COULD members of hardline pro-independence campaign group, the Scottish Resistance, resurrect their protest outside Tunnock’s factory in Uddingston?
Over the weekend the firm unveiled plans to rebrand the biscuit as British in attempt to woo Japanese consumers.
The last time Boyd Tunnock changed the design on his teacakes, the Resistance staged a small protest that saw them come to the attention of the world’s media.
It’s not known what impact, if any, it had on sales of the biscuits.
Tunnock’s latest move will see each biscuit for export to Japan emblazoned with a Union Jack on the packaging, and “Made in Great Britain” printed on the side. A gift bag of chocolate wafer creams, designed for the Asian market, features red, white and blue stripes and makes no mention of Scotland.
Alan Burnett, the company’s export manager, told The Times: “The branding is different and, as you would expect, the writing is all in Japanese. However, it does have the Tunnock’s boy on it. You would recognise it instantly.”
He added: “Our products really seem to be really taking off over there. Last month we sent a 40ft container, containing around 650,000 biscuits, out to Japan. We have arranged for another to go out in September”.
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