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[Amigo]

Interesting how this just drifted off topic onto types of beans, taste of beans, marketing of beans.

I suspect that the crisis must be over in Britain for there to be little sympathy or comment over the situation of these workers.. It is easy to pay one person 15% extra but not eay to pay a workforce the same 15%. Best offer them something paltry to keep the shareholders happy.

You make a valid point but some of us have an even worse trot pay wise so it's all relative. As for the new beans forum, well they're a big part of our lives so woth a word.
    I'm still not going to get a pay rise for a while so laugh it off. No matter how seriously we take things or which government/coalitians we're under, nothing will change. The fat cats will continue to expand, nothing will change so why bother? As long as i've got a roof over my head, food on the table & a few quid in my pocket i could'nt care less.
   Let them all fight it out & don't get involved. This approach has worked for me for 24...sorry, 47 years. Think i've got it sewn up by now! Guy. 8-)

[Lizzie_Zoom]

I too hav'nt had a pay rise in 7 years but still have my job.  Beans are beans to me except the real budget ones which are tough & watery. I wait til a supermarket is doing an offer like 4 pack 99p & buy a bootload of any decent brand to last 'til the next offer. You can do so many things with them but my fave recipe (if you can call it that) is to:-
   Make cheese on toast then towards the end spoon a few beans on top, not too early or they'll dry out but in time to warm them, a little garlic salt (as they leave all the salt out now so we just put it back!) Hey presto, pikey pizza!
   P.S Andy. I love the way the locals call Wigan "Wiggin"!!!

Best way, and apprently Asda are doing 4 packs of Branston Beans at £1 8-) 8-)

Iirc T****s are doing a buy 1 pack of 4 get 2 packs of 4 free this week. May be wrong though thats womens work its not my area of expertise.

Thanks Albs, I will be checking that out!!

[Varche]

Time for me to drift off topic (Oh dear) 

When we came to Spain we missed baked beans. Couldn't find any heinz or other so made our own out of the stuff you can buy in the supermarkets. Far cheaper and far better in taste!

Of course now all the supermarkets here  stock Heinz (at a premium of course) I'd rather starve than pay 70p for a tin of sugared and salted beans in a bit of tom sauce.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

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But what I am getting at in a roundabout way is that there is always a competitor ready to take advantage of any workers strike, which will only damage themselves and the company they work for.  In this case it is Heinz and their much vaunted baked beans, and it would be so easy for them to seriously lose market share to the now highly rated Branston Baked Beans

Even with Branston's competition there are still not enough hours in the week to produce Heinz Beanz. This ....... http://www.leighpeople.co.uk/crime/Power-cut-substation-broken-Wigan/story-10162222-detail/story.html seriously put our production out put this week.
During the cold & snow last winter we were working at full tilt to try to keep your favourite supermarket & others stocked up. 

I can imagine Andy as producing 1.5 million units must take some good management and staff

[Andy B]

[ ..... as producing 1.5 million units must take some good management and staff

that's just baked beans. Add to that tomato soup, chicken soup, Big soup, Snap Pots etc etc Various lines will fill at around 1000 cans per min. quite impressive when you watch them.

[Dishevelled Den]

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   P.S Andy. I love the way the locals call Wigan "Wiggin"!!!

The really broad locals can be very to understand.

See how you get on with these.     
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/dialect2.php?opt=dialect2

I love that.  8-)

Shows the richness of a local dialect.

[Andy B]

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   P.S Andy. I love the way the locals call Wigan "Wiggin"!!!

The really broad locals can be very to understand.

See how you get on with these.     
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/dialect2.php?opt=dialect2

I love that.  8-)

Shows the richness of a local dialect.

      

[CaptainZok]

Fortunately the accent doesn't seem to be catching.
I have enough trouble understanding the Gnome's grunts as it is.

[Amigo]

Loving this one too. There are some cross overs but still fun!
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/dialect1.php?opt=dialect1

[damon80]

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   P.S Andy. I love the way the locals call Wigan "Wiggin"!!!

The really broad locals can be very to understand.

Oi - I resent that!   

[damon80]

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   P.S Andy. I love the way the locals call Wigan "Wiggin"!!!

The really broad locals can be very to understand.

See how you get on with these.     
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/dialect2.php?opt=dialect2

I love that.  8-)

Shows the richness of a local dialect.

Tha'll love this then! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS_OkJaZFd4&feature=fvw

[Debs.]

Loving this one too. There are some cross overs but still fun!
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/dialect1.php?opt=dialect1

I`ve got some distant family over with the cloggers......I call `em the 'diginots'...

....they`re always saying: "did you not know, that?"

[Dishevelled Den]

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   P.S Andy. I love the way the locals call Wigan "Wiggin"!!!

The really broad locals can be very to understand.

See how you get on with these.     
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/dialect2.php?opt=dialect2

I love that.  8-)

Shows the richness of a local dialect.

Tha'll love this then! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS_OkJaZFd4&feature=fvw

I certainly did D - splendid. 8-)