asked members of the public to try 12 types of baked beans including private label and economy varieties." Branston Beans were the brand of choice with Asda's own label in second, Morrisons third and Heinz in fourth place.


http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/542393/Promotion-Works-Branston-Baked-Beans/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH

............which mentions:
"Results: Some 750,000 consumers took part in the sampling drive, with 76 per cent stating a preference of Branston to Heinz's Baked Beans. More than three million samples were handed out via newspapers, door drops, leisure centres and bakeries."
I will also be calling on Asda!!!:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2806614


I think Branston now means beans!!