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Luckily Mars bars always did make me feel sick so I never ate them....heres another reason

That's interesting! When I went on the factory tour the machinery was much more interesting than the chocolate. The conveyor belts with about 15 mars bars across were a sight to behold. Even the tour guide, who had helped design the production line referred to them as "our little soldiers".

The wrapping machine was my favourite, the speed that they go through, one by one was amazing. When they go wrong is a sight to behold, Mars bars flying upwards instead of continuing through the mach was very amusing. The Mars bars that end up on the floor (which is spotless) end up in a big wheely bin thing and some is given away, some sold in bags for 50p and the unwrapped chocolate can go back into the chocolate but within certain limits. Sorry, I digress, happy days.
There was talk at one time of completely closing the Slough factory and moving to France with offers of jobs there for the employees but that did not happen it was something to do with Slough being the only factory site Mars did not own but had to rent it ..There were factories in two roads and they did close down one of them but the biggest one is still there but I don't think they make any of the chocolate stuff in Slough now
 
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