Typhoo Tea bust
Discussion
ridds said:
The Mail said:
Typhoo suffered after a break-in at one of its factories in Merseyside, which was used to store expensive equipment and tea stock.
The raid caused 'extensive damage' to both, with Typhoo having to spend £24 million to repair the damage and boost stocks.
The planned sale of the factory was also delayed by the incident, although was completed by June this year.
£24m from a Break-in??? The raid caused 'extensive damage' to both, with Typhoo having to spend £24 million to repair the damage and boost stocks.
The planned sale of the factory was also delayed by the incident, although was completed by June this year.
Just before they were selling said Factory.
"In August 2023, Typhoo suffered a further blow when trespassers broke into the company’s former factory in Moreton and occupied the site for several days."
In other words, 'nice, law-abiding travellers'.
I'm a mechanical and electrical specialist at a loss adjusting firm. This sort of thing makes up about 25% of my case load. You get a vacant commercial building, nice honest salt of the earth travellers rock up and move the concrete barriers with an excavator, and the transit vans and caravans move in. Usually on a Friday afternoon.
Police turn up, no crime here. Trespass. It's a civil matter.
Property owners cannot get a court order until next week, so the nice honest travellers are there for the weekend.
When they get a court order, they move on, and the owners soon find the swiitchboard has been ripped open, and all the large copper sub-mains cable has been ripped out. I expect there would have been a fair amount of stainless steel on any machinery left in there. That will have been ransacked too.
A £24m loss would not surprise me.
Ganglandboss said:
ridds said:
The Mail said:
Typhoo suffered after a break-in at one of its factories in Merseyside, which was used to store expensive equipment and tea stock.
The raid caused 'extensive damage' to both, with Typhoo having to spend £24 million to repair the damage and boost stocks.
The planned sale of the factory was also delayed by the incident, although was completed by June this year.
£24m from a Break-in??? The raid caused 'extensive damage' to both, with Typhoo having to spend £24 million to repair the damage and boost stocks.
The planned sale of the factory was also delayed by the incident, although was completed by June this year.
Just before they were selling said Factory.
"In August 2023, Typhoo suffered a further blow when trespassers broke into the company’s former factory in Moreton and occupied the site for several days."
In other words, 'nice, law-abiding travellers'.
I'm a mechanical and electrical specialist at a loss adjusting firm. This sort of thing makes up about 25% of my case load. You get a vacant commercial building, nice honest salt of the earth travellers rock up and move the concrete barriers with an excavator, and the transit vans and caravans move in. Usually on a Friday afternoon.
Police turn up, no crime here. Trespass. It's a civil matter.
Property owners cannot get a court order until next week, so the nice honest travellers are there for the weekend.
When they get a court order, they move on, and the owners soon find the swiitchboard has been ripped open, and all the large copper sub-mains cable has been ripped out. I expect there would have been a fair amount of stainless steel on any machinery left in there. That will have been ransacked too.
A £24m loss would not surprise me.
Of late it's very true they are (were!) the cheapest. But then most tea today is poor in comparison to the old stuff, ie 'leaf tea' brewed in a pot properly.
The best tea today (I'm a tea drinker, occasional coffee drinker) is Yorkshire ...but the RED envelope bagged ones. And the most expensive.
Yorkshire Tea, Yorkshire Gold is no comparison to the individual 'red' bagged stuff (usually for hotel chains etc, but you can buy it, and I do).
Of course, we've turned into Yanks and Canadians in the last 20 yrs we've changed to coffee drinkers. Before that you rarely, if ever, saw anyone walking the streets of a village, town or city with an outstretched arm and the now obligatory cup of coffee in hand.
I lost count today in town - you can't walk 50 yds without seeing them.
Even I do it! But instead of paying a snotty-nosed kid in Starbucks or Nero etc, I take my own mug and get mine as a freebie in Waitrose!
In the 50s when I had my first cup of tea, it was Typhoo - one of the best selling teas, along with Lipton's, Horniman's (wtf happened to them?) - Typhoo was initially called Typhoo Tipps (Tips was inadvertently spelt incorrectly) - later used by that rival Brooke Bond for PG Tips. Educational pic cards were in each pack (like they were with fags, sweets, ice lollies etc, etc).
edit for a bit of useless info:
Typhoo - is from the Mandarin Chinese word for 'Doctor'.
The best tea today (I'm a tea drinker, occasional coffee drinker) is Yorkshire ...but the RED envelope bagged ones. And the most expensive.
Yorkshire Tea, Yorkshire Gold is no comparison to the individual 'red' bagged stuff (usually for hotel chains etc, but you can buy it, and I do).
Of course, we've turned into Yanks and Canadians in the last 20 yrs we've changed to coffee drinkers. Before that you rarely, if ever, saw anyone walking the streets of a village, town or city with an outstretched arm and the now obligatory cup of coffee in hand.
