Jacobs leave Ireland after over 150 years.

[toxic avenger]

Production ceased today at the last Jacobs plant in Tallaght. They began in Waterford in the mid-Nineteenth Century, and produce famous brands like Mikado, Kimberleys, and Cream Crackers. The Jacobs factory in Bishop Street was, of course, one of the main centres of the Rising in Dublin in 1916 (it's now the National Archives). 3,000 women went on strike there in 1911 in support of a pay claim. 220 jobs will be lost.

RTÉ News: Jacob's ceases production in Ireland
Irish trade union history : Rosie Hackett and the Union Women of Jacobs Biscuits
Visit Us: 1916 Exhibition Gallery - Introduction

[Gruffalo]

Sad to see the departure of a company that is so steeped in Irish history.

[BodyofEvidence]

so where do the choc kimberlies come from now?

[Gabha Óir]

The workers have said they are not going to reveal how they get the figs into the fig rolls. Blindly loyal stupidity, I say. They could make a fortune.....cookie.

[Tommy Tayto]

Are they still going to make the biscuits though?

[toxic avenger]

Yep,they're still making the biscuits, just not in Ireland any more. The biscuits are no longer Irish....

The production process is explained here: Jacob Fruitfield Food Group

[Tommy Tayto]

The production process is explained here: Jacob Fruitfield Food Group

But that still doesn't explain how they get the fig into the fig roll...

[MsAnneThrope]

Lest we forget...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUxs71rMNGs"]Fig rolls ad 1[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuP8Vif0YYk"]Fig rolls ad 2[/ame]

[pete2]

so where do the choc kimberlies come from now?

Eastern Europe. RTE failed to mention.
An Phoblacht: Jacobs job losses huge blow to local community

[toxic avenger]

But that still doesn't explain how they get the fig into the fig roll...

Well there are these tiny factory midgets, who...