Anyone work at the Haribo plant in Finglas?

jayteecork

Haribo.

Must be the best job in the world.

Jesus Wept

I wish dude, I wish. Never even knew it was there. :eek:
We should try and crash the place, get a fake uniform, say we're from headquarters, quality control check.

omnyomnyomnyomnyomnyom.

you in?

tvercetti

I once met someone who worked in Argos, turns out theres no elves involved, its all pretty straight forward really, what a shame

Pedant

Congratulations OP. How many years did it take you to get in there. Trying to feel good about your menial factory job, eh? Aw well, at least the Haribo sweets might keep you happy.

EdenHazard

in haribo, gummy bears are viewed as legal tender and workers wages come in the form of them. true story

Battered Mars Bar

Never appealed to me, never even bought a packet. Visually it doesn't appeal to me, the blue the red, just two colours that don't go together. Blue isn't an appetising colour. Transparent plastic aswell cheapens the whole thing. Possibly nice sweets? I won't know unless they sort out the packaging first. Thanks.

IM0

Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

Never appealed to me, never even bought a packet. Visually it doesn't appeal to me, the blue the red, just two colours that don't go together. Blue isn't an appetising colour. Transparent plastic aswell cheapens the whole thing. Possibly nice sweets? I won't know unless they sort out the packaging first. Thanks.

but the pack tastes lovely!

Lionel Messy

Sweet job, man.

mr_edge_to_you

Haribo.....not a patch on Natural Confectionery Co. Love the jelly squirms.

Haribi....where Cola Bottles taste the same as Fried Eggs.

racso1975

Pedant wrote: »

Trying to feel good about your menial factory job, eh? .

Wow! look down on people much?

MrJoeSoap

racso1975 wrote: »

Wow! look down on people much?

The name gives it away, surely. :pac:

Gummy Panda

EdenHazard wrote: »

in haribo, gummy bears are viewed as legal tender and workers wages come in the form of them. true story

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Irish Guitarist

No; but when I was a teenager (about twenty years ago) I did work experience for a week in a sweet factory in Carlow. I took out of date Easter eggs out of their boxes and broke them into pieces all day. When there was enough broken pieces I would bring them to another part of the factory and throw them into a machine where they would be melted down and turned into 'new' chocolate bars.

Pedant

racso1975 wrote: »

Wow! look down on people much?

<*Activates Bastard Mode*>

They're looked down on for a reason.

BornToKill

A pedantic bastard? Great...

RachaelVO

Pedant wrote: »

Congratulations OP. How many years did it take you to get in there. Trying to feel good about your menial factory job, eh? Aw well, at least the Haribo sweets might keep you happy.

Not inclined to think he works there, think he WANTS to work there, which is a shame, just means your smart arsery has gone to waste a bit

EGAR

Yuck, gelatin is used in the making which is derived from the insides of animal skins and bones. Eww

ejmaztec

It's probably much like working in a South African diamond mine, where cavity searches are the norm for the staff when they go home.

Putting the smuggled sweets back in the factory system Is probably the reason why Haribo sweets taste like sh1t.

cassel16

I have an image of Haribo workers leaving work looking like Marge when she was at the candy convention...

MickySticks

Rowntree's Randoms FTW.

*A black man approached me and said, "Can you tell me how to get to the train station, please?"
I said, "Certainly, monkey face. You go past the jerk chicken, around the grape soda and, Muhammad's your cotton-picker, it's opposite the watermelon."
I'm thinking to myself, "That's the last time I eat those ****ing Rowntree's Randoms!"

*May not have happend.

Icepick

EdenHazard wrote: »

in haribo, gummy bears are viewed as legal tender and workers wages come in the form of them. true story

ya, but that's because it's in Finglas

darlett

MickySticks wrote: »

Rowntree's Randoms FTW.

*A black man approached me and said, "Can you tell me how to get to the train station, please?"
I said, "Certainly, monkey face. You go past the jerk chicken, around the grape soda and, Muhammad's your cotton-picker, it's opposite the watermelon."
I'm thinking to myself, "That's the last time I eat those ****ing Rowntree's Randoms!"

*May not have happend.

:mad: Thats just so wrong. I cant actually believe I read that.


