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Jim Fussell Tunnocks Wafer Review	Morning Nicey, I've just got back from a nice trip to Tobago.  After a couple of days of hurricane Ivan we enjoyed some nice sunshine and plenty of caribbean hospitality.  Anyway, a trip to the hotel shop resulted in me spotting none other than the Tunnock Caramel Wafer for sale.  We've had discussions in the past over their ludicrous claim of how many are sold each week, well, if they're being sold as far afield as Tobago then maybe it could be possible.  Maybe we could initiate a Tunnocks Hunt.  I wonder where the strangest place is that they can be found? As an additional, we met a very nice couple while holidaying.  They were interested but slightly disturbed by my interest and views on all things biscuit.  Good news for you though as they are very keen to get on the website and purchase the book. Jim.
	Nicey replies: Glad you are back in one piece. I have a pack of the Dark Chocolate Tunnocks Wafers downstairs which you have probably just encouraged me to open. Good work with the book advertising, we are off to see the first copies roll off the presses a week Monday, hopefully we'll have some pictures of that in the next newsletter.
Helen Smart Tunnocks Wafer Review	I was heartened to read of the other fellow-eaters who have been aiding me in my quest to see that elusive eight-digits-per-week eater ratio of the acclaimed cult biscuit, the Tunnocks Caramel Wafer, or TCW, in our household. The delicate balance between the lively sweet caramel and the bland supporting wafer is a perfect combination for an elevenses snack, or perhaps a 4 o'clock cup of Darjeeling. I have been overjoyed to discover, thanks to the generosity of fellow TCW worshippers, the wonder that is the dark chocolate variant, although I am heartbroken though that the good people of Tunnock have not yet expanded their distribution to Scandinavia. Alas I am dependent on the goodwill of my Scottish contacts for making use of their excessive buying power and taking out the product at the source.
RossK Tunnocks Wafer Review	I write to you in search of a question I and my colleagues have pondered over on many an occasion. I hope that in your wisdom you (or one of your associates) can provide an explanation. To start, if i may, a touch of background: we are role-players. we play dungeons and dragons. an activity that can, and in our case does, involve tea, coffee, and inevitably biscuits, of varied type based on who is "buying" that week. our habits are simple; pete always brings custard creams, usually a supermarket own brand; John brings shortbread or ginger nuts; I take whatever sounds good at the time (usually Jestives or the luxury cookie-style biscuits that mcvities have started doing, with raspberry and white chocolate) and our mate Rob will bring Tunnocks Caramel Wafers. and each time he does, he reads the immortal phrase from the back of the wrapper: "more than 4 million made each week" and we have to wonder WHY? who eats all these wafers? granted, we do get through our fair share of a wednesday evening, but are they exported? used to build houses? because EVERY time i see these things for sale, they are in the marked-down stack at Iceland because they are short-dated. or piled high nect to the Tunnock's Snowballs and mallow filled sugar bombs. IF you can shed some light on this it would be MOST appreciated. i would hate to think that tunnocks, apparently a small family concers, is putting all the time and effort into meeting their 4 million wafer bar per week quota, only to have their shipping company dump them in the Solent before they reach the shelves..... thanks in advance, RossK
	Nicey replies: Oh yes its a standard 'wonder of the universe' type question, who actually eats all the Tunnocks Wafers. I made my own calculations several years ago which were heavily skewed towards the entire Scottish nation eating one approximately every 9 days, which means a pack of 8 would do a family of four for nearly three weeks. Now allowing for export, by which I mean selling them outside Scotland, and for some people who obviously are going to eat a whole packet of 8 to themselves, the figures don't look so astronomical.
Alex Foord Tunnocks Wafer Review	Dear Nicey I have been eating Tunnocks Milk Chocolate Caramel Wafers at the rate of around 5 a week for the last 16 years. When I first started buying them at university they 'only' sold 2 million every week and I have taken great pleasure seeing the total grow over the years and feel proud to have done my bit. Now I'm grown up with kids of my own and in our house Tunnocks Caramel Wafers are known as Daddy Biscuits. I like nothing better when I get home from work than sitting down with a nice cup of tea and a Tunnocks Caramel Wafer (as long as the kids haven't scoffed the lot first!) Alex
Ruth Horsley Tunnocks Wafer Review	I have just seen a comment about Gray Dunn caramel wafers. I purchased a packet some time last year but I cant remember where from. They were still as delicious as my childhood memories recalled. Tunnocks are not a patch on Gray Dunns. The new plain chocolate Tunnocks are preferable to the milk but sources are limited. I would love to know if Gray Dunn still produce their caramel wafer as my father and I would be keen to buy them again.
	Nicey replies: Ruth, Make sure you are sitting then read this.
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