The kettle campaign

[Shirley]

Hooorahhhhhhhhhh!!!

Well done

[hedgewizard]

Bravo all! We could do with one more result here, and the others may follow suit. If anyone hasn't e-mailed the others, can they do that now?

[the.fee.fairy]

Do you reckon there's a chance of getting SSH mentioned? like, if we all said we were members of SSH for example?

That would be cool

[madanna]

Hi Andy

I have added the campaign to the newletter of 250 lollipop real nappy advisors asking all of them to send the email to all the listed links

Fingers crossed we get lots that will!

Cheers
Anna

[Shirley]

I think the Ish link would be good!! After all... it was Andy that gave us the trigger to write...

Nice one Anna...

[cat]

hardly any kettles on sale out here (a veritable dirth of tea drinkers in Italy!). My mum in England has a kettle with "1 cup" marked on the side, so it's easy to boil the right amount. Can't remember what make it is but it'd be great if other kettle-making companies followed suit.

[The Chili Monster]

Tetley:

Adding information to packaging is more complicated! At Tetley we change
our packs when we have to adhere to changes in labelling legislation or,
about every 2-3 years, to make a few design updates. Due to the volumes
we use, it isn't practical to make this more regular. This review was
only completed at the beginning of 2006 so it is a while until the next
one but we will try to incorporate your suggestion at that point.

I'm intrigued: do Tetley plan their "six tokens plus £1 + p&p" promos and comps 2-3 years in advance?

[Chickpea]

Tetley:

Adding information to packaging is more complicated! At Tetley we change
our packs when we have to adhere to changes in labelling legislation or,
about every 2-3 years, to make a few design updates. Due to the volumes
we use, it isn't practical to make this more regular. This review was
only completed at the beginning of 2006 so it is a while until the next
one but we will try to incorporate your suggestion at that point.

I'm intrigued: do Tetley plan their "six tokens plus £1 + p&p" promos and comps 2-3 years in advance?

Good point CM! And well made.

[Pilsbury]

Well done for getting the Tea companies to look at there packaging, now if only there was some way to talk to the coffee manufacturers..........

[Ranter]

Since I've cut down my tea consumption I buy better quality & it's always been leaf tea for me. I've just bought a new packet of my fair trade & organic Assam so have had a look at the packaging & there's nothing about water - so I'll be contacting Equal Exchange. I know I'm a bit behind here, but it takes me months to get through a packet - especially as I reuse the leaves about 3 times.

[Mancblue]

Okay I've jumped on the wagon and today 06/10/06 i've sent the following to the links on the first page. Just to keep them on there toes.

Hi, I've recently been in discussion about the amount of water we boil to make tea and it comes to the fore that most people boil far too much water, which results in a waste of electricity, which has a negative effect on the environment. I was wondering if you would consider putting something on your packets or in an advert which states to use only the amount you require, if changes to packaging is too costly, maybe slip an insert into your boxes?

Thank you for your time.

Lets see how soon they reply.

[Mancblue]

Got these back already, sound like a fob off's though.

Thank you for your suggestion regarding Typhoo Teabags

We are absolutely committed to providing quality products and an excellent service to all our customers. Your comments have now been forwarded on to our marketing department for their information.

Assuring you of our best intentions at all times

Stacey
Consumer Relations Advisor

and....


Thank you for your email and your very pertinent suggestion. I will be passing it to our marketing department.

Kind regards
Mary Reid

Tetley GB Consumer Services


Soooo these are being passed on to their respective marketing departments and not a champion but atleast Tetleys isn't a word for word reply as before.

[Andy Hamilton]

just come back to this post, it is all looking good keep up the good work.

Mancblue - I imagine that they have got wise to the fact that this is being talked about somewhere and have changed the response in response to this.

[gunners71uk]

i have emailed too

[Andy Hamilton]

i have emailed too

cheers Gunners