Re: Subject: that Coca Cola secret formula? bupkes compared to...
They must sponsor a soccer team in the Mexican League as well. It's not uncommon here to see folks wearing jersies with "Bimbo" across the front ... Rich --- On Sat, 8/7/10, Steve VanDevender wrote: From: Steve VanDevender Subject: Subject: that Coca Cola secret formula? bupkes compared to... To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 6:16 PM danny burstein writes: > compared to... > > Nooks and Crannies > > Seems the current incarnation of the S.B. Thomas English Muffin > bakery corporation believes that their super duper secret recipe > for making their signature product... > > ... would be at risk if one of their _seven_ people who > have the knowledge would move to a competitor. > > (note to travel office: separate planes and hotels, please) > > Lawsuits and hilarity follows. > > NY Times just picked up on it: > > A Man With Muffin Secrets, but No Job With Them > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/business/07muffin.html I live the hilarious detail that the current owner of the "Thomas's English muffins" brand name is Bimbo Bakeries USA, so there are a number of quotes from Bimbo vice presidents and Bimbo spokesmen, as well as references to Bimbo employees and Bimbo executives. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wn...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.
Subject: that Coca Cola secret formula? bupkes compared to...
danny burstein writes: > compared to... > >Nooks and Crannies > > Seems the current incarnation of the S.B. Thomas English Muffin > bakery corporation believes that their super duper secret recipe > for making their signature product... > > ... would be at risk if one of their _seven_ people who > have the knowledge would move to a competitor. > > (note to travel office: separate planes and hotels, please) > > Lawsuits and hilarity follows. > > NY Times just picked up on it: > > A Man With Muffin Secrets, but No Job With Them > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/business/07muffin.html I live the hilarious detail that the current owner of the "Thomas's English muffins" brand name is Bimbo Bakeries USA, so there are a number of quotes from Bimbo vice presidents and Bimbo spokesmen, as well as references to Bimbo employees and Bimbo executives. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wn...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.
Subject: that Coca Cola secret formula? bupkes compared to...
compared to... Nooks and Crannies Seems the current incarnation of the S.B. Thomas English Muffin bakery corporation believes that their super duper secret recipe for making their signature product... ... would be at risk if one of their _seven_ people who have the knowledge would move to a competitor. (note to travel office: separate planes and hotels, please) Lawsuits and hilarity follows. NY Times just picked up on it: A Man With Muffin Secrets, but No Job With Them http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/business/07muffin.html -- _ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dan...@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wn...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.
