howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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11 December 2010
22:0484152it has been announced today that workers at the heinz factory in wigan are going on strike for the first time.
maybe this action is what politicians are talking about when they refer to "the wind of change"?
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
11 December 2010
22:1384153This must not happen,aa you know I am a great bean eater,it is only beans that Keep me going,
I only have 100 cans left what am I TO DO?
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
- Posts: 4,150
11 December 2010
22:2984156 You can always find some in Dover.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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11 December 2010
22:3084158AH tHERE IT IS, i HAVE BEEN RIGHT back looking for my post on beans but can not find it.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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11 December 2010
22:3084159AH tHERE IT IS, i HAVE BEEN RIGHT back looking for my post on beans but can not find it.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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11 December 2010
22:3884160Howard, you mean Heinz baked beans are actually still produced in this country? Does Brussel`s know about this? I`m sure they wouldn`t be very happy at finding out we British are still hanging on to some of our historical branded product`s. (Took that on 23 December last year Vic).
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
- Posts: 7,819
12 December 2010
07:2284171Good picture there Colin, yes I too have pictures of baked bean cans somewhere. This is idolatory on a grand scale.
But let me issue a terror bit of information for those addicted to the humble bean ( myself included). AS a result of this strike there will be 2million fewer cans available in the shops. This is awful news. I kid you not. Shock Horror!!
My advice is to stockpile now!!
Vic yes there was indeed a big thread on beans. Dont forget we have a 'search engine' on our centre anchor page top right..that will find any thread for you.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,903
12 December 2010
09:2184179I must admit I am not a plain baked bean fan but I would miss my curried beans, Morrisons ran out of them once and which was awful as I could not build my stock up. I will start stock piling tomorrow.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
12 December 2010
09:2184180Sorry to disappoint you all but Henry J Heinz was an American and he invented his beans in tomato sauce in Philadelphia.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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12 December 2010
09:3084182I do not care where they come from I LOVE THEM.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
- Posts: 2,868
12 December 2010
17:1784224Baked Beans may be canned in the UK but I feel certain all the beans are grown in USA.
In recent years, I think, Monsanto (who develop GM crops) have been trying to develop the British (Baked) Bean for canning.
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
12 December 2010
17:2584225I won't eat spaghetti unless Heinz made them.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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22 February 2011
13:5493789Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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22 February 2011
15:4793797Wasnt there an even bigger thread on baked beans than this one...went on for pages so it did!
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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22 February 2011
17:3593809Your right boss I have just had alook this is Howard ones not mine,I will dig that one up again later.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
22 February 2011
17:3693810probably ended up as a has bean.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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22 February 2011
17:4093811..its bean and gone!!
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
22 February 2011
17:4493812yes its bean along time since ive had a bean.part of the f-factor group.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,903
22 February 2011
18:4493822I thought I would join in the jokes but they wont let me.
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Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,318
Without using any bad language Vic, what were those beans like that I saw you buying the other day. To my mind they are awful, not a patch on own brands let alone Heinz.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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