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Nationwide Fig Roll CrisisWednesday 2 Apr 2008 Reporter: Nicey |
 |  | I had put the dearth of Fig Rolls two weeks ago both own brand and Jacob's in our local Tesco down to a mere blip in the supply chain. However, it turns out that a Fig Roll crisis is unfolding across the UK, as several NCOTAASD readers have mailed us on the matter. | Graham Walker mailed to say that "our local Sainsburys actually has a sign up apologizing to customers for the low stocks of said biscuit." The sign reads This is due to the current shortage across the industry of fig biscuits.
Laura Malik from Huddersfield also has been in touch to say that her local Morrisons is right out of them too.
Here at NCOTAASD we don't have any further information, and are purely whipping up unrest and tension by reporting these second hand accounts of the matter.
Still we would like to speculate that a global shortage of figs would seem to be the most likely explanation. The second wilder explanation is that the machine that makes them has suffered some catastrophic failure. It is our theory that there are 3 such machines. One in Ireland that makes the Jacobs ones, and possibly a copy of it in Liverpool. A huge one at one of Burton's sites that makes most of them (all the supermarket branded ones), and a little tiny-weeny one that make the Crawfords one. We theorise that taking out the Burton's one could probably bring down the whole UK Fig Roll industry, with the other players not being able to keep up with demand. As there are no reports in the press of biscuit factories being hit by terrorists, earthquakes or rocks falling from space we reluctantly concede that the first explanation looks the most likely.
Actually Laura has since emailed ASDA who said there was a problem with the paste but didn't comment further.
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