Sure isnt it beside the watermelon?!

admiralofthefleet

girl i used to work with jelly til i told her it had pork gelatine in it.

phasers

my brothers briefly worked in a bakery and at the end of the day they got to bring home all the leftover muffins and cookies. It was a great few months.

admiralofthefleet

phasers wrote: »

my brothers briefly worked in a bakery and at the end of the day they got to bring home all the leftover muffins and cookies. It was a great few months.

i was like that when i worked in bewleys years ago. i used to go home with loads of stuff

Pretty Polly

I love those fried eggs and the jellies with the white part on the back. Yummy:D

Smidge

I used to work in a sweet factory years ago(closed down now)but we used to make Liquorice Allsorts.
Before I worked there I always wondered why when you got a bag of liquorice allsorts that there was ever only one of the blue jelly things that were covered in little beady things.
It's because everyone in the factory eats them before they are packed:D

I miss that job:(

yuppies

After seeing how jelly sweets like haribo are made on supersize vs superskinny a few weeks back I was put off for life... can't find the clip on youtube but it was one of the few times a video like that put me off a food for good

Mickey H

MickySticks wrote: »

Rowntree's Randoms FTW.

*An African American man approached me and said, "Can you tell me how to get to the train station, please?"
I said, "Certainly sir. You go past the town clock, around the grass park and, Bob's your Uncle, it's opposite the Bus Station."
I'm thinking to myself, "Now I can eat those ****ing Rowntree's Randoms like a boss"

*May not have happend.

There, FYP for a PC audience.

mikom

EGAR wrote: »

Yuck, gelatin is used in the making which is derived from the insides of animal skins and bones. Eww

Yeah... and eggs are a hens period.
Whatcha gonna do?

jayteecork

EGAR wrote: »

Yuck, gelatin is used in the making which is derived from the insides of animal skins and bones. Eww

Well if the animals are being slaughtered for their meat and hides there's very little point not using whatever else the poor animal has to offer.

Chamone MF

Jayo and the gummy bear factory.

Jordan 199

cassel16 wrote: »

I have an image of Haribo workers leaving work looking like Marge when she was at the candy convention...

All right, you're going to have to put sugar on that celery or get out, ma'am.

Laika1986

I used to work in Bakery in Superquinn, every Friday night i would take all the leftover cream cakes and bring em to the pub for the lads with a few pints.

The barstaff all call me "Buns" now

pebbles21

Dont mean to burst your bubble OP,but it can be a bit dangerous too,poor lad died there in a work related accident

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WoollyRedHat

When I was a boy, I used to wear the hairbo rings, one on each finger, I would pretend to be Henry VIII. However, the rings on my fingers lasted as long as his wives, as their sweetness was too much to reside on my finger for long.

Smidge

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

When I was a boy, I used to wear the hairbo rings, one on each finger, I would pretend to be Henry VIII. However, the rings on my fingers lasted as long as his wives, as their sweetness was too much to reside on my finger for long.

:eek::eek::eek:
No spiderman for you???

kwalshe

i used to do service work there on some of the machinery. Its funny though i always used to arrive just before the workers went for lunch

Hannibal

Haribo is long gone out of Finglas OP, they closed down in 2007 after an explosion that killed a worker and as far as I know production got moved abroad in the aftermath rather than repair the place

Thefirestarter

Dotsey wrote: »

Haribo is long gone out of Finglas OP, they closed down in 2007 after an explosion that killed a worker and as far as I know production got moved abroad in the aftermath rather than repair the place

Yeah that poor guy died 4 and a half years ago, I think it happened in October 2007. I was doing 4th year work experience up the road from their when I heard about it.

Finglas may have many of it's negative points, but when the bakery & haribo were still open it was a joy to walk down that same road:D

Oh and Manhattan Peanuts is still open so you get a sensational popcorn smell at certain times of the day.

mconigol

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

When I was a boy, I used to wear the hairbo rings, one on each finger, I would pretend to be Henry VIII. However, the rings on my fingers lasted as long as his wives, as their sweetness was too much to reside on my finger for long.

What century did you grow up? :pac:

derfderf

Thefirestarter wrote: »

Yeah that poor guy died 4 and a half years ago, I think it happened in October 2007. I was doing 4th year work experience up the road from their when I heard about it.

Finglas may have many of it's negative points, but when the bakery & haribo were still open it was a joy to walk down that same road:D

Oh and Manhattan Peanuts is still open so you get a sensational popcorn smell at certain times of the day.

My primary school wasn't far from there. I don't even like popcorn but the smell used to have me starving.
As for working in them i'd imagine they're more like malibu stacys dream factory than wonkas. "hey leeroy, there's a jam in the cola bottle tube." "shut you hole"

John Doe1

My dad used to work as a baker, needless to say pancake tuesday lasted weeks(: