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[News] Typhoo Tea may go bust!



Easy 10

Easy 10

Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
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jamie-oh said:
Just not a top tier tea. Yorkshire, PG, Twinings all significantly better, before you even step into the realm of Teapigs or other more artisan affairs. Typhoo is old skool mediocritea. OK theyre clearly better than Lipton of course, but thats not exactly hard. Lift your game, Typhoo, you can't just rely on monkeys these days.
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I like what you did there.
 




Pavilionaire

Pavilionaire

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Jul 7, 2003
31,248
A Typhoo spokesman has just announced: "We've poured in money, we've suffered the strain of increased competition and now things have all gone to pot."
 


Official Old Man

Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull
Aug 27, 2011
9,071
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OK, so I should come clean here, I hate tea! In my 69 years I've only ever sipped it a couple of times. Whilst visiting houses I've twice poured it down the drain, once in a garden and yes, once in a flowerpot indoors. I can taste tea if someone shares a spoon stirring tea then my coffee.
You're also right about youngsters. Just checked our cupboard, Nescafe, Cornish Tea, three different flavoured teas and boxes of coffee pods of assorted styles (some for which we do not have a machine).
 










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knocky1

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Jan 20, 2010
13,104
This looks more than a storm in a tea cup.
The company's ownership changed hands in 2021 when private equity firm Zetland Capital acquired it from Indian conglomerate Apeejay Surrendra Group. Since then it's lost £21 million a year.
As a Private Equity cynic I'd be surprised if there has not been multi million payments to Zetland executives during that time.
 


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jamie-oh

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Jul 26, 2003
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from melbourne to eastbourne (hooray for bournes)
Official Old Man said:
OK, so I should come clean here, I hate tea! In my 69 years I've only ever sipped it a couple of times. Whilst visiting houses I've twice poured it down the drain, once in a garden and yes, once in a flowerpot indoors. I can taste tea if someone shares a spoon stirring tea then my coffee.
You're also right about youngsters. Just checked our cupboard, Nescafe, Cornish Tea, three different flavoured teas and boxes of coffee pods of assorted styles (some for which we do not have a machine).
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I dont want this to sound too harsh, but i would happily fight you. You're wrong, and you should be stopped.
 






Blue3

Blue3

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Jan 27, 2014
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In the Blue3 household it’s our tea of choice and it’s been getting harder and harder to find the only supermarket stocking for the past year has been Morrisons.

So NSC what day to day black tea bags would you recommend ?
 


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HisBetterBall

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Sep 5, 2023
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Official Old Man said:
Called in the administrators.
My question surely is, how can a company making a product that everybody (well a vast majority) wants, not make a profit?
They say something about a break-in at their factory, which they cant talk about. Guess it's an ongoing legal case. But do they not have insurance for things like that?
They say the break-in caused £millions of damage.
www.bbc.co.uk

Typhoo Tea teeters on the brink of administration

The loss-making firm is attempting a turnaround amid a break-in and fire at its former factory.
www.bbc.co.uk
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What!?? Call the police
 




Couldn't Be Hyypia

Couldn't Be Hyypia

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Nov 12, 2006
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Near Dorchester, Dorset
Blue3 said:
In the Blue3 household it’s our tea of choice and it’s been getting harder and harder to find the only supermarket stocking for the past year has been Morrisons.

So NSC what day to day black tea bags would you recommend ?
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We have Clipper Tea and Redbush (for me - no caffeine)

And here are some reasons why a tea company might be suffering:

Less tea purchased
The amount of tea purchased per household has decreased from 68 grams per week in 1974 to 25 grams today.
Fewer cups of tea
The average Brit drinks eight cups of tea per week, down from 23 in 1974.
More coffee consumed
Coffee has become the preferred drink in the UK, with 63% of consumers regularly drinking it compared to 59% for tea.
Less enthusiasm among young people
Younger generations are less likely to drink tea, with fewer than one in six Britons aged 25–34 drinking five or more cups of English Breakfast tea daily.
More expensive teas
People are buying fewer traditional English teas, but choosing to drink more expensive herbal and sweet teas.
 


McTavish

McTavish

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Nov 5, 2014
1,584
Blue3 said:
In the Blue3 household it’s our tea of choice and it’s been getting harder and harder to find the only supermarket stocking for the past year has been Morrisons.

So NSC what day to day black tea bags would you recommend ?
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Assam tea bags. Used to be happy with almost anything as long as it was hot and wet but bog standard Assam has been a significant upgrade.
 






BNthree

BNthree

Plastic JCL
Sep 14, 2016
11,442
WeHo
McTavish said:
Assam tea bags. Used to be happy with almost anything as long as it was hot and wet but bog standard Assam has been a significant upgrade.
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Assam is by far my favourite type of tea. Just can't be beaten.
 




keaton

keaton

Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
Nov 18, 2004
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Blue3 said:
In the Blue3 household it’s our tea of choice and it’s been getting harder and harder to find the only supermarket stocking for the past year has been Morrisons.

So NSC what day to day black tea bags would you recommend ?
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Yorkshire Tea is our house's standard now PG Tips have gone a bit weird. Clipper is nice now pricy , Aldi's Gold Diplomat bags are ve nice and very cheap
 










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