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John Willmott posted:

Don Atkinson posted:

John Willmott posted:

I think that it's much nicer than the old one ..

For the members of the forum with a background in IT (like myself) can you imagine how daunting it must have been for NAIM to have upgraded this forum ?  This user community is primarily comprised of literate, conservative, silver backs .. not a demographic known to embrace change .. I think NAIM have done remarkably well and my hat goes off to them.

There are far more important issues to get annoyed about .. this morning at the breakfast table I was idly reading the label on my bottle of HP sauce when I saw right at the bottom in bolded text "Product of Holland" .. I've lived in the US for 33 years now and no-one told me of this change .. Holland !! When, how ?  Is this just an export bottle I have or does the domestic bottle have it too ? Please check and let me know.

I have nothing against the Dutch, fine gin and without them no-one would ever have heard of Max Bygraves but how did this happen ?  It's British, always has been ..

I can feel a strongly worded letter coming on ..

 

 

 

trouble with living in the outback of the wild west is that news travels slowly. The brand was sold off to the Dutch about a decade ago.

Don .. I really appreciate the feedback .. could I be accused of being a pedant if I thought it more appropriate for the bottle to say "Made in Holland" as surely it's a Product of the UK ?

John,

The bottle in my cupboard (its a plastic bottle) actually says "Made in Holland", no doubt referring to the sauce rather than the bottle !

Seems like there is a difference in labeling on the product sent to North America. Next time i'm in Canada, i'll take a more careful look !

As you say, this far more serious than Hoopla's latest offering

PS Heinz and Kraft merged a few years back and is still based in the USA. Before that merger it was Heinz who transferred production of HP sauce from Birmingham to Holland, amid a bit of protest, naturally ! What they sell as HP sauce in North America tastes different to me than what we get over here.

This last update has brought much improvement. Thanks to Naim for listening to our feedback!

Just a small point of order but all date references should indicate day/month/year and not month/day/year

12/08/15 = 12th August 2015   

Debs

Don Atkinson posted:

John Willmott posted:

Don Atkinson posted:

John Willmott posted:

I think that it's much nicer than the old one ..

For the members of the forum with a background in IT (like myself) can you imagine how daunting it must have been for NAIM to have upgraded this forum ?  This user community is primarily comprised of literate, conservative, silver backs .. not a demographic known to embrace change .. I think NAIM have done remarkably well and my hat goes off to them.

There are far more important issues to get annoyed about .. this morning at the breakfast table I was idly reading the label on my bottle of HP sauce when I saw right at the bottom in bolded text "Product of Holland" .. I've lived in the US for 33 years now and no-one told me of this change .. Holland !! When, how ?  Is this just an export bottle I have or does the domestic bottle have it too ? Please check and let me know.

I have nothing against the Dutch, fine gin and without them no-one would ever have heard of Max Bygraves but how did this happen ?  It's British, always has been ..

I can feel a strongly worded letter coming on ..

 

 

 

trouble with living in the outback of the wild west is that news travels slowly. The brand was sold off to the Dutch about a decade ago.

Don .. I really appreciate the feedback .. could I be accused of being a pedant if I thought it more appropriate for the bottle to say "Made in Holland" as surely it's a Product of the UK ?

John,

The bottle in my cupboard (its a plastic bottle) actually says "Made in Holland", no doubt referring to the sauce rather than the bottle !

Seems like there is a difference in labeling on the product sent to North America. Next time i'm in Canada, i'll take a more careful look !

As you say, this far more serious than Hoopla's latest offering

PS Heinz and Kraft merged a few years back and is still based in the USA. Before that merger it was Heinz who transferred production of HP sauce from Birmingham to Holland, amid a bit of protest, naturally ! What they sell as HP sauce in North America tastes different to me than what we get over here.

Don:

I spent most of September in Nova Scotia and, whilst I didn't get to read the labels, I could discern no difference in the taste from here .. having said that, I couldn't tell you whether either of them taste any different from the one sold in the UK .. 

John