How to get free booze

[Irish]

Classic. Irish hospitality at its best. So should have bought C&C shares when I saw magners take off in London.

Irish.......fromerly know as London Irish

[princeperch]

had a bottle of the stuff the other night- whilst it was nice, it was £3.50, and this wasnt in London or 'owt.

I suspect that with prices like these they can afford to give away the odd box of the stuff to blaggers!

[williamp]

Sorry but this is Bollocks, and I am wondering if you are their sales/ marketing manager?

Magners is a brand invented by C&C Group, to advertise to gullable Americans (and then, later on to guillable everyone else). Part of their brands include Coors, Grolsch, WKD, Carling etc. Its not a "traditional Irish cider", more of a "rebranded Bulmers cider with added shamrocks"

(see here: www.candcgroupplc.com/our_brands.asp)

And when you keep saying "that cool, refreshing taste"! Oh please. I know its been free advertising, but there are better ways to advertise...

[vixpy1]

I'm a great cider drinker..

and think Magners is

[ultimasimon]

williamp said:

Sorry but this is Bollocks, and I am wondering if you are their sales/ marketing manager? Magners is a brand invented by C&C Group, to advertise to gullable Americans (and then, later on to guillable everyone else). Part of their brands include Coors, Grolsch, WKD, Carling etc. Its not a "traditional Irish cider", more of a "rebranded Bulmers cider with added shamrocks" (see here: www.candcgroupplc.com/our_brands.asp) And when you keep saying "that cool, refreshing taste"! Oh please. I know its been free advertising, but there are better ways to advertise...

Who cares if its a plug or not, its funny and its worth reading

If anyone wants to buy some tinnies and your local from Hayes, Middlesex, the Bottle & Brew off-license sells them there and they're lovely

Cheers

[thekirbyfake]

williamp said:

Sorry but this is Bollocks, and I am wondering if you are their sales/ marketing manager? Magners is a brand invented by C&C Group, to advertise to gullible Americans (and then, later on to gullible everyone else). Part of their brands include Coors, Grolsch, WKD, Carling etc. Its not a "traditional Irish cider", more of a "re-branded Bulmers cider with added shamrocks" (see here: www.candcgroupplc.com/our_brands.asp) And when you keep saying "that cool, refreshing taste"! Oh please. I know its been free advertising, but there are better ways to advertise...

I certainly don't work for them, William. I am the Richard Kirby character mentioned in "Vincenzo's" letter. I work in plastic & rubber. Now would anyone who didn't work in plastic & rubber admit to working in plastic & rubber? I can provide pictures of me at the prestigious Plastic & Rubber Industry Awards if you still don't believe me.

Perhaps sarcasm is something you struggle with? My repetitive use of the phrase "...the cool, refreshing taste of Magners..." was essentially to take the mick out of Tansy who used it in the first place. Are you one of the "gullible Americans" you mentioned?

NB I have corrected your inconsistent misspelling of "gullible" and your unhyphenated use of "re-branded" in my quotation of your original post. Since you are no doubt a perfectionist I hope you appreciate this

[Irish]

williamp said:

Part of their brands include Coors, Grolsch, WKD, Carling etc. Its not a "traditional Irish cider", more of a "rebranded Bulmers cider with added shamrocks" "that cool, refreshing taste"! Oh please. I know its been free advertising, but there are better ways to advertise...

OK, you clearly do not have a clue what you are talking about. First, Coors, WKD, Carling etc. are third party brands, hence brewed under licence and not owned by C&C. C&C is a minnow in the global drinks industry. Secondly, Magners was created as HP Bulmer & Co. (UK) have the global rights to the Bulmers name (excluding Rep. of Ireland). Magners, I believe, was created to launch into Northern Ireland and yes, it is sold in the States, but mainly in Irish bars to ex-pats. The branding is not all shamrocks etc. Good marketing by C&C, one new happy customer and a bit of free press.

As an aside C&C brought cider from the town parks into the boardrooms, no mean feat considering the rep. cider has.

At yes, they apply Irish pricing (read expensive!).

A

[ErnestM]

thekirbyfake said:

I can provide pictures of me at the prestigious Plastic & Rubber Industry Awards if you still don't believe me.

Quaffing a cool, refreshing Magners?

Sorry, couldn't help it. Every time I read this thread it makes me smile


ErnestM

[Plotloss]

Tip heavily on the friday and on the Saturday you drink for free...

Well, Stateside anyway...

[hedders]

Plotloss said:

Tip heavily on the friday and on the Saturday you drink for free... Well, Stateside anyway...

I used to tip one dollar for every beer i bought in my local bar, every other beer would be 'on the house'.

I don't ever tip bar staff in the UK, it's just throwing money away!

[z_chromozone]

Oi Kirby,

You were in my year at Warwick were you not.

Such a small world, perhaps you can buy me a pint (of cider )

Z

Steve C now married to Faye

What happened to Stan.

[thekirbyfake]

z_chromozone said:

You were in my year at Warwick were you not.

Certainly was!

YHM

[minimax]

**TZ** said:

Hmmmm..
Pretty sure Tansy knew you were blagging and just found your email quite amusing, perking up an otherwise monotonous day.
Bet she's not happy to see you ragging her on here though...

ragging her? wtf? explain please

[Polarbert]

**TZ** said:

Hmmmm..
Pretty sure Tansy knew you were blagging and just found your email quite amusing, perking up an otherwise monotonous day.
Bet she's not happy to see you ragging her on here though...

Oh my god! Did you fail to catch when the posting on this thread stopped? September. Last ING year! Jeez man let it go!

Edited by Polarbert on Friday 11th August 12:55

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[minimax]

anonymous said:

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Who's this penis?

is that a well practised phrase in the rascal household?

[Nick P]

vixpy1 said:

I'm a great cider drinker..

and think Magners is

Wrong!!!.you are a very poor cider drinker.

remember i have seen you staggering round after 2 pints of the stuff

[john_p]

I don't think Magners have much to complain about lately, seems to be the hit drink of the summer and how much per bottle??

[BliarOut]

john_p said:

I don't think Magners have much to complain about lately, seems to be the hit drink of the summer and how much per bottle??

Dunno, how much?

[ProPlus]

BliarOut said:

john_p said:

I don't think Magners have much to complain about lately, seems to be the hit drink of the summer and how much per bottle??

Dunno, how much?

Getting close to £4 a bottle in london but that is for the 500ml size