Back in the 70s Cadbury Schweppes computerised the production control system used to issue menus and materials for its products. Cadbury's Creme Eggs contained yeast. Due to the huge Easter demand they are made months before hand and warehoused. The program failed to take into account the fact that there are different strengths of yeast and if you have a very active strain you need to adjust the quantity downwards. The result was that millions of stored eggs began to ferment and burst. The 'orrible sticky mess was eventually processed into cattle food and there was a shortage of creme eggs that Easter - so serious a national crisis was this that questions were asked in the House
Drrrrrr - maths was never a real strong subject for me - which ones cheaper do I buy 1 or 2 - this is really stressful, I need mental health benefits now or should I say NOW!! TD
Hadn't seen that I was working for the IT department at the time. It was one of a series of bloopers like the one where someone decided that there would be a mass market for cheapish rose wine and signed up for a huge quantity which they couldn't shift so had to sell it off incredibly cheap through the staff shops, the production of vast quantities of a sort of bright green chocolateless malteezer which we christened Leprechaun Balls, chocolate covered dried apple (rabbit droppings) - no crunchy frog or spring surprise though. They got into the tonic wine business as well - big flop except in the West Indies where a bright marketing man was selling it as a sort of liquid early viagra
Ahhhhh, the old triple cone hitler ploy. Chap will be marketing them as dissolving suppositories next. Kind regards, always, Jim.
Classic Smiths. There's a Twatter account that specialises in their ridiculous 'offers'... and carpets... though it's branched out into more general strangeness lately. CARPET (@WHS_Carpet) | Twitter
Gosh! Small World! At that time I was being funded - post PhD research/development project at the Marlbrook Factory - by the R&D Confectionery Department headed by a chap called Les Bradford. That led to a 25 year involvement with Cadbury looking at various Environmental Projects group wide; happy days.