I lost count today in town - you can't walk 50 yds without seeing them.
Even I do it! But instead of paying a snotty-nosed kid in Starbucks or Nero etc, I take my own mug and get mine as a freebie in Waitrose!
In the 50s when I had my first cup of tea, it was Typhoo - one of the best selling teas, along with Lipton's, Horniman's (wtf happened to them?) - Typhoo was initially called Typhoo Tipps (Tips was inadvertently spelt incorrectly) - later used by that rival Brooke Bond for PG Tips. Educational pic cards were in each pack (like they were with fags, sweets, ice lollies etc, etc).
edit for a bit of useless info:
Typhoo - is from the Mandarin Chinese word for 'Doctor'.
Edited by dandarez on Friday 29th November 21:24
mac96 said:
heisthegaffer said:
I knew of a loss where the (presumably) disused sub station was nicked in its entirety.
Don't forget that the loveable scamps will rip out any metal waterpipes for scrap on their last day, so anything they leave behind will be flood damaged . heisthegaffer said:
mac96 said:
heisthegaffer said:
I knew of a loss where the (presumably) disused sub station was nicked in its entirety.
Don't forget that the loveable scamps will rip out any metal waterpipes for scrap on their last day, so anything they leave behind will be flood damaged . It looks as though the factory break in, whilst by no means not the only contributing factor, has had a material impact on debt levels and the ultimate failure of the company.
I wonder at what point this type of criminal activity warrants a robust response from the Authority's... as currently it appears it goes completely without consequence, despite the perpetrators being well known.
I suspect we're still way, way off that point
dandarez said:
Of late it's very true they are (were!) the cheapest. But then most tea today is poor in comparison to the old stuff, ie 'leaf tea' brewed in a pot properly.
The best tea today (I'm a tea drinker, occasional coffee drinker) is Yorkshire ...but the RED envelope bagged ones. And the most expensive.
Yorkshire Tea, Yorkshire Gold is no comparison to the individual 'red' bagged stuff (usually for hotel chains etc, but you can buy it, and I do).
Of course, we've turned into Yanks and Canadians in the last 20 yrs we've changed to coffee drinkers. Before that you rarely, if ever, saw anyone walking the streets of a village, town or city with an outstretched arm and the now obligatory cup of coffee in hand.
I lost count today in town - you can't walk 50 yds without seeing them.
Even I do it! But instead of paying a snotty-nosed kid in Starbucks or Nero etc, I take my own mug and get mine as a freebie in Waitrose!
In the 50s when I had my first cup of tea, it was Typhoo - one of the best selling teas, along with Lipton's, Horniman's (wtf happened to them?) - Typhoo was initially called Typhoo Tipps (Tips was inadvertently spelt incorrectly) - later used by that rival Brooke Bond for PG Tips. Educational pic cards were in each pack (like they were with fags, sweets, ice lollies etc, etc).
edit for a bit of useless info:
Typhoo - is from the Mandarin Chinese word for 'Doctor'.
Are they actually better bags, or are you suffering placebo effect. I would love to know if the blend is actually different. The best tea today (I'm a tea drinker, occasional coffee drinker) is Yorkshire ...but the RED envelope bagged ones. And the most expensive.
Yorkshire Tea, Yorkshire Gold is no comparison to the individual 'red' bagged stuff (usually for hotel chains etc, but you can buy it, and I do).
Of course, we've turned into Yanks and Canadians in the last 20 yrs we've changed to coffee drinkers. Before that you rarely, if ever, saw anyone walking the streets of a village, town or city with an outstretched arm and the now obligatory cup of coffee in hand.
I lost count today in town - you can't walk 50 yds without seeing them.
Even I do it! But instead of paying a snotty-nosed kid in Starbucks or Nero etc, I take my own mug and get mine as a freebie in Waitrose!
In the 50s when I had my first cup of tea, it was Typhoo - one of the best selling teas, along with Lipton's, Horniman's (wtf happened to them?) - Typhoo was initially called Typhoo Tipps (Tips was inadvertently spelt incorrectly) - later used by that rival Brooke Bond for PG Tips. Educational pic cards were in each pack (like they were with fags, sweets, ice lollies etc, etc).
edit for a bit of useless info:
Typhoo - is from the Mandarin Chinese word for 'Doctor'.
Edited by dandarez on Friday 29th November 21:24
dandarez said:
Even I do it! But instead of paying a snotty-nosed kid in Starbucks or Nero etc, I take my own mug and get mine as a freebie in Waitrose!
That makes you sound like 'Norbert Colon' from Viz. Edited by dandarez on Friday 29th November 21:24
I too am sorry to see such a long lived brand go, but I only use teabags at work as we still drink loose leaf at home (and you can very much taste the difference too).
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