Is Britain In Crisis? A National Biscuit Crisis !

I read this and thought ... it's not 1st April ... what on earth is the problem?

National Biscuit Crisis: Concerns Grow As Britain's Biggest Biscuit Factory Still Isn't Running

The UK is in the midst of a national biscuit shortage - and it could last until April.

Britain's biggest biscuit factory was severely flooded after Storm Desmond hit the UK back in December, resulting in halted production.

It has since been revealed that the 'Biscuit Works' factory in Carlisle still isn't up and running, which is set to have a drastic effect on the number of biscuits produced.

The factory, which is run by manufacturer United Biscuits, produces biscuits for big brands including McVitie's, Go Ahead and Jacob's.

It is thought that favourites including custard creams, bourbons and ginger nuts could disappear from supermarket shelves until mid-spring.

The nation's favourite biscuits could be out of stock until April

A spokesperson for United Biscuits said that there isn't a date for production to start again, as of yet.

"We apologise if consumers are finding it difficult to get hold of some of these products and we are working hard at our Carlisle site to resume normal service as soon as possible," they said.

The company has 400 employees, contractors and suppliers working at the factory site to kickstart their production line again.

"Resuming factory production is an absolute priority for us," they said.

Sainsbury's say their shelves could be affected by the biscuit drought until April. Meanwhile Tesco remains optimistic, saying that biscuits will be back in stock by 28 February.

Unsurprisingly, news of the extended biscuit shortage has sent a lot of people, into a state of panic.

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Back in the day when I was a trucker I used to haul biscuits for Adams, who supplied most of the "own brand" stuff. Carr's Water Biscuits came from Carlisle. Who was the big one in Reading, Huntley & Palmers I think. Now gone. 

Actually thinking back I used to haul quite a lot of "food" - Kraft, Cadbury Schweppes, Rowntree Mackintosh etc. I should have know better <G>

National Biscuit Crisis, Jeez, I wondered why Sid has gone AWOL. It reminds me of the old advertising strap line about the Financial Times "No FT No Comment"

i buy biscuits for work, when someone is coming, they think its hard for me that i have to buy them and sit and watch them eating them, lol wtf, makes me think people don't understand what difficult is

40 gun cops, dogs, paramedics in flak jackets... all to arrest man who had damaged a biscuit tin

ARMED police laid siege to a house in a seaside town for five hours — to arrest a man who had damaged a biscuit tin.

Up to 40 officers, many helmeted and in black body armour, raced to the scene in seven cars following reports of a domestic incident.



http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6955148/40-cops-siege-house-to-arrest-suspect-for-assault-on-biscuits.html

Chief Inspector Fred Nacker stated at a press conference "we take any crime committed against a biscuit very seriously"

Well we may have a National Biscuit Shortage, do read the first post in this thread !

But only today this warning went out...


Aldi biscuits recalled over 'pest contamination' worries

Aldi, Bestway, Happy Shopper and LBV biscuits and snacks recalled

http://money.aol.co.uk/2016/03/30/aldi-biscuits-recalled-over-pest-contamination-worries/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cuk%7Cdl6%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D444789

Billie Piper said "I divorced him just in time"